Choose 1 Free Agent

[mick eye]

I say Sidney Rice also. Guy came into his own with Brett. If i was him and had a choice between Ponder or Cam as his QB of the future i would be in Carolina. Rice, Lefell, Gettis and AE/ Pilares manning the slot and we have a young, big legit WR corp that fits CHUDS offense.

[Cat'sGrowl]

I take Rice over Holmes. Holmes has always been good, but never been great.

[rayzor]

I take Rice over Holmes. Holmes has always been good, but never been great.

and rice has been great?

[bleys]

I take Rice over Holmes. Holmes has always been good, but never been great.

Holmes trumps most receivers with being clutch.. I'd call him greater than any FA in this class, or NFL.. (within reason)

[natty]

We can't have anymore Gamecocks on the team. Cam would be too tempted to truck the fug out of them.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

Rice + Mebane is a realistic combo we can get. Rivera will push for a piece to bolster the young d-line.

He will also want a receiver to make Newton look that much better in his rookie season. It is important that you get your no.1 pick right as a rookie head coach and signing Rice would definitely make things easier on Newton. That combo would be nasty for many years.

[rayzor]

Rice + Mebane is a realistic combo we can get. Rivera will push for a piece to bolster the young d-line.

He will also want a receiver to make Newton look that much better in his rookie season. It is important that you get your no.1 pick right as a rookie head coach and signing Rice would definitely make things easier on Newton. That combo would be nasty for many years.

rice + mebane or cofield + jonathan joseph are all very realistic possibilities. we could probably get around $4-5mil/year deals for each of them, sign core players, get beason a new deal, and still be near the salary cap floor.

[cookinbrak]

Deangelo Williams.

[The Faceless]

Cofield and resigning our core players like Beast, Williams, Kalil and Johnson.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

rice + mebane or cofield + jonathan joseph are all very realistic possibilities. we could probably get around $4-5mil/year deals for each of them, sign core players, get beason a new deal, and still be near the salary cap floor.

Yeah, we would still have plenty of cap. We were one of the cheapest teams in the league last year, and we were paying off Delhomme's bonus.

I think if Smith leaves, we would be the favorite to land Rice. Anyone remember these comments he made:

"I think [Carolina] made the right choice. Cam is a proven winner, and hopefully, he can carry his college success to the NFL. Carolina is definitely headed in the right direction now. They still have a few older faces, like Steve [smith] but he is a free agent...but then again, so am I. Who knows, maybe if they would just settle this lockout, we could start signing with some teams. If they were to release Smith, it may open a nice gap at wide receiver. And who knows, it would be nice to return close to home and play with a QB like Cam."

And either Cofield or Mebane would be great. I think Joseph is less likely, given that he will likely be an RFA, pending the CBA.

[ncguy2184]

Santonio Holmes

[rayzor]

we pick up rice (or some top WR) regardless of what smith does. if we lose smith (which actually looks like it won't be happening now) then we pick up 2 of the top WRs in FA.

[brandon_87]

Dream: Aso or Rice

Reality: Cofield or Floyd

[Matthias]

Mr. Asomugha