Best Roster top to bottom that I can remember

[panther4life]

Maybe I am just being a complete homer but I can't recall ever being this satisfied with our roster from top to bottom(starters all the way down to practice squad).

I even went to profootballreference.com just to refresh my memory, but this may be the best deepest roster we have ever had. Before anyone goes full stupid on me, yes I am aware we have had better secondary's and D-lines. But we have never had a better QB group, offensive line,RB group,or linebacking core than this. And once again I am referring to the overall depth of the team.

You have to go back to 08 to find a roster that could even come close to comparing to this years.

08's advantages biggest advantages over this one were vet's nearing retirement vs young guys with potential(Moose over Lafell and Lucas over Norman).

Even in 03 the Super Bowl year the only advantages was the defensive line, safeties and wide receivers.

So anyone feel free to correct me if I am wrong but looking at our past overall rosters compared to this one I am having a hard time containing my excitement.

[NavyPF4L]

I'd say it would a really close toss up between the 03 team and this years. Only thing that will truly tell us is if they play up to their ability. That 03 team had a never die attitude and it wasn't over until that last whistle was blown. Hope these guys have the same fight and mentality in them.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

our offense is great but our defense and ST are overall poo

2003,2005, and 2008 were much balanced imo

i would actually say that 06 had a better roster as well going into the season... jake coming off a pro bowl, smitty coming off a triple crown, keyshawn, d-will being new... and a great defense

too bad we blew it that year, i was convinced they were going to the SB

[panther4life]

our offense is great but our defense and ST are overall poo

2003,2005, and 2008 were much balanced imo

i would actually say that 06 had a better roster as well going into the season... jake coming off a pro bowl, smitty coming off a triple crown, keyshawn, d-will being new... and a great defense

too bad we blew it that year, i was convinced they were going to the SB

In 03 Jake had a good year, but he also had a good running game and 3 bomb receivers to bail him out.In addition Peete and Weinker were behind Jake,so if he went down the Super Bowl never would have happened. Steussie at LT was bad news and o-line depth was horrible,corners were worse than they are now. Greg Favors was a starting LB, so that confirms the depth their sucked too.

05-Keary Colbert was our # 2 receiver(tells you receiver depth was horrible), Wharton started at LT, Tutan Reyes was our RG(tells you o-line depth was bad), Carstens started all 16 games at DT because of Jenkins injury.

06-Eric Shelton was d-will's backup, o-line still had no depth or even a good starting crew, no safety worth a poo next to Minter, still no depth behind Jake. Really the only depth on that team may have been at d-line.

Also none of those teams had Greg Olsen or anything close to him

[panther4life]

Chris Gamble, Charles Johnson, Beason and Kuechly all have pro bowl potential. We have very good depth at linebacker and ends. Norman looks like he has serious potential. Godfrey and Nakumara can be solid. Edwards appears to be a solid run stuffing DT and Fua seems to be coming along fine right behind him. Hardy is solid with potential to be good. That leaves us with a big question mark at 3-tech, but overall the D is going to surprise a lot of you if don't think were going to see massive improvement from last year.

[4Corners]

You must have a short memory

[panther4life]

You must have a short memory

No I just pay more attention to the stuff on the field. Your doing a great job though, please inform us if any thug's run a red light or anything.

[WolfpackRob]

Greene, Mills, Lathon were our best LB core and it's not close. O–line is arguable but Byron Bell and a rookie bring their score down. Last year's line was better until this one proves itself. I'll give you QB and Rb on this team but that's all.

Hard to say but when this season is said and done I don't believe it will be the best Panther season ever... Which means this isn't the best Panther team ever. Our Super Bowl team was the best.

[CRA]

In 03 Jake had a good year, but he also had a good running game and 3 bomb receivers to bail him out.In addition Peete and Weinker were behind Jake,so if he went down the Super Bowl never would have happened. Steussie at LT was bad news and o-line depth was horrible,corners were worse than they are now. Greg Favors was a starting LB, so that confirms the depth their sucked too.

05-Keary Colbert was our # 2 receiver(tells you receiver depth was horrible), Wharton started at LT, Tutan Reyes was our RG(tells you o-line depth was bad), Carstens started all 16 games at DT because of Jenkins injury.

06-Eric Shelton was d-will's backup, o-line still had no depth or even a good starting crew, no safety worth a poo next to Minter, still no depth behind Jake. Really the only depth on that team may have been at d-line.

Also none of those teams had Greg Olsen or anything close to him

Yeah, if 03 Jake went down we don't make the Superbowl....but we aren't making noise if Cam goes down now either.

2003 D and ST put that squad ahead. Those unit were signifantly better. That D was built to play in that era as well. Secondary didn't need to be as talented back then. Manning Jr would be abused like Captain with today's rules.

[FirstRoundPick]

This is literally said every year.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I would agree, but then I look at safety, dline, cornerback, lack of proven kicker...

[Jrock88]

i agree, we have our fair share of weaknesses... but we also have cam

[panther4life]

This is literally said every year.

I bet you can't find one post of anyone saying that for the in 09,10,or 11.

[The Special One]

Its a very solid roster. We have some good depth at spots (OL, LB, DE, RB) but we're also quite thin at key positions (CB, DT)

We're probably top 7 or 8 in NFL in overall talent but as Dallas can tell you, that means nothing.