Post draft Roster (attempting a depth chart)

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

52 minutes ago, The Lone Panther said:

QB - C. Newton / J. Webb

RB – J. Stewart / C. McCraffrey / F. Whittaker

FB – A. Armah

TE - G. Olsen / E. Dickson / S. Simonson

WR - K. Benjamin / K. Garrett

WR – C. Samuel / D. Byrd

WR – D. Funchess / R. Shepherd

OT – M. Kalil / M. Oher

OG - A. Norwell / A. Silatolu

OC - R. Kalil / T. Larson

OG – T. Turner / G. Gradkowski

OT – D. Williams / T. Moton

 

DE – C. Johnson / W. Horton / D. Hall

DT - K. Short / V. Butler

DT - S. Lotulelei / K. Love

DE – J. Peppers / M. Addison

OLB - T. Davis / J. Cash

ILB - L. Kuechly / B. Boulware

OLB - S. Thompson / D. Mayo

SS – M. Adams / D. Marlowe / B. Blechen

FS - K. Coleman / T. Boston

CB - J. Bradberry / T. Williams

CB – D. Worley / T. Williams

CB – C. Munnerlyn / C. Elder

 

Jansen, Lee, Butker = 53

If we could just replace Teddy Williams.....

[The Lone Panther]

36 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

No Derek Anderson?!?  That's pretty shocking!  Is Webb good enough to be QB2???

Webb at least brings something else to the table unlike Anderson.  If Cam goes down, it really doesn't matter who's our #2 honestly, game over. 

[The Lone Panther]

18 minutes ago, Leeroy Jenkins PhD said:

If we could just replace Teddy Williams.....

I actually thought Williams played well when given the chance last season and he's a decent ST players.  Just needs to quit with the penalties.  

[panthers34]

I wouldn't necessarily call Boston a lock at this point... Marlowe could possibly steal his spot 

[GoobyPls]

 Not only is Funchess not good enough to be a number 2, it makes our offense worse with him and Kelvin on the field at the same time.

 

Samuel needs to be our number 2

[General_Purr]

You guys think we will keep all the tight ends? What is the thoughts on us keeping a FB?

 

RB is interesting to me.. how many will we carry? I feel like Fozzy will make it once again... He must be a sweet talker to the coaches. Training camp will be make or break for the DBs and defensive linemen. Hopefully everyone can stay healthy and give their best.

[KB_fan]

23 minutes ago, General_Purr said:

You guys think we will keep all the tight ends? What is the thoughts on us keeping a FB?

"ALL" the tightends?  At most we keep 3  (Olsen / Dickson / Simonson currently most likely).  I'm pretty sure there were chunks of last season where we may have had only Olsen & Dickson on the roster, but I'd have to check.  (Or maybe that was 2015?... I forget).

FB, yes I feel very certain we'll keep a FB.   Drafting Armah confirms they are  wanting to do some things at that position.  Heck., our coaches are STILL talking about Richie Brockel long after he's gone.  Seems like they long for that TE/FB hybrid kind of guy.   I think there's still room for a blocking FB, especially given some of the issues with protecting Cam.

[KB_fan]

27 minutes ago, General_Purr said:

RB is interesting to me.. how many will we carry? I feel like Fozzy will make it once again...

This is an interesting question.

Going by playing style / role, you'd think CAP more likely to keep than Fozzy.  CMC replaces Fozzy as the change of pace back, whereas CAP is more of a Stew backup...

BUT, based on coaches opinion of the player, and playing time in 2016, Fozzy would have the edge.  And to be honest, he had some VERY nice games last year.  He was one of the few bright spots on our offense in a number of otherwise dismal failures.  He had some great catches (led the team in reception % for quite a while in the season, not sure if he finished 1st or 2nd...) and he proved more durable than I'd expected, getting a lot of carries in several games.

So while Fozzy might "seem" redundant - and in fact I actually had him as just missing out on the 53 in my initial post-draft roster projection - the more I think about it, I think he could stay. 

So, we'd have Stew & CMC,  Fozzy [OR CAP] plus a FB.   Some are arguing for two FBs... but that's hard to imagine!  So, I think 4 at RB / FB is the likely total on the 53.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Updated: (5-2)

Offense (45)

QB: Cam Newton, Derek Anderson, Joe Webb, Garrett Gilbert

RB: Jonathan Stewart, Christian McCaffrey, Cameron Artis-Payne, Fozzy Whittaker, Jalen Simmons

FB: Alex Armah, Darrell Young

TE: Greg Olsen, Ed Dickson, Scott Somonson, Chris Manhertz, Eric Wallace

WR1: Kelvin Benjamin, Keyarris Garrett, Brenton Bersin, Austin Duke

WR2: Devin Funchess, Damiere Byrd, Charles Johnson, Fred Ross

WRs: Curtis Samuel, Russell Shepard, Kaelin Clay, Mose Frazier

LT: Matt Kalil, Michael Oher, Dan France, 

LG: Andrew Norwell, Amini Solatolu, David Yankey

C: Ryan Kalil, Gino Gradkowski, Tyler Larsen, Austin Stephens

RG: Trai Turner, Chris Scott

RT: Daryl Williams, Taylor Moton, Tyrus Thompson, Pearce Slater, Blaine Claussell

 

Defense 39

CB1: James Bradberry, Tyler Patmos, Cole Luke

CB2: Daryl Worley, Teddy Williams, Jeff Richards

CBn: Captain Munnerlyn, Corn Elder, Zack Sanchez

SS: Mike Adams, Colin Jones, Brian Blechen, L.J. McCray

FS: Kurt Coleman, Dean Marlow, Travell Dixon, Dezmen Southward

WLB: Shaq Thompson, Jared Norris, Jeremy Cash

MLB: Luke Kuechly, David Mayo, Ben Boulware

SLB: Thomas Davis, Ben Jacobs

DE1: Mario Addison, Julius Peppers, Ryan Delaire, Larry Webster

DE2: Charles Johnson, Daeshon Hall, Wes Horton, Brian Cox Jr. 

DT1: Star Lotulelei, Kyle Love, Eric Crume

DT2: Kawaan Short, Vernon Butler

 

STs 6

Punter: Andy Lee, Michael Palardy

Kicker: Graham Gano, Harrison Butker

LS: J.J. Jansen, Danny Dillon

 

 

We are thin at SS and backup CB.....

[CatScratchFever]

On 4/30/2017 at 8:04 PM, panthers34 said:

I wouldn't necessarily call Boston a lock at this point... Marlowe could possibly steal his spot 

I agree.  Definitely not a lock.