Is this the best front 7 rotation the Panthers have ever had?

[Nails]

7 minutes ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

Getting an elite playmaker>>>> drafting an average DE at 8

I've moved on and feel good about it.  Just saying.

[Kevin Greene]

Perhaps the best....my only apprehension is Luke Kuechly.

I would have liked to see the Panthers let him come back for the final game and play a little football.

One more concussion and he seriously needs to consider retirement. 

[Khyber53]

5 hours ago, Kevin Greene said:

Perhaps the best....my only apprehension is Luke Kuechly.

I would have liked to see the Panthers let him come back for the final game and play a little football.

One more concussion and he seriously needs to consider retirement. 

I really, really hate reading this. I also really, really hate that I can't argue with the reasoning behind it.

[JawnyBlaze]

16 hours ago, Zaximus said:

This isn't true.   He was great against the run and still brought pressure.  Sacks aren't all there are to measuring someone.   He was a top 5/10 DE in 2013.   Hardy was mostly a complete player at that position and almost had Peppers athleticism.   He had some dumb decisions in the WORST possible year with the Rice thing and it sunk him.   Also crazy.  

Was gonna post the same. He impacted almost every play. Can't get 3-5 sacks every game. The only thing I disagree with you on is he was the top 1 DE that year, not comparing him to 3-4 players. 

[rico6]

No. '13 '08 imho were better, by a decent margin.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Don't worry, OP.  3rd or 4th best is still pretty good. I'd have to go with 96 and 03 for sure.

The current defense is just...kinda old. Who knows when the wheels could fall off of any of our front seven not named Star, KK or Shaq.

This front seven certainly has more name recognition across the board.

[Clicheking]

2011 

DT - Sione Fua, Terrell Mcclain, Frank Kearse, Ron Edwards

DE - Thomas Keiser, Eric Norwood, Antwan Applewhite 

[Navy_football]

On 5/12/2017 at 11:00 AM, panther4life said:

02-03 was pretty damn good too.

Peppers,Jenkins,Buckner, Rucker. With Al Wallace rotating in as well.

Jenkins was arguably the best DT in the game and Peppers was entering his 2nd year.

Dan Morgan and Will Witherspoon were playing damn good back then as well. In 02 we had Mark Fields, in 03 Greg Favors came in.

But before concussions got to him Morgan was right up there with Urlacher in terms of best MLB's.

In 02 we had 54 team sacks. 

 

96 We employed a 3-4 but that may have been the best fromt 7 we ever fielded. Team produced 60 sacks that year.

The big names were Kevin Greene and Lamar Lathon (salt and pepper). They were what Von Miller and Demarcus ware were in 2015. Deadly combo of outside rushers. Then you had Sam Mills on the inside and Carlton Bailey as the other inside backer?

The D-line I don't remember much in terms of performance but the names were 

NT- Kragen

DE- Fox and Gerald Williams.

 

 

 

 

Will Witherspoon was on that Super Bowl team from 2003. Current LBs really aren't that much better if at all. A healthy Dan Morgan was a tackling machine and Witherspoon was a beast - very TD like. That front 4 absolutely dominated games! 

[The Lobo]

25 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Will Witherspoon was on that Super Bowl team from 2003. Current LBs really aren't that much better if at all. A healthy Dan Morgan was a tackling machine and Witherspoon was a beast - very TD like. That front 4 absolutely dominated games! 

I hated when Spoon left. I think our current LB corp is better, but that one in 02-03 was pretty nasty. Morgan was a machine when healthy.

[Salisburysean98]

On 5/12/2017 at 3:01 PM, Zaximus said:

This isn't true.   He was great against the run and still brought pressure.  Sacks aren't all there are to measuring someone.   He was a top 5/10 DE in 2013.   Hardy was mostly a complete player at that position and almost had Peppers athleticism.   He had some dumb decisions in the WORST possible year with the Rice thing and it sunk him.   Also crazy.  

He was as crazy as Kevin Greene but that Athleticism though... Yeah almost as good as Pepp. Oh and one thing him and Greene had in common, he brought his lunch pale every play.

[electro's horse]

1996 was the best

no second half touchdowns given up at home all season

f with me

[PANTHERSNAT1ON]

It is definitely up there. 2003 was great but with the upside in Hall and Butler. Peppers will come in and be a 3rd down, get after the quarterback guy. I'm seeing a dominant pass rush from these guys.


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[Man Strength]

On 12/5/2017 at 3:34 PM, Nate Dogg said:

LDE: Julius Peppers - 1st round pick / Charles Johnson - 3rd round pick

DT: Kawan Short - 2nd round pick / Vernon Butler - 1st round pick

DT: Star Lotulelei - 1st round pick / Vernon Butler - 1st round pick

RDE: Mario Addison / Daeshon Hall - 3rd round pick / Wes Horton

OLB: Thomas Davis - 1st round pick

MLB: Luke Kuechly - 1st round pick

OLB: Shaq Thompson - 1st round pick

 

No, just no. 4th or 5th if all goes well. Not nearly enough outside rush for me to even feel good about them. 

[PantherWake]

20 hours ago, Clicheking said:

2011 

DT - Sione Fua, Terrell Mcclain, Frank Kearse, Ron Edwards

DE - Thomas Keiser, Eric Norwood, Antwan Applewhite 

That has to be our worst ever right? lol