Chucky loves Tavon Austin

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Actually Austin isnt a Smitty clone. Austin will be better than Smitty.

guess we'll just have to trade back in to the first if we want austin:

So I have been pondering this question all week. Let's say Cam keeps regressing and the panthers drop the spread option and no improvement. We get the #1 pick this offseason do we take Geno smith or not. Cam will be entering his 3rd year of a 4 year contract next season. Do you take the risk they he will get better next year with no backup plan? Or do you take geno and let him learn a year and to see if cam improves?

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Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

my pleasure

[rayzor]

just a simplistic look at this idea of austin being small...i just threw his weight/height thru a bmi calculator and he's pretty average with others at the position.

he's not a twig. he's the right size for his height. his bmi is about 28, which is right about where megatron is.

he's not some little beanpole. he's just short. that doesn't mean tiny. that doesn't mean fragile. that doesn't mean breakable. that doesn't mean he's not durable.

[TheRumGone]

just a simplistic look at this idea of austin being small...i just threw his weight/height thru a bmi calculator and he's pretty average with others at the position.

he's not a twig. he's the right size for his height. his bmi is about 28, which is right about where megatron is.

he's not some little beanpole. he's just short. that doesn't mean tiny. that doesn't mean fragile. that doesn't mean breakable. that doesn't mean he's not durable.

I know what you are saying, but for discussion sake do you think he could take a hit better from a 230 lb lineman than a 200-210 lb WR?

I just mean the weight differential has to mean something. From what I've seen of Tavon he would avoid most of these hits and is pretty good about getting all he can than getting out of bounds or putting himself in a position to not get hit hard.

[rayzor]

I know what you are saying, but for discussion sake do you think he could take a hit better from a 230 lb lineman than a 200-210 lb WR?

I just mean the weight differential has to mean something. From what I've seen of Tavon he would avoid most of these hits and is pretty good about getting all he can than getting out of bounds or putting himself in a position to not get hit hard.

i think the difference would be nominal, tbh. it all depends on his conditioning. I've seen little guys who could take hellacious beatings and keep on and I've seen mountainous men fall at the littlest of hits. i just don't think his size is going to be much of a factor, at least in that regard. overall i just wouldn't be worried about it. i mean look at sproles. how injury prone has he been? any injuries he's had, were they because of his size?

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

So far Chucky, Greg Cosell, Mcshay, Kiper and now Mayock state they love Tavon Austin.

"@ChrisWesseling: Mayock tells @richeisen podcast that Tavon Austin is the one prospect that "really freaking intrigues" him this year http://t.co/0Tswu4eXkb"

Huddle : he is too small...we dont need anyone with speed. Draft a WR slower than Sheldon Richardson n Lane Johnson. Logical.

Greg Cosell n Mayock are my go to guys for this stuff. most say with current rules n offensive sets Austin will flourish in a Percey Harvin play making D coordinator's nightmare. Cosell stated that there is less importance on a no. 1, 2, slot guy now as offenses evolve.

As much as Im a fan I dont see the Panthers pulling the trigger even if Xavier Rhodes is avail at 14..making that Gilmore late draft rise.

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were you here when pat white was going to be the next great nfl quarterback

[Squirrel]

were you here when pat white was going to be the next great nfl quarterback

Nice try I never said White would be the next great QB though. Always said he needed to sit for 3 years and learn and then he might be a good one.

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Nice try I never said White would be the next great QB though. Always said he needed to sit for 3 years and learn and then he might be a good one.

Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

Poor man version that's classic. Geno will be a better qb in the nfl than Cam. You can quote me on that.

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i'm just saying squirrel

every year, there's a west virginia player that you say very silly things about

[PantherMan89]

I don't think geno will be a better pro than cam at all. However you may want to wait to see how geno and cam do before we write it off as a foregone conclusion.

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I don't think geno will be a better pro than cam at all. However you may want to wait to see how geno and cam do before we write it off as a foregone conclusion.

if geno smith comes in to the league and lands on an awful team as a rookie starter and closes out year two having put up 9300 yards and 62 touchdowns then i'll cop to it.

[PantherMan89]

if geno smith comes in to the league and lands on an awful team as a rookie starter and closes out year two having put up 9300 yards and 62 touchdowns then i'll cop to it.

As I said, I don't expect it either. But also I don't think the first two seasons make a career. I mean if cam tanks from here on out I don't think we would look back on him and say it was a great pick even though he was in his first two years

[PantherMan89]

Oh and I also think cam was fortunate to land with us as we weren't as awful as some of those teams he could've landed with. I think if geno were to land in a place like Philly compared to Oakland or a Jacksonville would make quite a difference on his career as well