Panthers Offensive MVP? Vote

[panthers55]

Typically, I think Most Valuable Player = Least Replaceable Player. Who in that list would it kill us the most to lose? Who was replaceable? Hard to say with Moore, in my opinion. Maybe another backup does just as well, because they're not Jake. Maybe not.

DWill and JStew? Excellent players, but they both rushed for 1100 yards, so I feel like if we lost one the other would still have had a great year.

The offensive line? Weird choice. It's not one person. If we mean the starting offensive line from opening day, keep in mind that many of them were replaced while the O-line remained effective. The O-line was well coached and effective, but it seems to me that you could say that each part was replaceable with a NFL-caliber (even backup) lineman.

Moose? laughable

Smith? He's my choice. I think without him we struggle even more in the passing game and without the home run threat that he brings, teams might become more effective against our running game.

For me MVP is the player or unit which was most responsible for the success of the offense. You could argue that like the offensive line, you could group the running backs as a unit as well and make a compelling case that the running backs as a whole were clearly our offensive MVPs. It is hard to ever go wrong by saying Smith is your MVP and most yeaars he is at top of his game. But given the quarterback situation and even his injury, it wasn't an MVP year for him or the wide receivers in general. If anything the tight ends emerged this year as viable obtions for the first time in forever.

Still the glue that kept everything from coming completely unraveled was the line. The line underwent major changes with only Kalil starting every game at the same position. The line lost both starting tackles and had to replace them with guys who were very inexperienced who actually helped us in the run and passing games.

I just can't single out one person who was most responsible for our offense success but if the line had remained as is started out the year, it would have been a terrible year. Their ability to hold things together allowed our rushing game to continue no matter who was back there, and kept the pressure off Moore long enough for him to find his receivers.

[GRWatcher]

I voted o-line because they didn't have Travelle Wharton by himself. He's the man the o-line couldn't have done without.

[top dawg]

Say what you want, but I believe so many people are giving Moore the vote because Jake sucked last season. Moore only really had one outstanding game, but people are trying to make him out to be Tom Brady because he came in and didn't turn the ball over. He had many overthrown balls, and some of his other passes could have easily been intercepted. I'll give him a B for trying to spread the ball around a bit more.

But let's get real. The way Delhomme played, anybody who came in after him would probably get the nod for that purpose alone.

[beastson]

His stats says otherwise. NE was his worst game, but it wasn't a terrible performance. Just very average

[top dawg]

I guess it comes down to standards. I am not saying that Moore can't or won't, but he has not and does not put me in the mind of Manning, Brady, Brees, Rivers, Warner, Marino, Montana, Elway, Bradshaw, etc.

[turnmyleftheadphoneup]

my vote is for stew. cause when DW couldn't get it done, stew would come in and beat up the defense a little so DW could break those long runs. and he just did an outstanding job at the end of the season. i can't give it to the o-line because they couldn't get the run going until 4 or 5 games into the season. i can't give it to smith because he didn't produce what he normally does, even with jake as the QB. had he gone over 1,000yds, w/ 10 TD's, then yeah. if we would've had a different QB then other receivers would've made just as many plays as him. i can't give it to Moore because everyone is right, anyone coming in after delhomme is gonna produce more. yet if he is the starter next season, then i might have to give it to him instead.

[Jrock88]

williams... would have had another huge year if he didn't get banged up

[OneBadassCat]

Matt Moore and Steve Smith. Matt Moore totally changed the offense and gave it life. Then Steve Smith went back to being Steve Smith. This team would be in shambles if Moore didn't get to play.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

my vote is for stewart.

am i the only one who thinks the team has a more aggressive attitude when he's on the field?

[Pimpdaddy]

think we overpaid for the 1st string Oline...like to see Moore work with them to get a better idea...

[beastson]

Overpaid??? Elaborate plz