The CJ Anderson trade gives me hope that Fitty and Rhule can fix the Oline this year.

[Jon Snow]

5 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

Speaking of O-Line :

Rick Wagner, OT, Packers. Age: 31.
Rick Wagner played very well for the Packers last year, but he was released because of financial implications (Green Bay was $11 million over the cap.) He is still a solid starter in the NFL.
 

https://walterfootball.com/freeagents2021OT.php

 

What does everyone think?   Kick the tires or not?

I think they would rather have young guys with upside with coaching.  Older vets are only stop gaps at best. This far into the season is not the best time to bring in olinemen if you want them to start right away. Anyone brought in now would not start right away.  

We will be better off starting the rookies if it comes down to immediate need due to injury. 

I can't see them shelling out big money on a backup vet.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

2 hours ago, top dawg said:

No one is trading for Shi Smith.

If I’m not mistaken he is tied with me for for regular season games played, catches and yards.  Are you saying no one is trading for me either?   
 

feelings hurt. 

[MasterAwesome]

2 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I plead posting pre coffee. Now go away.

Pre-coffee Posting Syndrome is a serious condition that afflicts 12,000 Huddlers a week.  That's why I try to pause and employ some compassion and charitability every time I read a post on here that makes me go "Wtf??" (roughly every 27 seconds, on average).

[MHS831]

3 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

After the CJ Anderson trade I am not putting it past Fitty and Rhule to pull another one off at some point, say maybe trading Shi Smith (gonna have a hard time getting the ball thrown his way as much as he deserves being the 4th WR) and Daley ("Sure he looks awful on tape (insert some hapless bottom dwelling GM's name here)

 

Why not throw in Horn and trade all of the Panther Gamecocks? 

[MHS831]

About the OL--inside out.  we are terrible at G.  Below average at C.  Average at T

[Khyber53]

17 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

About the OL--inside out.  we are terrible at G.  Below average at C.  Average at T

Strangely, that's an improvement for this team, historically speaking.

[Snake]

The line is what it is. We just have to deal with it. 

[glenwo2]

2 minutes ago, Snake said:

The line is what it is. We just have to deal with it. 

Sam certainly is. 

[Bartin]

So much harder to improve the OL during the season than other position units except maybe QB. Absolutely no one is looking to trade starting quality OL. At best you’re looking at a high tier backup being available and that’s basically what we have now. We are also out of 2022 picks we could reasonably trade for someone that is a good player unless we move our 1st which I’m pretty sure no one wants to do.

CJ is also a very unique situation where the player was disgruntled and things weren’t working out which made him available for cheap. Normally a guy like CJ would take a 1st plus something else just to not get hung up on. There is a somewhat similar situation available out there on the OL. Isaiah Wilson was the 29th pick last year and unemployed. However, his issues are are several orders of magnitude beyond CJ’s.

[Luciu5]

Ideally we need a C.  The middle is weak.  Irving is not the weakest link on this line unfortunately.  The answer for the G's are ****hopefully**** on the roster.  I think changing the C out mid season would be nuts unless it's someone who's been with us since training camp - though I don't think tecklenburg is the answer there.

[OldhamA]

3 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Are you saying you would not trade your rookie late round draft pick 4th WR as part of a package for a starting quality OL?

I'll give you time to consider your answer carefully.

Why would anyone give you anything of note for a guy that's not played a down in the NFL?

[frankw]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

About the OL--inside out.  we are terrible at G.  Below average at C.  Average at T

So basically what people were saying over a month ago while others buried their heads in the sand. This is becoming a Panthers tradition I guess.

[RumHam]

5 hours ago, top dawg said:

No one is trading for Shi Smith.

Pretty sure hes not here either

[Davidson Deac II]

Have to admit I came into this thread wondering why we had to trade to get CJ Anderson.