Panthers with 3 safeties on roster, promote a 6th CB

[Soul Rebel]

Eric Reid makes too much sense, but is clearly being blackballed from the league.....no reason a 26 year old talented safety shouldn't have a job looking around at rosters around the league. That being said, there is some talent out there that could be had in a trade ---

In breezing over NFL rosters, I've found a few that make sense...some more than others:

• Karl Joseph - Raiders: Former 1st round pick that has underwhelmed in Oakland and is on the bench. I liked him coming out and hope that a change of scenery would be great for him here in Carolina. Shouldn't cost too much to trade for him considering he's in Gruden's dog house.

 

• TJ McDonald - Dolphins:  A bit of a longshot since he is oozing with talent and still in his prime. With the drafting of Minkah, and an All-Pro in Jones, McDonald is the odd guy out. Miami has a role for him and it wouldn't be cheap to land him, but McDonald would be a beast here.

 

• JJ Wilcox - Jets: Solid veteran SAF that was signed late in the offseason and is mired in a deep Jets' safety unit. With Adams beasting out, perhaps we could pry Wilcox away, still leaving them with Maye/Middleton/etc.

 

• Morgan Burnett - Steelers: Veteran has been solid and consistent for years. Approaching 30 and showing signs of wear, but still capable of being a good safety on a team that needs help. He's rotating in not starting for the Steelers currently, so maybe he could be had.

 

• Anthony Harris /Jayron Kearse - Vikings: Would prefer Iloka after seeing how deep the Vikings' secondary is, but Iloka is playing that hybrid SAF/LB role in a 3-man rotation. That leaves two guys with potential that just need the burn. Not as proven as the vets on this list, but better than what we have with a good amount of upside.

 

• Rayshawn Jenkins/Adrian Phillips - Chargers: With James stepping in immediately as a starter, there are two guys that are on the outside looking in for playing time. Both Jenkins and Phillips are young and have a lot of upside. Jenkins was a guy I liked out of The U and could thrive in our system. Phillips can play either position and is a hard worker that reminds me of how Kurt Coleman was when he got here....trying to prove everyone wrong. 

 

[KillerKat]

19 minutes ago, Growl said:

This team has to get embarrassed every year before we start taking issues seriously.

Whether its getting blown out or getting humiliated by some team like the Bears, which inevitably end up costing us the season, this team has to absolutely implode before the staff will swallow their medicine on what needs to happen.

 

Which is itself of course forgotten the following season.

I've been thinking about that as well. Success for Rivera is poison to this team. Whenever we have a successful season, Rivera doesn't take any preventative measures and never changes or upgrades weaknesses the following season. Which leads to another losing season and why we can't achieve back to back winning seasons.

[Shocker]

Mike Mitchell is out there too.  Hurney is in denial on this safety issue.  No other excuse.

[Cary Kollins]

Green will be fine because we have Bradberry on him. The other WRs will own unless Andy Dalton goes full Andy Dalton.

[Snake]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Honestly, I'm not sure how to feel.

We're darn near anorexic at multiple spots. Feels like no matter what we fix, there are still going to be issues somewhere.

I'm not sure why they haven't gotten outside help. Especially when Safety is a need and FAs are sitting home. 

[Davidson Deac II]

nm

[Snake]

20 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

nm

No I want to hear what you think! We need answers!!!!!!! 

[TheSpecialJuan]

In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin four lanes
With the top down screamin out, money ain't a thang

[Icege]

Damn Hurney and his ego amirite?

[CPF4LIFE]

I hope people understand that if you actually take a look around the league at other teams  EVERYBODY has quality safties except us. Some teams even have good players riding the bench for depth. Completely inexcusable why we ignore this position. 

[CPF4LIFE]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've utterly given up on us ever actually trying to address the safety situation as long as Rivera is coach. We just don't give a single fug about the safety positions. I like plenty of things about Ron as our head coach, but his defensive philosophy regarding the secondary is one of the major things o disagree with and I feel that the NFL is ever evolving to a more and more pass happy offensive approach while we seem hell-bent on playing 1980s defense.

Couldnt agree more, he has got to go....he is holding this team back and im not budging off that stance. 

[Shocker]

24 minutes ago, Icege said:

Damn Hurney and his ego amirite?

I'm wondering if this isn't another Jimmy Hoffa situation.  Dude has just vanished.

[TheRumGone]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've utterly given up on us ever actually trying to address the safety situation as long as Rivera is coach. We just don't give a single fug about the safety positions. I like plenty of things about Ron as our head coach, but his defensive philosophy regarding the secondary is one of the major things o disagree with and I feel that the NFL is ever evolving to a more and more pass happy offensive approach while we seem hell-bent on playing 1980s defense.

He was looking at mark Barron the year we drafted luke. He talked a lot about how important it was to have a talented player back there. I’m really not sure what’s happened. I mean Ron doesn’t draft players or sign players. But you have to believe he has a significant say in the process.

also I think Ron was genuinely pissed at dg for letting josh walk. Said something like “I don’t make those calls” he’s NEVER said anything like that before.

while I understand the anger at Rivera, numerous times he’s talked about how hard it is to find consistency with the ever rotating secondary we’ve had over his coaching tenure. I think a lot of the blame needs to be towards the front office in not being able to acquire talent or the talent we have we let go because they value that front seven so much

[CarolinaSamurai]

10 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

He was looking at mark Barron the year we drafted luke. He talked a lot about how important it was to have a talented player back there. I’m really not sure what’s happened. I mean Ron doesn’t draft players or sign players. But you have to believe he has a significant say in the process.

also I think Ron was genuinely pissed at dg for letting josh walk. Said something like “I don’t make those calls” he’s NEVER said anything like that before.

while I understand the anger at Rivera, numerous times he’s talked about how hard it is to find consistency with the ever rotating secondary we’ve had over his coaching tenure. I think a lot of the blame needs to be towards the front office in not being able to acquire talent or the talent we have we let go because they value that front seven so much

Amen. You use the players your given. Least we forget how absolutely bad DG was for us? He really screwed this team up. We should have contribiters from his drafts in posistions of weakness. Instead we have what 11 players out of 28 still on the roster and 5 of those are from his last draft. Like fuuuuuuuuu that's some shitty work.