Darryl Williams to undergo surgery

[Cary Kollins]

What the hell is going on with Greg's foot? It seemingly happened last year while he was just running, and now it's the same foot/bone?

Never heard of this type of injury seemingly out of the blue.

[falconidae]

Sucks for both of them, hope they both come back strong.

Think there's a chance that the Panthers will go ahead and re-sign Williams? The injuries don't sound career threatening, he's a really good young player. Get him at a discount and he still gets the  big payday? Easy enough to write a contract the opposite of M Kalil's, that has an out after 2-3 years if he never recovers from his injuries.

[TheSpecialJuan]

David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

Look for Amini Silatolu to get the first crack at replacing right tackle Daryl Williams, who will undergo knee surgery to repair damage suffered in the fourth quarter of Sunday's opener. Silatolu replaced Williams in the win against Dallas. Recently acquired Corey Robinson also could get a look there, but expect the Panthers to be in the market for a tackle. Rookie Ian Thomas will be first up to replace Greg Olsen, who fractured his right foot again and will be evaluated on a monthly basis. With Chris Manhertz the only other TE on the roster the team likely will sign a third player for that position.

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2h

[rippadonn]

That was totally on purpose in regards to the player "falling" into Williams knee. He fell beside Williams knee at first, saw where he was and launched himself into the knee. He should be fined for such obvious targeting.

They should have "chump" proofed that knee better.

[Castavar]

55 minutes ago, CarolinaSunday said:

The options look kind of grim:

 

Austin Howard FTW.

[raleigh-panther]

This post will piss people off

I love Greg Olsen but last year’s foot injury was stress related not collision related, and that, is not a good sign and yet, he was extended 

the panthers keep damaged goods too long and I know that sounds cold but NE does not and they have what 5 or 6 rings 

Davis,Kalil, Olsen. Should not have been retained but they were, and here we are. 

Love Davis too but it was clear two years ago that he had lost a step 

seems like the Panthers are more than happy to give their players a farewell tour and you cant win championships that as they year goes on, they only wear down more 

 

[Castavar]

10 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

This post will piss people off

I love Greg Olsen but last year’s foot injury was stress related not collision related, and that, is not a good sign and yet, he was extended 

the panthers keep damaged goods too long and I know that sounds cold but NE does not and they have what 5 or 6 rings 

Davis,Kalil, Olsen. Should not have been retained but they were, and here we are. 

Love Davis too but it was clear two years ago that he had lost a step 

seems like the Panthers are more than happy to give their players a farewell tour and you cant win championships that as they year goes on, they only wear down more 

 

This won't piss people off, because a lot of us were saying to move on from Olsen and TD last year. But, of course Hurney would rather extend aging vets than spend that money on areas of need.

But yeah, I agree with you 100%. You have to know when to move on from aging players. Hopefully this "family" atmosphere where we overpay vets comes to an end now that Richardson is gone.

[Toomers]

   $25M for one year. ONE awful year. And we still have Amini starting. 

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Look for Amini Silatolu to get the first crack at replacing right tackle Daryl Williams

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

This post will piss people off

I love Greg Olsen but last year’s foot injury was stress related not collision related, and that, is not a good sign and yet, he was extended 

the panthers keep damaged goods too long and I know that sounds cold but NE does not and they have what 5 or 6 rings 

Davis,Kalil, Olsen. Should not have been retained but they were, and here we are. 

Love Davis too but it was clear two years ago that he had lost a step 

seems like the Panthers are more than happy to give their players a farewell tour and you cant win championships that as they year goes on, they only wear down more 

The problem is that the Panthers have, in the past, used contract extensions as rewards for prior service. Our "family" atmosphere was behind that thinking.

Jake Delhomme's ridiculous final extension is probably the most grievous example. Letting Ryan Kalil play out his final year here is likely another case where sentiment trumped practicality. Jury's still out on that one.

With successful teams, the value of contracts is supposed to be determined by what you will do more so than what you have done. That's why teams like the Steelers, the Patriots and many others have let beloved veterans go.

Fans may hate it, but more often than not it's the smart move.

[Jon Snow]

Well the bright side of this, if there is one, will be the new boss will clean house if this staff screws this up.  So there's that?

[FakePlasticTrees]

2 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

This post will piss people off

I love Greg Olsen but last year’s foot injury was stress related not collision related, and that, is not a good sign and yet, he was extended 

the panthers keep damaged goods too long and I know that sounds cold but NE does not and they have what 5 or 6 rings 

Davis,Kalil, Olsen. Should not have been retained but they were, and here we are. 

Love Davis too but it was clear two years ago that he had lost a step 

seems like the Panthers are more than happy to give their players a farewell tour and you cant win championships that as they year goes on, they only wear down more 

 

I can't prove it, but that signing had all of the hallmarks of being from a Richardson directive. They should have let his contract play out and see how he recovers from the injury. Richardson knew he was selling the team and gave a couple parting gifts to favored players.

[Devil Doc]

Bring in Cajuste

[Fox007]

5 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

This post will piss people off

I love Greg Olsen but last year’s foot injury was stress related not collision related, and that, is not a good sign and yet, he was extended 

the panthers keep damaged goods too long and I know that sounds cold but NE does not and they have what 5 or 6 rings 

Davis,Kalil, Olsen. Should not have been retained but they were, and here we are. 

Love Davis too but it was clear two years ago that he had lost a step 

seems like the Panthers are more than happy to give their players a farewell tour and you cant win championships that as they year goes on, they only wear down more 

 

Not it won't and i'll do you one better. We should still have Gettleman as GM and Olsen/Davis would likely be gone and Shaq would be doing his thing and we'd likely have another TE to help replace Olsen and that would leave us with cash to do other things with.

Hurney, while not being a giant turd like he usually is, still isn't even an average GM he's a bad GM trying to prove he can actually do some things that aren't dumpster worthy and his latest moves are obviously still being evaluated.