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The reason why the Panthers are not good and have not been for 4 years.

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I believe it is because the receivers are terrible. Steve Smith is more of a Wes Welker kind of a player that can wreak havoc if used properly. He is not being used properly at all this year. If you interchanged Welker and Smith the results would be off the charts for Smith. Look at Atlanta, suddenly they have a great passing attack now that they have two great receivers. When Carolina went to the Super Bowl they had Muhammad at an all-pro level and Smith was breaking out. Carolina needs to invest some high draft picks or free agent dollars in the position. Running backs are a dime a dozen. The offensive line makes a running back, not vice versa. Green Bay has got it right.

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I believe it is because the receivers are terrible. Steve Smith is more of a Wes Welker kind of a player that can wreak havoc if used properly. He is not being used properly at all this year. If you interchanged Welker and Smith the results would be off the charts for Smith. Look at Atlanta, suddenly they have a great passing attack now that they have two great receivers. When Carolina went to the Super Bowl they had Muhammad at an all-pro level and Smith was breaking out. Carolina needs to invest some high draft picks or free agent dollars in the position. Running backs are a dime a dozen. The offensive line makes a running back, not vice versa. Green Bay has got it right.

GM Marty Hurney respectfully disagrees and don't get him started on the relative insignificance of the FS and SS positions either.

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