Palardy pushing Lee according to Joe Person

[AppHeel]

As good as Palardy has performed for us let's not forget he was on the couch for half the season last year until Lee got hurt. If he was that good, teams would have scooped him up. Yes, we gave up a 4th for Lee and, to me, that matters in the decision to keep him, but aside from that Lee is a multi year Pro Bowler! He's one of the top punters in the league. You don't cut that type of proven talent and production.

I get the argument about Palardy being younger, etc, but get Lee for 3-4 more seasons of top tier punting, you'll be able to replace  Lee with someone just as good or better than Palardy when he retires or moves on. Again, we grabbed Palardy off the couch mid season last year.

[Bartin]

20 hours ago, stratopanther said:

Why? He should still want a return on the investment even though he didnt make the trade. It's still a 4th rd pick we'll never get to use.

That's the sunk cost fallacy

[stratopanther]

10 minutes ago, Bartin said:

That's the sunk cost fallacy

Yeah I see where you're coming from there. From a performance standpoint I think Id want Lees experience if we needed a clutch punt. I feel we're in win now mode and I don't want to risk squandering any chances we have on someone who finds themself in a moment too big for them. 

[Davidson Deac II]

On 8/22/2017 at 7:24 PM, Nails said:

The Bucs signing Gano is a wet dream.  Anyone that's watched the Panthers for years hopes Butker gets the job.  He's been perfect in both games and Fanfest, Gano has not.

The position of fg kicker concerns me more than any other position this year and I am not sure Butker hitting all his fg's means much.  Gano was 13 of 14 in preseason last year, hitting his first 10 or 11 in a row.  Do we go with the decent but not so clutch Gano, or the complete unknown?  Either choice could come back to bite us in the a$$ at some point.  

[Nails]

2 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

The position of fg kicker concerns me more than any other position this year and I am not sure Butker hitting all his fg's means much.  Gano was 13 of 14 in preseason last year, hitting his first 10 or 11 in a row.  Do we go with the decent but not so clutch Gano, or the complete unknown?  Either choice could come back to bite us in the a$$ at some point.  

Butker hitting his kicks means A LOT.  He knows the pressure is on and has been money.  The kick against the Texans was from 53, dead on, with room to spare, and gave us a 10 point lead.  He's the only drafted kicker in Panthers history for a reason!

Gano makes me physically SICK!!!  Nothing about him is decent.  His percentage, lack of clutch factor, and price tag.  SICK!!!!!

[Davidson Deac II]

33 minutes ago, Nails said:

Butker hitting his kicks means A LOT.  He knows the pressure is on and has been money.  The kick against the Texans was from 53, dead on, with room to spare, and gave us a 10 point lead.  He's the only drafted kicker in Panthers history for a reason!

Gano makes me physically SICK!!!  Nothing about him is decent.  His percentage, lack of clutch factor, and price tag.  SICK!!!!!

It means that he has a shot at making the team, nothing more.  Gano was tied for 12th last year irt field goal percentage from 50 plus yards, and 16th from 40-49 yards.  Not great, but far from the worst in the league, in other words decent.  My guess is they go with Butker, but at this point its not a sure thing.

[top dawg]

Perhaps I wasn't so crazy to be thinking along these lines after all (based upon Person, who apparently had at least a good notion). 

Sure it may be coach-speak, but it could also mean that we'd try and shop Lee if Palardy pleases against Pittsburgh.

 

[top dawg]

Yeah, I hit this right on the mark. It was Lee that they were looking to trade all along. I'm not so crazy after all.

 

[top dawg]

Called it!

[tiger7_88]

4 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Called it!

We'll be returning your call as soon as Palardy starts sucking.