Elflein Restructures

[Evil Hurney]

Looks like he'll be a Panther in 2022. I still think he's being penciled in as starting C for the time being.

[Mage]

Hot garbage player

[rayzor]

Well that's a relief.

[thennek]

Can you imagine how much better off this team would be right now if this brain trust did not give Sam Darnold $18 million guaranteed this year.

[La Pantera]

He'll be the starting C. He's much better there than G. I'd argue an upgrade over paradis.

[exactlyzack]

Just now, La Pantera said:

He'll be the starting C. He's much better there than G. I'd argue an upgrade over paradis.

To be fair, you could put a tackling dummy at center and it would be better than Paradis.

[BlitzMonster]

PFF - best and worst 2021 NFL free agent signings

WORST

 

OC/OG Pat Elflein, signed with the Panthers for three years, $11.5 million

Another of the curious moves the Panthers made last offseason was prioritizing Elflein and Cam Erving during the first days of free agency, bringing in two players who had an extensive history of sub-par play along the offensive line. Neither player exceeded expectations in Year 1, as Elflein played just 534 snaps and earned a 42.0 PFF pass-blocking grade and a 50.1 overall mark. Elflein accrued multiple games with a PFF grade under 30, and he earned below-average marks as a run-blocker in every game except one. 

[BlitzMonster]

I thought Elflein was playing somewhat better as a C at the end of the season.  Maybe a little below league average but OK.   However PFF puts him as one of the worst C in the league.  Ouch !

[Actionman0z]

1 minute ago, BlitzMonster said:

I thought Elflein was playing somewhat better as a C at the end of the season.  Maybe a little below league average but OK.   However PFF puts him as one of the worst C in the league.  Ouch !

pre injury PFF had fat Matt paradis as one of the best centers in the league and he has been abysmal with Carolina. What’s your point, Ventura?

[BlitzMonster]

Oh and another NFL WORST signing was Sam Darnold (when his extension is included).  So it's a twofer for the Panthers.   Yay ! 

[Actionman0z]

4 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

Oh and another NFL WORST signing was Sam Darnold (when his extension is included).  So it's a twofer for the Panthers.   Yay ! 

If we would have built around him I would think he would be better. We did exactly what the jets did to him. Sad really. I don’t want to do the Watson deal because I want to build it up. We do this, we don’t compete for another 3 years. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

16 minutes ago, exactlyzack said:

To be fair, you could put a tackling dummy at center and it would be better than Paradis.

We've had some bad offensive line play on this franchise but I think he's easily among the worst.  He reminds me of that French Canadian guy (Foucaults something or other I don't remember) that got shoved in at tackle against the Eagles on MNF on 2014 because of injuries to the Bell/Chandler juggernaut. 

I remember watching a replay from one of our godawful wastes of an afternoon last year where Paradis got bull rushed into Darnold's lap without getting so much as a hand on the defender.  He snapped the ball and just got moved backwards ten yards.  Sadly I agree that Elflein is probably an upgrade over him.

[LinvilleGorge]

LOL! Why? He's fuging terrible.

[onmyown]

24 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

LOL! Why? He's fuging terrible.

No choices. Limited cap. No worthwhile player wants to come here. Poor evaluating by coaching. And finally a gutted draft.

There are simply no options.

Considering the state and future of the team in 2019, this is called regressing.

Also known as invisible progressing according to Rhule.