Is Samuel in a no win situation this season?

[jumpman910]

Albeit second and third teammers, Samuel is getting deep and beating press's better than imagined. IF he stays healthy Smith will only be here one season. 

[beastson]

9 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Him and Byrd have looked good, as they should against practice squad players. I just hope both stay healthy. 

 

Maybe be next season when Funchess and Smith are gone

Byrd and Samuel look good when they played during the season last year though

[Jaxel]

Think you are worrying about nothing. The way Samuel is playing he will find himself on the field sooner than later.

[OneBadCat]

I don't think so. If he shows out and we're smart we make him part of the long term plans. That dude is fast, faster than Moore at that. 

We will eventually lose him or Byrd though if he continues to play well.

[Sub Zero]

Norv will be making the decision on playing time on offense.. Not Ron..

[steven8989]

Haven't seen Smith do a damn thing to and don't give me this he has veteran leadership. Cut him and save 5 million to go get u some more oline help. I don't care who gives me poo. He is not worth it to be sitting Samuel on the bench or bryd not making the 53. The people on here have gone crazy!

[KB_fan]

Here's the reception data for the first 2 games of the preseason.  If Samuel can keep up the kind of production he's had in these 2 games you won't have to worry about him making the field.

More discussion of this table here:

 

 

[CRA]

Funchess will see the field a LOT.  Outside of that? I think playing time is largely an open competition.  I mean I know Smith will start off the season as the guy....but 3 WR sets? Moore and Samuel likely should get equal time until proven otherwise.  And also, Smith is great going deep but his overall game isn’t anything special IMO.   Samuel and Moore could eat into his reps later on. 

[FugAllY'all]

Uh, Curtis Samuel might be the second best receiver on our entire roster today. We don't even have a clear-cut number one right now, any one of Funchess, Moore or Samuel could emerge as our top playmaker on the outside. He's shown everything you want from a starting WR: route running, speed, hands, and position versatility. They would be insane to not to give a second round draft pick who's healthy and looking productive as many chances to succeed as possible.

[GoobyPls]

1 hour ago, beastson said:

Byrd and Samuel look good when they played during the season last year though

Byrd looked decent, Samuel didn’t do much last season.

[CPcavedweller]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

It’s inevitable Samuel will unfortunately have his playing time limited by Rivera’s “de facto nod for the Vets over the youngins” philosophy.

However, I still stand by my belief he has the most potential out of all the Panthers WRs.

Personally, I like where we sit with Funchess, Moore, Byrd, Samuel, and Wright. With CMC and Olsen eating up touches its gonna be slim pickings for the wide receivers as is. Funchess is a better version of Wright but the three speed guys I mentioned are better versions of Smith. 

I think Byrd showed too much last season to be cut and all of our receivers could remain pretty inexpensive due to CMC and Olsen.

[Moo Daeng]

For years we've botched about not having depth and now y'all are bitching about depth. fug this place is moronic.

[Bigchipper]

Jet Sweeps baby!

[CRA]

42 minutes ago, FugAllY'all said:

Uh, Curtis Samuel might be the second best receiver on our entire roster today. We don't even have a clear-cut number one right now, any one of Funchess, Moore or Samuel could emerge as our top playmaker on the outside. He's shown everything you want from a starting WR: route running, speed, hands, and position versatility. They would be insane to not to give a second round draft pick who's healthy and looking productive as many chances to succeed as possible.

Well....he hasn’t shown everything.  I mean preseason is preseason.  Samuel spending a lot of time vs backups and against defenses playing preseason D (which often isn’t about playcalling to stop a given play as much as it is about testing certain players with certain assignments)

not knocking Samuel though.  But I think the regular season will be an open competition.  Dudes who make plays will end up getting more time. 

Funchess’ niche is about the only given.  Smith, Samuel, Moore and Byrd will be a jumble until players make plays