Is Eric Norwood A Bust?

[xtheronx]

who?

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Sweet, you drafted the successor to Beck as the third string quarterback in the fourth, and you want to talk about our fourth rounders being busts. Well done.

I was just pointing out the track record of Panther 4th round draft picks. History shows its not all that great and i've never said they were busts. If fact i said that mid rounders shouldn't be categorized as busts. See post number 3.

[heyyall]

applewhite displaced norwood IMO, as a tweeter type that could come in and contribute immediately. I'd be surprised to see norwood go this season though - he's depth at a potentially shaky position and he may yet pan out under rivera's hybrid defensive looks.

Idk cause right now we have

Charles Johnson

Greg Hardy

Antwan Applewhite

Thomas Keiser

Jyles Tucker

Norwood would have to really shine to make it to LB because we have a good set of LB's with Kuechly, Anderson, Beason, Davis, Senn, Williams, Phillips.

[panthers55]

Unfortunately for tweeners, they are tweeners...no one can truely figure out where they fit. He may not work out, but he was worth a shot. Like many have said, a 4th rdr is not a bust per se, just didn't work out the way they thought. This pre-season is make or break for him I think, IF Alexander works out he's even at a higher risk.

Consistently missing in the 4th - 7th will end up seriously hurting the team tho.

What is missing? Only 1 or 2 panning out a year??? Most pundits say if you find 2 or 3 starters or contributors in each draft, you are doing fairly well. More than that is a bonus. When Norwood was drafted in 2010 we had no fifth rounder and we have already hit on Hardy and Gettis so if Norwood doesn't pan out, it is no big deal.

[Snake]

applewhite displaced norwood IMO, as a tweeter type that could come in and contribute immediately. I'd be surprised to see norwood go this season though - he's depth at a potentially shaky position and he may yet pan out under rivera's hybrid defensive looks.

They drafted another tweener guy so unless Norwood shows something he did last year he will be shown the door.

[Tarheels23]

He had a better college career at USC than Melvin Ingram did.

[chubs2496]

Well dosent a bust need to fail to meet expectations to be a bust. Or even have expectations at all. Not a bust. Just a average player

[PiratePanther189]

I mean if you look at the guys body of work in college there's no doubt he can make an impact on this team. He just needs to find his place and prove himself this summer because it's obvious he's got the ability

[chubs2496]

Well dosent a bust need to fail to meet expectations to be a bust. Or even have expectations at all. Not a bust. Just a average player

[Herbert The Love Bug]

dude stupid suckin

[jarhead]

Bases on a his combine I dont see why we even drafted him

[carolinarolls]

weird thread and great first response by Panthro.

most think AE was 4th round material

most think Hurney jumped way up to get AE when he did

most would think that some 4th rounders can fizzle out

most blame AE and badmouth AE when in fact it was Hurney who set the scenario

If we drafted AE in the 4th would people despise him as much?

I never hear any Eric Norwood hate.

[SetfreexX]

Not a bust, but is too small for a 4-3 DE starter...nickel/dime package rusher could maybe rotate in. But he seems to fall into the Everette Brown smaller/quicker mode when apparently Hurney or Fox was looking for the next Robert Mathis.

I like our bigger stronger DE's Johnson, Hardy, and now Alexander are all 6'2-6'4 270+...Meanwhile Brown and Norwood are between 240-260 lbs. I would say their lack of size and strength is what hurt them the most at the NFL level. Outside of package rushers, IMO their best as 3-4 OLB pass rushers.

With that being said I wouldn't mind seeing some 3-4 looks, or a 2 (DL)-4 (LB's)-5 (DB's) looks on passing downs.

[CatMan72]

So far you'd have to say he is... makes me glad we didn't draft Melvin Ingram.