Plaxico coming to Charlotte?

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I am for Plax coming here but it's not going to happen and AE at 3rd is laughable.

1. Steve Smith

2. Brandon LaFell

3. David Gettis

4. Kealoha Pilares

5. Joe Adams

6. Seyi Ajirotutu, Darvin Adams, Armanti Edwards

7. Lamont Bryant, Rico Wallace, Jared Green, Brenton Bersin, Hubert Anyiam, Michael Avila,

[DaveThePanther2008]

It isn't about LaFell but the next 3 guys. Adams is a great punt returner but not a great receiver by any means. Gettis isn't even participating in minicamp and is a question mark as far as returning to form this season. Barnidge is also a big question mark. Besides Smith, LaFell and Olsen the remainder are huge question marks. Plaxico would be better than anyone else on the team.

You got Adams as not great? While I wouldn't put him as great from what I have heard he could be an outstanding slot receiver. Gettis was with a brace. Probably in the same boat as Davis. No need in hurrying him. Barnidge a big Question mark. Say who?

So you would risk letting Gettis and Barnidge and/or Adams go. To sign Burress?

NOT WISE

[panthers55]

You got Adams as not great? While I wouldn't put him as great from what I have heard he could be an outstanding slot receiver. Gettis was with a brace. Probably in the same boat as Davis. No need in hurrying him. Barnidge a big Question mark. Say who?

So you would risk letting Gettis and Barnidge and/or Adams go. To sign Burress?

NOT WISE

Who said anything about letting them go??Adding one more veteran receiver to the mix before the season starts hardly would cause us getting rid of Gettis, Barnidge or Adams. And as I said in this thread already, I don't think we will sign Burress but I do think we will sign a veteran receiver before we are said and done. You appear to seriously over reacting here.

Adams was not a great receiver in college and was drafted more for his punt return abilities than his abilities to catch the ball. I doubt we would have drafted him if we just looking at the receiver side of things.

Gettis won't be the factor that people think he will be this year is my prediction. I hope I am wrong but I think it will take time for him to recover from the ACL particularly cutting and coming in and out of his breaks.

As for Barnidge I hope he is a beast and have been a fan of his for years but this yar is really his make it or break it year. He has the talent but nothing he has done inspires great confidence.

Unless a few guys really shine in training camp and step up in a big way, we still need some proven receiving weapons to take the pressure off Steve Smith who will still see too many double teams. I will be rooting for the above guys, but only an extreme optimist or a fool would not be at least a little concerned at this point.

[xclr82xtc]

this guys not a bad guy, hes a really good player, he plays hard, and he WANTS to come here.. the gun charge was BS.. but hey, its the law. 1 year deal for some good money.. and see what happens!! cant hurt. we got cap.. try him out.

[xclr82xtc]

ill get reemed for it, but i think we should of kept Nanee.. I think with some work he could of been a great receiver. every now and then you saw a glimpse of what could be.... then he dropped the ball :D lol

[TheRed]

Unless a few guys really shine in training camp and step up in a big way, we still need some proven receiving weapons to take the pressure off Steve Smith who will still see too many double teams. I will be rooting for the above guys, but only an extreme optimist or a fool would not be at least a little concerned at this point.

Few around here seem to be able to look at our wr situation without the homer goggles on. I like the young guys we have, but that doesn't mean i'll bury my head in the sand and hope someone becomes the next steve smith.

[rayzor]

not an extreme optimist.

not a fool. well maybe.

still....i'm not all that concerned with going into the season with who we've got.

sure...if the only real targets were WRs i would be, but that isn't the case.

aside from having those young up and coming WRs on the list, we have olsen and barnidge.

...and williams..and stewart...and tolbert (all of these guys are good receivers and are great dump off options that have to be accounted for.

....AND we have a true dual threat QB that always has to be accounted for as a runner when his passing options are shut down and who also is able to keep plays alive with his legs and isn't afraid to spread the ball around.

...and an incredibly creative system that keeps defenses guessing.

point is, there's a whole lot that is going to be going on that will keep this offense ticking and on the field and putting points on the board.

if we were in a "feed the stud" henning type system and/or a more one dimensional scheme then i might worry about who we have aside from smith and lafell at WR,

but we aren't.

teams may indeed double up on smith, but all that does is leave more than a couple lethal options open for cam. i dare them to pull that crap on smith. also, smitty is able to handle double teams better than most so even at that, i'm not worried or concerned.

we'll be more than fine without plax, which is why they are fine leaving him to be someone else's headache and fine sticking with who we have and giving them the chance to develop. they have faith in the offense as a whole.

after last year i'm surprised there is anyone who doesn't have faith in it.

[MadHatter]

Adams was not a great receiver in college and was drafted more for his punt return abilities than his abilities to catch the ball. I doubt we would have drafted him if we just looking at the receiver side of things.

I seem to remember statements from Patrick Peterson and Mo Claiborne that Joe Adams was the best WR that either had played against. They were raving about his route running and ability.

I heard that he had the dropsies in OTA's. So, I am not sure what to make of him as a slot.

[rayzor]

I seem to remember statements from Patrick Peterson and Mo Claiborne that Joe Adams was the best WR that either had played against. They were raving about his route running and ability.

I heard that he had the dropsies in OTA's. So, I am not sure what to make of him as a slot.

at this point i'd base my assumptions on the words of his opponents rather than his "performance" in OTAs.

[panthers55]

not an extreme optimist.

not a fool. well maybe.

still....i'm not all that concerned with going into the season with who we've got.

sure...if the only real targets were WRs i would be, but that isn't the case.

aside from having those young up and coming WRs on the list, we have olsen and barnidge.

...and williams..and stewart...and tolbert (all of these guys are good receivers and are great dump off options that have to be accounted for.

....AND we have a true dual threat QB that always has to be accounted for as a runner when his passing options are shut down and who also is able to keep plays alive with his legs and isn't afraid to spread the ball around.

...and an incredibly creative system that keeps defenses guessing.

point is, there's a whole lot that is going to be going on that will keep this offense ticking and on the field and putting points on the board.

if we were in a "feed the stud" henning type system and/or a more one dimensional scheme then i might worry about who we have aside from smith and lafell at WR,

but we aren't.

teams may indeed double up on smith, but all that does is leave more than a couple lethal options open for cam. i dare them to pull that crap on smith. also, smitty is able to handle double teams better than most so even at that, i'm not worried or concerned.

we'll be more than fine without plax, which is why they are fine leaving him to be someone else's headache and fine sticking with who we have and giving them the chance to develop. they have faith in the offense as a whole.

after last year i'm surprised there is anyone who doesn't have faith in it.

Again we have a lot of potential but outside of Smith, LaFell and Olsen we have little proven production at WR and TE combined. If you look at Shockey and Nannee's production that we lost, there are almost 80 receptions to account for between them. Do we have people who can step up? Absolutely!! But that is why we need some folks to step up. Should we be panicking in June? Way too early. But if we still haven't had those guys identified in August, expect a free agent signing.

I also don't think Newton will be running like he did last year either. We ran because that was easiest with no off-season and creating it on the fly. This year we will run some but will have more of versatile passing attack necessitating that the receivers and TEs step up.

[rayzor]

Again we have a lot of potential but outside of Smith, LaFell and Olsen we have little proven production at WR and TE combined. If you look at Shockey and Nannee's production that we lost, there are almost 80 receptions to account for between them. Do we have people who can step up? Absolutely!! But that is why we need some folks to step up. Should we be panicking in June? Way too early. But if we still haven't had those guys identified in August, expect a free agent signing.

I also don't think Newton will be running like he did last year either. We ran because that was easiest with no off-season and creating it on the fly. This year we will run some but will have more of versatile passing attack necessitating that the receivers and TEs step up.

i don't think we need to have those guys identified in august. real competition against real teams in real situations is where you see who is going to be stepping up and how the unproven become proven.

i've got faith that one or two will show up but as far as making up for shockey's and nannerpuss's production...between lafell, olsen, barney, and tolbert it will more than be made up for. it doesn't have to be just one or two people getting those 80 receptions. that's one of the benefit of having a spread offense. you don't have to just rely on one or two...you spread the ball around to the open guy and i can promise you that much more often than not, there will be someone open and newton will see them and get them the ball.

regarding newton's running, i agree to a point but there will still be quite a bit of it. there has to be for us to take advantage of that strength. i've got a feeling also that we will be running more than we did last year but that doesn't mean that we will be running anymore as a percentage of the offense. in fact i think the percentage will be about the same as it should be. we'll just be seeing more of both.

[weymouthst]

We don't neeeeeeed Plaxico by any means. But if he came here I would be on board. Our WR's should be solid, what he have now. I'm just sayin.

[panthers55]

I seem to remember statements from Patrick Peterson and Mo Claiborne that Joe Adams was the best WR that either had played against. They were raving about his route running and ability.

I heard that he had the dropsies in OTA's. So, I am not sure what to make of him as a slot.

He has a long to way to go before anyone will confuse him with Wes Welker. In time I think he will be fine but this year is far from certain.

[panthers55]

i don't think we need to have those guys identified in august. real competition against real teams in real situations is where you see who is going to be stepping up and how the unproven become proven. i've got faith that one or two will show up but as far as making up for shockey's and nannerpuss's production...between lafell, olsen, barney, and tolbert it will more than be made up for. it doesn't have to be just one or two people getting those 80 receptions. that's one of the benefit of having a spread offense. you don't have to just rely on one or two...you spread the ball around to the open guy and i can promise you that much more often than not, there will be someone open and newton will see them and get them the ball. regarding newton's running, i agree to a point but there will still be quite a bit of it. there has to be for us to take advantage of that strength. i've got a feeling also that we will be running more than we did last year but that doesn't mean that we will be running anymore as a percentage of the offense. in fact i think the percentage will be about the same as it should be. we'll just be seeing more of both.

Nice to know there are some super optimistic guys out there. And yes if you look at your analysis you are assuming guys step up and we have no injuries to key guys and Gettis for example isn't slow to recover. In the best possible worlds you may be right. But when have things gone great for us without a slew of injuries at one position or another.