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Was DG that great?

SwagAces9030

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1 minute ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

top half of the league based on his track record

possibly top ten or top five if he would have gotten a full ten years like hurney got

Yeah, most of DG's draft picks are still developing as players. I don't even think KK has reached his peak yet.

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2 hours ago, Soul Rebel said:

The lack of personalization that DG handled Norman's situation with is my only real beef with him. Josh had a bad agent giving him poor advice. Dude came from nothing, grinded at a small school, grinded through camps and the season to earn a spot, grinded into a top-5 in the NFL role, and wanted to stay in Carolina....it was where his heart was. DG let emotion get in the way, IMO and really screwed that up. I believe the renouncing his FT and cutting him was cold-hearted and was what officially put JR on watch of how Gettleman was handling business. I think JR could live with Smitty, Gross, etc..... but Norman would've played under the FT for a year, we had cap space and he wanted to be a Carolina Panther. I think this rubbed JR the wrong way, and DG's leash got very, very short moving forward. 

This is where I disagree with you.

Norman was never going to be anything but a one year rental.  Period.  He was not (WAS NOT) ever going to be signed to a long-term deal, primarily because of his position and his age.

Gettleman prioritizes impact linemen over skill position players.  Why?  Because that's how you win in the NFL.

Please do name me one of the NFL great teams that won because they had the best WRs and DBs while they also had a poor OL and DL.  Even the Failcan'ts, after all their years drafting receivers and corner backs and being inconsistent and losing in the playoffs, finally wised up.  The Failcant's didn't have success last year because Julio Jones is super amazing (he is) and Trufant is an extremely good CB (he is)... the Failcant's finally put it all together last year because their OL was quality and healthy and their DL increased their sack numbers from 19 (in 2015) to 34 (in 2016).

So Josh Norman, as good as he is (and thinks he is and he's worth) became surplus to requirements, because what this team really needed to do was re-sign Kawann Short (just like we still need to re-sign Star Lotuleilei... and Trai Turner... and hopefully Andrew Norwell... hear that TD and Greg?).

So Josh Norman's "heart" had nothing to do with it.  What the core of Josh Norman and his agent's efforts were was to become the highest paid CB in the NFL, not "heart". (P.S. Don't blame Norman a bit for trying for that mark and succeeding, btw... but lets please not try to paint a story of Josh's sad puppy dog eyes missing his ol' Carolina Home when what he really wanted was the $$$).

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Swaggasaurus

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Luke

Olsen

Cam

TD

Ryan K

Mario

CJ

Stewart

Vs.

Short

Turner

 

These are the legit great players on the team. Shaq, Coleman, KB, Norwell, Star, and now Bradberry are good players but not stars.And to rebuttals any Stew or Mario talk. League leaders in broken tackles and pass rush efficiency. Who is responsible for the best players on this team?

 

 

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