Matt Kalil Concerns

[nosuchthingasapanther]

addison going up against someone who hasn't done jack squat the past season and whose play before that could possibly be contributed to injury....what did people think was going to happen?

it's as if the huddle doesn't recognize that addison is a monster in the making...and at the moment, poor kalil is just an easy kill.

i'll worry when walk on joe schmoe gives kalil the same treatment.

[Jon Snow]

5 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Just admit it guys. Gettleman's signing of Matt Kalil in many ways is worse than Hurney's extension of Delhomme. Both were major F-ups!

I think the jury is still out on that.  Odds are against it working out but who knows, it will take a few games to get a true evaluation on whether the guy can show improvement and promise to justify keeping him.  Luckily if he doesn't it doesn't cripple the cap by letting him go.  But the bad part in this is that if it doesn't old Hurndog will be the one to find his replacement.  That scares the living hell out of me.  We all should pray that he works out.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

It never ceases to amaze me how fans can overreact to one practice year after year when all the evidence points to it not meaning a thing. This is KB's weight all over again.

[Khyber53]

The important part of this is "day one of training camp." Come late August, if he hasn't come up to starting level, then we can panic.

[*FreeFua*]

17 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

Go back and read his the contract breakdown thread, they go over all his conctract details in there and that's basically what his contract comes down to. Not going to recap a 30+ page thread when you can just go read it yourself  

 

would try try to link to it, but I'm on mobile

You mean where a bunch of people like yourself who don't understand contracts talk about a contract? 

I'm good, I'll just use spotrac

[top dawg]

24 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

Go back and read his the contract breakdown thread, they go over all his conctract details in there and that's basically what his contract comes down to. Not going to recap a 30+ page thread when you can just go read it yourself  

 

would try try to link to it, but I'm on mobile

 

17 minutes ago, mjligon said:

Will admit that only when he sucks during regular season.

 

13 minutes ago, Bogart said:

I think the jury is still out on that.  Odds are against it working out but who knows, it will take a few games to get a true evaluation on whether the guy can show improvement and promise to justify keeping him.  Luckily if he doesn't it doesn't cripple the cap by letting him go.  But the bad part in this is that if it doesn't old Hurndog will be the one to find his replacement.  That scares the living hell out of me.  We all should pray that he works out.

It's OK. Denial is fully expected. It's OK to kick that can of disappointment and misery down the road.

As for that contract...It's the contract that makes the deal so bad. I don't care if it's a one year, ten million dollar rental, or more. That will sting next year, like stubbing a toe with a hangnail.

I was all for signing Kalil in conjunction with someone else, on a prove-it deal for 2-2.5 mil, but his contract was out-fricken-rageous!

[top dawg]

"Mr. Clady, Marty Hurney on line one!"

[Jon Snow]

2 minutes ago, top dawg said:

 

 

It's OK. Denial is fully expected. It's OK to kick that can of disappointment and misery down the road.

As for that contract...It's the contract that makes the deal so bad. I don't care if it's a one year, ten million dollar rental. That will sting next year, like stubbing a toe with a hangnail.

I was all for signing Kalil in conjunction with someone else, on a prove-it deal for 2-2.5 mil, but his contract was out-fricken-rageous!

I agree it was a steep price to pay for such a risky move.   That's the reason I'm praying it works out because the alternative is much worse.  

I have no delusions that it was a wise move.  My view is that this was probably at JR's insistence more than anything else given past events attributed to his meddling.   But who knows anymore?  

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Just now, top dawg said:

"Mr. Clady, Marty Hurney on line one!"

It's one freaking practice, dude. Calm down. 

[hepcat]

Didn't Oher look like trash in training camp two years ago? It was the first day. R-E-L-A-X

[Snake]

I honestly would be more worried if he was dominating Addison. Addison is going to be a top 5 DE this year. 

[uncfan888]

34 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Just admit it guys. Gettleman's signing of Matt Kalil in many ways is worse than Hurney's extension of Delhomme. Both were major F-ups!

Don't be an idiot. Especially if we aren't certain JR didn't make this happen cuz he loves Ryan

[Doc Holiday]

41 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Just admit it guys. Gettleman's signing of Matt Kalil in many ways is worse than Hurney's extension of Delhomme. Both were major F-ups!

Not sure how you can say that when he hasn't played a single snap yet. Lol

[Pejorative Miscreant]

1 hour ago, countryboi said:

the Panthers paid this dude 55 million so he can be as bad or worse than the tackles we had before? damn somebody do something..

Damn that Hurney!  Just giving all that mon...  Oh,  nevermind.  Seriously, contract #s looks crazy but its not that bad and its the first day of camp.