Why Panthers Ikem Ekwonu will be The BEST Tackle in the NFL

[shaqattaq]

I know that we had a very similar post about Ekwonu A couple of weeks ago, but it's the slow news season. Plus this guy seems intelligent and his voice doesn't make me want to cry.

[B_Eazi]

 

[kungfoodude]

I think keeping Campen was critical for a guy like Ekwonu and really for all of our younger linemen. 

If Ikey can make a step forward in year two, he might be the anchor we have been looking for forever. Possibly a 10+ year guy if he keeps improving. 

We sure as fug need it.

[CLG]

Our Oline being a strength is still crazy to me. 
 

Good time for a rookie QB as good as Bryce has been up to this point, a really, really good time in so many ways. 

[joemac]

Hes a freaking stud.  He improved week after week last season.  His first 5 quarters or so of the year were shaky, but he adapted very quickly and turned into a brick wall. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Yep, very pleased with Icky. I honestly didn't know if he'd make it as a LT in the NFL but one of the reasons I likes the pick is o felt it was a safe pick because with his physicality and run blocking abilities if he didn't work out at LT he probably had positional versatility in his skill set to be a good player somewhere along the OL. The problem with the finesse LTs with prototypical LT measurements is that if they don't work out at LT, where do play them? They don't really translate anywhere else along the OL. With all the OT busts on the past couple of decades Icky's potential positional versatility made me more comfortable.

[shaqattaq]

It looks like someone else made a duplicate thread. Mods, feel free to close, merge, demolish this thread.

 

[BlazeCarolina]

I love everything I see and hear about this young man and it further solidifies my feelings for Fitt making the choice. Don't forget about Moton, either.  He is a fine tackle in his own right.  We should have our bookends for the future here if we are lucky.

[Basbear]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think keeping Campen was critical for a guy like Ekwonu and really for all of our younger linemen. 

If Ikey can make a step forward in year two, he might be the anchor we have been looking for forever. Possibly a 10+ year guy if he keeps improving. 

We sure as fug need it.

what about your favoite player Erv?!?!? whom is back again!!

[Basbear]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep, very pleased with Icky. I honestly didn't know if he'd make it as a LT in the NFL but one of the reasons I likes the pick is o felt it was a safe pick because with his physicality and run blocking abilities if he didn't work out at LT he probably had positional versatility in his skill set to be a good player somewhere along the OL. The problem with the finesse LTs with prototypical LT measurements is that if they don't work out at LT, where do play them? They don't really translate anywhere else along the OL. With all the OT busts on the past couple of decades Icky's potential positional versatility made me more comfortable.

Hes nearly the perfect LT, if anything hes too rough on the defenders, lolz

[kungfoodude]

7 hours ago, Basbear said:

what about your favoite player Erv?!?!? whom is back again!!

[ClawOn]

11 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think keeping Campen was critical for a guy like Ekwonu and really for all of our younger linemen. 

If Ikey can make a step forward in year two, he might be the anchor we have been looking for forever. Possibly a 10+ year guy if he keeps improving. 

We sure as fug need it.

Best part is, he wants to be a 10+ year guy for us.  This is his team 

 

[TheBigKat]

So glad we drafted his NCSU teammate 

[shaqattaq]

18 hours ago, Basbear said:

what about your favoite player Erv?!?!? whom is back again!!

By all accounts, Erv was a really helpful veteran presence for Okwonu last year.