PFF grades from yesterday

[Captain Morgan]

PFF CAR Panthers
@PFF_Panthers
The highest-graded Panthers in Week 14 vs the Eagles:

Adam Thielen - 88.2
Taylor Moton - 79.2
Robert Hunt - 76.4
Ikem Ekwonu - 71.9
Damien Lewis - 69.1

[NAS]

2 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

PFF CAR Panthers
@PFF_Panthers
The highest-graded Panthers in Week 14 vs the Eagles:

Adam Thielen - 88.2
Taylor Moton - 79.2
Robert Hunt - 76.4
Ikem Ekwonu - 71.9
Damien Lewis - 69.1

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

[Captain Morgan]

1 minute ago, NAS said:

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

 

and that was against the Eagles tough D

[ThPantherFan]

2 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

 

and that was against the Eagles tough D

That's exactly right.  I was impressed with Oline.  Need to solidify the center, as NAS said. 

[TD alt]

Dan got that right. I wonder what's in store for FA this coming off-season. 

[Castavar]

2 hours ago, ThPantherFan said:

That's exactly right.  I was impressed with Oline.  Need to solidify the center, as NAS said. 

Imagine taking Jackson Powers-Johnson instead of brick hands Leggette with the 1st pick

Edited December 9 by Castavar

[Aussie Tank]

1 hour ago, TD alt said:

Dan got that right. I wonder what's in store for FA this coming off-season. 

Hopefully Dline and LB 

[outlaw4]

2 hours ago, NAS said:

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

At least when I listen to the radio broadcast, I get the impression snaps are not consistent. If there one thing that still irks me, it's not getting a center last draft when we had great options available.

Seems that everyone that's not Thielen are almost always in the 40~50s range. Not sure how that compares to other receiving corps but... yeah, it's probably not the best.

 

[Memphis]

3 hours ago, NAS said:

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

That is a good thing as a starting center should be possible in the 3rd round or later in the draft. So we can focus on Edge, WR or CB in the first two rounds.

[MasterAwesome]

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/lists/panthers-eagles-week-14-pff-grades/

Here's the full list of Top 5/Bottom 5 for offense and defense.  DJ Johnson has quietly put together back-to-back solid performances (or solid PFF grades, at least).  Especially in a game where the rest of our starting D-line filled up the entire Bottom 5.

[Jackie Lee]

4 hours ago, NAS said:

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

Remember when we took an injured RB over C Zach Frazier in the draft?

[Joe Bear]

1 hour ago, Castavar said:

Imagine taking Jackson Powers-Johnson instead of brick hands Leggette with the 1st pick

Don't disrespect bricks like that.

[SmokinwithWilly]

51 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Remember when we took an injured RB over C Zach Frazier in the draft?

Or Terrace Marshall Jr over Creed Humphrey. 

[tukafan21]

5 hours ago, NAS said:

Best OL in football, just need the Center position solidified

The problem is I'm not sure how we do that this offseason

I don't want any cap room spent on offense, every available dollar needs to go into upgrading the defense with vets who can step in from day 1 and contribute.  Any offensive free agents should be super cheap, such as backup OL or something, not starter money.

Also, if we're lucky enough to draft T-Mac with our 1st, it also means we're likely going to need to use the rest of our draft picks on defense as well, at the very minimum, our 2nd rounder would need to be defense.

So really 3rd round pick is our best chance at finding a center this offseason, beyond that, not sure we have much of options unless we sacrifice defensive spending, but after spending so much in FA last year on the OL, not sure it makes enough sense to do it again.

Edited December 9 by tukafan21