Free Agent DTs

[Mr Mojo Risin]

It could be possible that there are more but from this list who do you guys see the Panthers picking up? A lot of people are against taking Fairley and taking either Green or Peterson #1 and upgrading DT through FA.

Desmond Bryant (UFA) - Oakland

Tim Bulman (UFA) - Houston

Shaun Cody (UFA) - Houston

Barry Cofield (UFA) - NY Giants

Ron Edwards (UFA) - Kansas City

Fred Evans (UFA) - Minnesota

Jonathan Fanene (UFA) - Cincinnati

Ronald Fields (UFA) - Denver

Andre Fluellen (RFA) - Detroit

Eric Foster (RFA) - Indianapolis

Aubrayo Franklin (UFA) - San Francisco

Gary Gibson (UFA) - St. Louis

Kedric Golston (UFA) - Washington

John Henderson UFA) - Oakland

Chris Hovan (UFA) - St. Louis

Antonio Johnson (UFA) - Indianapolis

Ed Johnson (RFA) - Carolina

Tank Johnson (UFA) - Cincinnati

Derek Landri (UFA) - Carolina

Damione Lewis (UFA) - Houston

Trey Lewis (RFA) - Atlanta

John McCargo (UFA) - Buffalo

Tony McDaniel (UFA) - Miami

Brandon Mebane (UFA) - Seattle

Daniel Muir (UFA) - Indianapolis

Darryl Richard (RFA) - New England

Bryan Robinson (UFA) - Arizona

Clifton Ryan (UFA) - St. Louis

Junior Siavii (UFA) - Seattle

Shaun Smith (UFA) - Kansas City

Craig Terrill (UFA) - Seattle

Marcus Thomas (UFA) - Denver

Kevin Vickerson (UFA) - Denver

Gerard Warren (UFA) - New England

Gabe Watson (UFA) - Arizona

Pat Williams (UFA) - Minnesota

[OneBadassCat]

Gimme Gabe Watson and Brandon Mebane.

[SPANKY]

Well you can take , Tank johnson, and Damien Lewis off the list, I think we all know Pat williams but he's been in the trench's a while now. I think Gary Gibson was on our roster not long ago so if that's the case, take him off as well but I could be wrong about gibson. Look's like D.Landri and E.Johnson might be going to another team unless we get suprised and they bring one of them back. Desmond Bryant maybe? Just don't know many of the name's on the list myself.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Well you can take , Tank johnson, and Damien Lewis off the list, I think we all know Pat williams but he's been in the trench's a while now. I think Gary Gibson was on our roster not long ago so if that's the case, take him off as well but I could be wrong about gibson. Look's like D.Landri and E.Johnson might be going to another team unless we get suprised and they bring one of them back. Desmond Bryant maybe? Just don't know many of the name's on the list myself.

Yea a lot of this list is unkown to me as well

[SPANKY]

Look's like badass know's a few, what stand's out to you about Watson and Mebane?

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Look's like badass know's a few, what stand's out to you about Watson and Mebane?

I looked them up other than that I haven't really heard much about either one. Maybe he has but from my view Watson would definately be the 1 technique and would also fit well in our 3-4 schemes that we run because he has played with the Cardinals all his career (he has 5 seasons) he started a full season in 2007 but hasn't started a game after that. Mebane looks like a consistent starter for the seahawks he has 10 career sacks his best season being in 08 where he had 5.5 sacks 39 tackles 1 od and 2 FF he has had 2.5 sacks since then. Mebane is in his 4th season and is 26 years old while Watson is 27 years old. That's about as much as I can tell you maybe badass can tell us a bit more

[SPANKY]

They sound OK, still young guy's, the sack number's are Ok, DT's end up with extra blocker's on them alot so sack's won't be big number's for them. But we sure need some help at DT.

[OneBadassCat]

I want Gabe Watson because he's absolutely massive and I think he'll be hungry to make a come back after falling down the depth chart in ARZ. I think he could transition to the 4-3 well. He could be had for a good price I think. Low risk high reward. We need a big guy to take some blockers off our LB's and free up Landri. Mebane was one of the premier DT's this year.

Then I want to get Phil Taylor in the draft to get another beefy DT for insurance.

[Jackofalltrades]

Coefield.

[SPANKY]

That make's sense badass, I agree with you about Phil Taylor, I hope he's still on the board when we get the chance. Thank's for the info badass, look's like Jack want's Coefield. I just hope we get one who can make a BIG impact on that line.

[scpanther22]

Coefield.

The Saints also wanted him last year.

[bleys]

Giants will be hard pressed to resign Cofield.. He is my #1 choice and highly doubt Giants can go anywhere close to a bidding war..

Mebane would be my 2nd choice, he's an absolute beast.. it'll be interesting to see how easy he is to pull out of Seattle though. Question really comes down to would he rather play for Rivera or Pete Carroll? I think we'll be able to start asking that question more and more and coming up with Rivera as a reasonable answer.. Also, I'm not sure where Pete Carroll's head is at. if he has a brain at all, he'll throw money at Mebane.. but still, that might not be something on the top of his list. regardless, we have money to see how bad Seattle wants Mebane around.. at least drive the price up a bit if we have to..

If we can sign either of those, I wouldn't stop there.. Go after Abrayo Franklin and Gabe Watson.. Franklin is 29, and up there.. but a solid #2. same could apply to Gabe Watson, he's likely to lose his gig to a draft pick from last year.. he's had weight issues, but he dropped 30lbs before this past season started.. now weighing around 330..

then, re-sign Derek Landri.. he played well last year and would only be expected as a reliever.. we then could draft a 3rd round DT (if one is available), and coach him up without expecting much his first 2 years..

This would be my 1st choice to address the DT position... what the Panthers will do is yet to be seen..

[SmokeScreen]

gimmie Eric Foster, Barry Cofield, & Brandon Mebane

[SPANKY]

I could see landing Mebane, and drafting a couple guy's, but I'd be shocked to see a big splash in the FA market.