Panthers moving on from Mike Adams

[ncfan]

 

[Khyber53]

Good guy, played hard for us. Father Time is slow, but steady and eventually catches everyone.

Good luck to him in his future endeavors!

[SCO96]

This was a good move. We need to get younger at FS. If we could find a rangy/athletic ball hawk to pair with Eric Reid it would do wonders for our pass defense. I just hope we can find an affordable FA or hit the jackpot in the 2019 draft. I don't believe an adequate replacement for Adams is currently on the roster.

[LinvilleGorge]

It's the right move. I just hope we aren't planning to put all of our FS eggs in the Gaulden basket. He did not look good as a rookie for a  3rd round pick and if he doesn't look a lot better very early on in camp I think we should consider giving him a look at nickel where he primarily played in college. That spot should be open too.

[dpm0409]

Definitely the right move to make.  Tough to remain effective as a secondary player in the NFL when you're pushing 40 in another year or two.

[The Lobo]

Good dude, but it needed to happen. I hope he keeps playing. 

[Zaximus]

Good move, we have to get younger and faster back there.

[KSpan]

He may still have another year or two as an average in-the-box type safety but yeah, definitely not what the Panthers need alongside Reid. All the best to him if he wants to keep playing though I hope he remembers to bat the ball down on 4th down next time.

[Dex]

Appreciate the hard work you put in pops!

[KillerKat]

Should've been done last year

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's the right move. I just hope we aren't planning to put all of our FS eggs in the Gaulden basket. He did not look good as a rookie for a  3rd round pick and if he doesn't look a lot better very early on in camp I think we should consider giving him a look at nickel where he primarily played in college. That spot should be open too.

Agree. 

I wonder if that is not already the plan.

[Anybodyhome]

The AAF season is done about 10 days prior to the draft. Anyone familiar with how that can work for an NFL team interested in acquiring an AAF player?

There have been a few decent DBs at both safety and CB positions I will continue to watch.

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Agree. 

I wonder if that is not already the plan.

Who knows? If it is, I certainly hope that we have very good indications that he's going to make a big rookie to sophomore leap.

If the safety FA market is very soft again, I'd love to add someone like Tre Boston to compete at that spot. I'd sign a guy like that and give him low level starter/high level back up money without hesitation. Even if we think Gaulden can be the guy, our safety depth is non-existent. 

[Lumps]

Good old Adams (no pun)...

great football knowledge, knew where to be but was gassed halfway getting there or had no energy to tackle if he was there..

had a great career prolly time for him to move on.