Otah to IR

[Iceberg Slim]

Bell is 6'5 339, has some pretty good size to him, decent footwork......

[jtnc]

Good thing Cam is mobile..........

[iamcline]

This reminds me of Dan Morgan, but we at least knew Morgan worked his tail off.

[Reapuh]

“He's worked hard. He's just never been able to get over the hump,” Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said. “Then he's had concurrent issues. He's been listed as questionable the last two weeks with a back injury.

“We met with Jeff over the last couple of days and decided that the best thing to do was to put him on IR so he could concentrate on strengthening the knee and essentially taking an 11-week loss for long-term, future gain.”

“There's no recipe on how long it takes for an injury to come back, especially a knee injury to a person of Jeff's size and a big offensive tackle. Every individual, every injury is different. So I think it's hard to go into length of time,” Hurney said.

Hurney said not being able to rehab at the team's facility during the lockout also might have affected Otah's recovery. But Hurney said he thinks the long-term outlook for Otah, 25, remains positive.

“I think we're confident and I think he's confident that he can work and get it strong, and the future will be bright.”

from http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/10/panthers-place-jeff-otah-on-ir.html

[Dpantherman]

Done defending him.

[ItsPantone278]

RT is a situation now. Bell is just alright at best right now. Hope he plays better than he did in Atlanta

[jtnc]

from http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/10/panthers-place-jeff-otah-on-ir.html

Not sure if he's fuging serious.

[The Saltman]

from http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/10/panthers-place-jeff-otah-on-ir.html

uggh

[jtnc]

I'm in the Matt Kalil bandwagon now.

[PhillyB]

with a franchise quarterback behind center we need to protect the investment. OL with our first pick, LB with the second, and scour free agency in the spring to see what holes we can fill.

otah is finished.

[TylerVagyler]

“We met with Jeff over the last couple of days and decided that the best thing to do was to put him on IR so he could concentrate on strengthening the knee and essentially taking an 11-week loss for long-term, future gain.”

haha sounds familiar....

[klumme]

He might come back. But we can´t count on that Hurney.

Draft Kalil. Move Gross to RT. If Otah come back healty then put him on RG.

[raleigh-panther]

...but but but but, he's a 'beast' when he plays.

Either the Panthers need to sign a free agent next year, or they need to draft Kalil and find Dline help in free agency.

[frash.exe]

Jesus i don't know if hurney's bullpooting, has learned nothing from past experience with injury prone players, or if this is one of those white elephant situations