Panthers sign LB Tahir Whitehead

[KatsAzz]

Panthers signing the 6'2'' 241 lb. linebacker Tahir Whitehead to a one-year, $2.5 million contract may turn out good. He is big enough to help stop last years weakness of teams running up the middle. If for some reason Whitehead has problems in coverage, he could still be used as a important situational player.

[4Corners]

21 minutes ago, top dawg said:

That's a response worthy of a bot, and highly inaccurate!

I mean a LB with a bunch of tackles. Nothing special. Doesn’t make our defense any better. 

[4Corners]

Man this guy is going to start at MLB after years of Luke. Unreal. 

[KatsAzz]

13 minutes ago, MMA said:

Won’t be drafting Simmons anymore. 

I Ilke Simmons a lot but we have so many needs that we should be able to draft a great player to help us at other positions with the #7 first rd choice, if we don't select him.

[Soul Rebel]

21 minutes ago, MMA said:

Won’t be drafting Simmons anymore. 

Pretty good chance LIons go with Okudah at 3 after trading away Slay. Giants are the wildcard at 4, but a franchise OT to protect Jones makes a lot of sense for Gettleman.... he gets his hog molly too. Phins and Chargers need QBs, so I see Tua and Herbert/Love going there. 

That should leave Simmons for us to choose between he and Brown. Give me Simmons all day in this scenario. Simmons helps the LB corps (Whitehead will be 30 this year and on a 1-yr deal) and he also helps solidify the secondary as a rover lending support to Burris & Boston.

[Palmetto]

30 minutes ago, MMA said:

Won’t be drafting Simmons anymore. 

If Simmons is on the board and they pass because of Whitehead signing that would terrible

Simmons has the potential to be a play maker and a future all pro Whitehead wont bring that type of play to an NFL team

[4Corners]

Wow we are going to see an influx of ex temple and ex Baylor players. Great. Too bad Ruhle didn’t come from An SEC school, Ohio State, USC, or Clemson. 

[Woodie]

42 minutes ago, Palmetto said:

If Simmons is on the board and they pass because of Whitehead signing that would terrible

Simmons has the potential to be a play maker and a future all pro Whitehead wont bring that type of play to an NFL team

A one year deal isn't going to keep the team from taking anybody.  Whitehead is just a warm body to help fill out the roster while the team looks for their long-term MLB.

Most likely, if they pass on Simmons, it will be because they liked someone such as Brown better (or as a better fit right now), or because someone else gave us some extra draft capital to move up to the #7 spot.  Regardless, Whitehead will have absolutely nothing to do with what we do in the draft.

[Basbear]

All these signing are ok, but I feel someone needs to notify Marty Herniay of the current crisis at DT and CB. There is only one NFL player there for each group and even that is debatable. Draft is great and all, but rookies are only able to take on so much. 

[Basbear]

1 hour ago, Soul Rebel said:

Pretty good chance LIons go with Okudah at 3 after trading away Slay. Giants are the wildcard at 4, but a franchise OT to protect Jones makes a lot of sense for Gettleman.... he gets his hog molly too. Phins and Chargers need QBs, so I see Tua and Herbert/Love going there. 

That should leave Simmons for us to choose between he and Brown. Give me Simmons all day in this scenario. Simmons helps the LB corps (Whitehead will be 30 this year and on a 1-yr deal) and he also helps solidify the secondary as a rover lending support to Burris & Boston.

Simmons is my main hope/want as well, was Brown til that awful combine. My big issue is I normally dont value LB(or DB) in the top ten. Thats where you want to draft LT, edge, and QB. Im not big on Okudah at 7 either, still take him over brown. Simmons is target, he alone could cover many of the HUGE issues for the D. Its sooo rare for a defender to have nickle cover skills and be able to take on OTs for sacks/hurries/etc. Hes like the queen on the chess board. Offensives would have to focus on him, thus taking the pressure off the other 10 players. 

[MHS831]

I think this could mean we are drafting Simmons.  OLB vs ILB.  Here is what the Raider fans were saying on PFT:

kcsam76 says:

March 23, 2020 at 11:15 am

Nice guy. Actually, a very nice guy, but he is not a good football player. He’s decent at best against the run, but I huge liability vs the pass.

kingofsports810 says:

March 23, 2020 at 11:45 am

Good guy with limited versatility. Nice to see him land on his feet. Hopefully they have a scheme that will be beneficial.

joetoronto says:

March 23, 2020 at 11:51 am

kcsam76 says:
March 23, 2020 at 11:15 am
Nice guy. Actually, a very nice guy, but he is not a good football player. He’s decent at best against the run, but I huge liability vs the pass.
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Bingo.

footballinla says:

March 23, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Get ready for missed tackles and blown coverages and lots of selfies.

stephanebonics says:

March 23, 2020 at 12:21 pm

Raiders fan here, I thought he was overrated in Detroit and then Oakland paid him more than they should have. He cannot cover to save his life, especially against RBs. I wouldn’t put him on the field on 3rd downs or passing downs but he cant still play a little.

Opa says:

March 23, 2020 at 12:22 pm

Free Cam already!

[stbugs]

He was released, no effect on comp picks so looks good to me. 

[LxDunn]

9 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

Im telling you, Rhule is about to draft all Baylor/Temple players. Expect Lynch as early as round 2

We are fuged then 

[TbTeRRoR]

"Lets go out there and destroy their season, and have fun doing it!" - Tahir Whitehead   I got that from his hilight video......don't know much about him but that pregame talk seemed quot-able so I did it.