Am I the only one who thinks Ealy thrives in NE?

[SIGCHI222]

How many games is enough to make an evaluation?  Ealy was given chance after chance after chance.

Personally, I wish him no ill will but, I don't think the Ealy experiment will go any better in NE than it did here and I promise you this...he will not be given as many opportunities in Hoodyville as he was given here.

[jbland]

3 hours ago, panthersphan said:

I know I'm not in the locker room or on the practice field with the team, obviously, but I think the Panthers gave up on Kony Ealy too soon. Just one year ago he was touted as our next great edge rusher, after a sensational Super Bowl 50, and then he has a very lackluster season in 2016 and we dump him. I understand the Panthers get a slight move up from the comp. round in the 3rd to the late 2nd, but we also lose a DE (who does have potential) which we would have to accommodate in the draft regardless of trading Ealy or not...now we will definitely have to use one of our first three picks on an edge rusher and quiet possibly in the 1st round. If there's a pass rusher that we can't pass on at #8, Gettleman would have to pounce.

 

But just the thought of Belichick and the Patriots seeing something in Ealy would make me second guess trading the kid... a year with Peppers? Who knows how that could've affected his growth... but now we'll have to watch from a far and see how he pans out in New England. I just have a feeling we'll see him go into something pretty special there... best of luck to Kony really... just hope we're not looking back on him like Geno Adkins... 

NE thinks so. That's why they traded for him. 

[DamnItJake!]

He thrived here! when he wanted play!! SO its Like KB can be good but he suxs cuz he can't run a route when needed! Proof is in the Puddin.. Play to Earn it!

[GoobyPls]

Nope, he will be another Mingo.

 

No more Star and KK to take pressure off him, plus NE defensive scheme doesn't really suit him.

[DamnItJake!]

1 hour ago, DamnItJake! said:

He thrived here! when he wanted play!! SO its Like KB can be gone cuz he can run a route when he want to run it!! Proof is in the Puddin.. Play to Earn it!

Boston has the Moffia too... so if ur dog disappears?? Call Tom

[ItsPantone278]

He has a better shot thriving on in the field with them the on the sidelines with us if that's what OP is getting at.

[rodeo]

He might thrive there and if he does, good for him. They're AFC, it matters nothing to the Panthers except a funner Super Bowl victory.

[posthumecaver]

11 hours ago, panthersphan said:

I know I'm not in the locker room or on the practice field with the team, obviously, but I think the Panthers gave up on Kony Ealy too soon. Just one year ago he was touted as our next great edge rusher, after a sensational Super Bowl 50, and then he has a very lackluster season in 2016 and we dump him. I understand the Panthers get a slight move up from the comp. round in the 3rd to the late 2nd, but we also lose a DE (who does have potential) which we would have to accommodate in the draft regardless of trading Ealy or not...now we will definitely have to use one of our first three picks on an edge rusher and quiet possibly in the 1st round. If there's a pass rusher that we can't pass on at #8, Gettleman would have to pounce.

 

But just the thought of Belichick and the Patriots seeing something in Ealy would make me second guess trading the kid... a year with Peppers? Who knows how that could've affected his growth... but now we'll have to watch from a far and see how he pans out in New England. I just have a feeling we'll see him go into something pretty special there... best of luck to Kony really... just hope we're not looking back on him like Geno Adkins... 

I think there are some thing in the background that we don't know, normally Panthers don't give up in one of their owns, if there are no character problems....

[pantherclaw]

Outside of watching huddlers freak out over any success he may find... (which i honestly hope he finds success) ......

I really don't give a damn.

[csx]

I can predict the thread. "Huddlers aren't going to like this but guess who had a sack and 2 tackles for the Pat's?"

[pantherj]

No big deal if he does well in NE. We don't have genius coaches so we need to dominate the trenches. Ealy is certainly not dominant in any way. You want to sit back in a zone, then you're DEs had better be impact players. Time to reload the DE position and see if we can find a star.

[panthers55]

Many huddlers always put up New England as their team to compare how they do things and what we should emulate. New England is famous for trading players prior to their contract expiration to get something from the deal before they walk and they get nothing. This is exactly what we did with Ealy who has flashed at times but disappeared for games and has an attitude issue. So some of those those same huddlers apparently now think we bailed too soon.

If Ealy does well in New England it doesn't say anything about what we should have done. Here he has underperformed and that is all that mattered. If getting traded lights a fire under him and he performs better there, it wasn't going to change what he was going to do here. He needed the change to motivate him which wouldn't have happened if he stayed here.

[SetfreexX]

Ealy to me is a C+ to B- player, in his time here he flashed enough to suggest he could be a starter. However when given that opportunity he didn't really show up. 

I think he'll be a solid rotational end for them, but I don't think he's gonna set the AFC on fire. 

[SOJA]

We'll see how motivated Kony is. 

Mingo was a top five pick and NE couldn't get anything out of him