All aboard the Dan Connor express.....

[rayzor]

Connor was the all time leading tackler at Penn State. Of course he's going to have hype. Anderson has been a backup most of his career, mostly at weakside. Of course there was some concern with him moving to strong side. I know I was a little concerned even though I thought he could get the job done. Now, he's erased all concern.

yep. the guy that is considered to be the best LB of all time at a school known for being the best at producing LBs is on our team and to just have him as a backup is a big deal in itself.

having him start at Mike while beason is having to fill in for davis is not a bad thing. connor would be starting in more than half the teams in the league.

anderson...career backup.

[pantherclaw]

I don't see why there's no hype for James Anderson he was awesome at VT. Also even when Davis was healthy people were drooling over Connor. What else could it be? A team with Davis and Beason at LB and this guy is like the great white hype?

I'd like to be nice in this response, but your ignorance is the most offensive thing this panthers team has seen all preseason!

You brought out the race card. Why? I don't wish to know why.

Now you bring up james anderson. What does that have to do with you pulling the race card?

Maybe if you knew anything about college football, you would already know Penn State has been a linebacker factory. Much like the U in miami.

Now I could continue to go on, but I'm not going to waste anymore time trying to educate the ignorant.

[Floppin]

I don't see why there's no hype for James Anderson he was awesome at VT. Also even when Davis was healthy people were drooling over Connor. What else could it be? A team with Davis and Beason at LB and this guy is like the great white hype?

[TarPanther9180]

And where in the Hell are all the Asian players?

[Guild]

And where in the Hell are all the Asian players?

Ravens have a guy named Nakamura.

[TarPanther9180]

I saw where Buffalo drafted a guy named Ed Wang. At least they aren't a bunch of racist bigots! I say we trade one of our white guys for him so I can get a Panthers Wang jersey.

[SorthNarolina]

DAN CONNOR

just trying to get back on topic.

[Guild]

Dan Connor > Chuck Norris

[iamcline]

Dan Connor definitely showed up against the Titans. Made some good reads and tackles so we shall see, I believe in him...or else that is just my belief in a number.

[spartan_pantherfan]

been big on him since we drafted him. Did not think he would get his chance here though with the emergence of Beason, I figured he would be let go and go to be at least an average MLB somewhere in the league.

Glad I was wrong.

now the question is if Beason has a Derrick Brooks kind of season at WLB and Connor has a good/great year at MLB, do we keep it the way it is and forego paying Davis big money?

[Baschski]

anderson...career backup.

This just isn't true. Anderson outplayed Diggs last year and has done nothing but improve since he's been with us. Everyone is talking about how great Connor has looked in the preseason but Anderson has been every bit as impressive. I'm not sure why he's so easily overlooked but there's no question that he's doing a good job.

[pantherclaw]

been big on him since we drafted him. Did not think he would get his chance here though with the emergence of Beason, I figured he would be let go and go to be at least an average MLB somewhere in the league.

Glad I was wrong.

now the question is if Beason has a Derrick Brooks kind of season at WLB and Connor has a good/great year at MLB, do we keep it the way it is and forego paying Davis big money?

Well, I definitely think the Panthers should take care of Beason's contract. He's going to demand a top MLB contract, regardless where he is playing. Davis, may end up remaining here, on a smaller contract, but the priority still has to be Beason.

Connor will be a much easier contract to deal with. That being said, it's all speculation at this point. Lets see how the season plays out. I believe Connor will be a good LB for us, but lets also remember he's only playing MLB for us in the base defense. Prolly won't even play 50% of the defensive snaps.

[pantherclaw]

And as far as Anderson, he did come into the league with expectations. In fact, he was expected to replace Witherspoon. He failed to develop as quickly as the Panthers and us fans would have liked.

Last season, he begun to show the he does have the talent.

He just didn't come out of college with the pedigree that Connor did.