The actual reason Armanti is on the team...

[Davidson Deac II]

Armanti Edwards is on the roster because David Gettis is on the PUP. Simple as that. The Panthers have been carrying 6 WRs on the roster for many years and the numbers game is why he's still here.

Smith & LaFell are your starters

Murphy is the #3

Pilares and Adams are KO and punt returners and are also #4 and #5

Edwards is in at #6 and while he made the 53-man roster, he likely won't dress for the gameday 45-man roster for a majority of the games..

what happens when Gettis comes back? Somebody is going away...

Assuming no one gets injured between now and then, and assuming Gettis can come back this year.

[Icege]

I don't know what it is about AE that makes posters go full retard with logical fallacies.

• AE was drafted in the 3rd round at the costs of a future 2nd.
  Since when did draft position have any effect on the player's ability to produce on the field? Does their draft position dictate whether or not they will be a good player? Did AE make the price and force the Panthers to pay it? This needs to be let go. New England iirc was interested in AE which prompted Carolina to trade up for him.
  
• He hasn't had a catch in his first two NFL seasons
  His first NFL season was with John Fox who clearly did not care for the pick, and even went on record saying that "it didn't look good" in regards to AE developing as a player. It's also come to light that Fox and Friends were causing rifts with the team while they left, as revealed by Smitty in a recent article. Oh, did I mention that he hadn't ran routes since HS? Yet he's supposed to come make an immediate impact on the football field? That's like expecting TheOracle or King Tarq to make an intelligent contribution to a thread. It's unrealistic and downright foolish.
  
• He was a horrible return man and should be cut for it
  He was a QB throughout college. How many posters here expect Dernard Robinson to be a return monster when he's done QBing for Michigan? Anybody? No? Then why was it expected of AE? Because of the draft cost that he had no control over?
  
• Hurney is too proud to admit his mistakes
  Yes, because as mentioned already, cutting Jake, Mare, Norwood, Brown, Butler, Shelton, etc really shows that. Dwayne Jarrett doesn't seem to be here anymore either.
  
• I'd keep going, but I'm probably just wasting my time. The people that have already made their decision that they know best aren't going to be swayed, but hopefully you'll at least entertain me :(
  

[Growl]

I'm posting in a thread where Floppin actually called people morons for living in a fantasy world.

Huddleception.

[Rubi]

Incorrect.

BigCat does not decide if players are here. He is not Jerry Jones, thank god.

Hmmm......he pays the bills. If he wants something/someone...I bet they'll listen

[pilot2011]

owners most def have a say in who they employ

[top dawg]

[Zod]

Hmmm......he pays the bills. If he wants something/someone...I bet they'll listen

Only if he wants to usurp the GM and Head Coach authority and cause bad relations between them.

Again, not the case. BigCat is not Jerry Jones.

The question is not COULD bigcat assert his ownership power to retain a player.

The question is WOULD bigcat assert his ownership power to retain a player.

The answer is no. Move on.

[Rubi]

Only if he wants to usurp the GM and Head Coach authority and cause bad relations between them.

Again, not the case. BigCat is not Jerry Jones.

The question is not COULD bigcat assert his ownership power to retain a player.

The question is WOULD bigcat assert his ownership power to retain a player.

The answer is no. Move on.

Sir Yes Sir!

[Snake]

I still say he is gone after week six if Gettis is ready to play.

[malik]

Has nothing to do with Hurney. JR wanted him here, and must still want him.

big cat aint gonna undercut his HC and GM and disrespect them.

[Guest Hokebuck]

I don't know what it is about AE that makes posters go full retard with logical fallacies.

• AE was drafted in the 3rd round at the costs of a future 2nd.
  Since when did draft position have any effect on the player's ability to produce on the field? Does their draft position dictate whether or not they will be a good player? Did AE make the price and force the Panthers to pay it? This needs to be let go. New England iirc was interested in AE which prompted Carolina to trade up for him.
  
• He hasn't had a catch in his first two NFL seasons
  His first NFL season was with John Fox who clearly did not care for the pick, and even went on record saying that "it didn't look good" in regards to AE developing as a player. It's also come to light that Fox and Friends were causing rifts with the team while they left, as revealed by Smitty in a recent article. Oh, did I mention that he hadn't ran routes since HS? Yet he's supposed to come make an immediate impact on the football field? That's like expecting TheOracle or King Tarq to make an intelligent contribution to a thread. It's unrealistic and downright foolish.
  
• He was a horrible return man and should be cut for it
  He was a QB throughout college. How many posters here expect Dernard Robinson to be a return monster when he's done QBing for Michigan? Anybody? No? Then why was it expected of AE? Because of the draft cost that he had no control over?
  
• Hurney is too proud to admit his mistakes
  Yes, because as mentioned already, cutting Jake, Mare, Norwood, Brown, Butler, Shelton, etc really shows that. Dwayne Jarrett doesn't seem to be here anymore either.
  
• I'd keep going, but I'm probably just wasting my time. The people that have already made their decision that they know best aren't going to be swayed, but hopefully you'll at least entertain me :(
  

Armanti is where Marty Hurney projected him to be in year 3! http://www.panthers....2125#transcript

[CRA]

After Joe Adams muffed that punt I suddenly missed Armanti's reliability fielding a ball. He didn't make a single mistake fielding punts last season, and only fair caught the ball 9 times so he was under some pressure for most of those punts. Didn't do anything great with them, granted, but with our offense which would you prefer? A high risk, high reward guy like Adams or someone who will never lose a posession for us?

He was able to make the jump from lost to reliable in one season. No reason to doubt he can make the jump from reliable to effective this season.

Armanti has put more than his fair share of balls on the ground....not sure he qualifies as Mr. Reliable bc he didn't fumble one away 1 season.

And since when is being the worst returner in the NFL....reliable?

[Zod]

And since when is being the worst returner in the NFL....reliable?

Reliably bad?

[tim]

Armanti has put more than his fair share of balls on the ground....not sure he qualifies as Mr. Reliable bc he didn't fumble one away 1 season.

And since when is being the worst returner in the NFL....reliable?

The issue is whether he deserves another year or not. He went from horrible to no mistakes in one year. So granted, the floor was very low, but the rate of progress is pretty impressive and IMO means we're better off seeing what we have in another year than carrying a 9th OL or DB that we didn't draft.

Lowest punt return yards in the NFL with no turnovers is going to start to look appealing if Adams has trouble with ball security.