Carolina Panthers WR Jarrett shows new dedication

[Rod Butsecks]

(By Ryan Wood, [email protected]) Expectations couldn't have been higher for Panthers receiver Dwayne Jarrett when he arrived in Carolina as a second-round pick after the 2007 NFL draft.p/Three seasons later, his promise has not materialized.

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[CatMan72]

Sounds good.

[SteveSmithTD89]

Sure hope so. I've been pulling for him for the past couple of games. I really thought that the last game of this season showed what he CAN be. He made a few great catches and really did well without Smitty stretching the field opposite of him. Regardless, the season needs to start.... like NOW, lol.

[ladypanther]

Sounds like the new coach might be good for him. Hope so. He is definitely taking the high road and saying the right things.

[Cyberjag]

Is this a reprint from last year, or from the year before that?

[Pimpdaddy]

Be a nice surprise if he could take some of the load in the WR corps and be a legitimate threat... starting to get mildly stoked for the upcoming season.

[PantherDude]

Is this a reprint from last year, or from the year before that?

That what I want to know too. Hmmm........ :idea:

[Woodcookedbbq]

Now that there's a quality QB at the helm, he has no excuses. We'll know for sure this season whether or not he'll make it.

[Dpantherman]

glad to hear it, but i want to see results on the field bf i get excited

[pantherclaw]

I'll be rooting for him.

That being said, it really doesn't matter if he does finially play well, cause the panthers would be fools to reward him for production in his contract year.

[panthers55]

Glad to see he has been working out and losing weight. 2 things he said were that he was stronger and faster out of his breaks. In another thread comparing him to LaFell I mentioned these 2 areas are problems for him. He wasn't strong enough in his upper body to get off the line and he was slow out of his breaks lacking first step quickness. If he has worked on these areas and improved his blocking he might be a pleasant surprise this year. At least after 3 years he should know the playbook and watching film is a real necessity. Hopefully Tolbert and the fact he has guys breathing down his neck will spur him on to do something this year.

[eViL jEsTeR]

doesnt matter at this point. expectations have been much higher. he's been overpaid to this point and he'd have to come out as a superstar to warrant being resigned. even if he manages to be better than average, lafell will most likely be as good and with the expectations of edwards in the slot, who needs jarrett any more??? the upside to lafell and edwards is too high. he had his chance...

... too little, too late!

[monstercat]

I'm loving our new WR's coach so far. It's very reasuring that Tolbert has had success with young WR's in the past, and that he seems to be able to relate to these young guys much better than Williams could. Sometimes those relationships between players and coaches can make a world of difference.

I'm still not really sure what to expect from anybody but Smitty, but I'm looking forward to watching how this WR competition unfolds. TC is gonna be very interesting this year.

And FTR, I really am pulling for Jarrett even though I've criticized him in the past. I hope the light has finally come on for him.

[Delhommey]

If he stinks, he'll be let go. If he breaks out to be a superstar, they won't be able to keep him with all the other contracts that are up.