Carolina Panthers sign Quintin Mikell

[panther4life]

The strength of Mikell is playing in the box. He can stuff the running back behind the line of scrimmage and is effective at blitzing the QB's.

Last year he had 3 sacks and 84 tackles. 39 of which were considered a " stop" by PFF.

Only Eric Weddle and Rhonde Barber had more.

Stop definition per PFF = the cumulative solo tackles which constitue an offensive failure.

[Floppin]

I did read the thread. Sounded like a lot of guessing to me. So no team in the entire nfl was willing to pay this all world safety so he sit home since march. Right.

I mean, yeah pretty much. There's also the fact that he's a vet and likely wanted to avoid training camp. He was also probably trying to hold out for multi year deal. There's lots of possible reasons why he didn't sign till now but none of them are ability related.

[The Huddler]

Whats the first thing I do?

 

Watch some Quintin Mikell highlights

[d-run]

I did read the thread. Sounded like a lot of guessing to me. So no team in the entire nfl was willing to pay this all world safety so he sit home since march. Right.

Plus he his a vet who probably didn't want to endure training camp and knew a job somewhere would be there for him after TC ended. He was right

[SIGCHI222]

Is it a confirmed 1 year deal?

[OBXPantha]

I mean, yeah pretty much. There's also the fact that he's a vet and likely wanted to avoid training camp. He was also probably trying to hold out for multi year deal. There's lots of possible reasons why he didn't sign till now but none of them are ability related.

Cool.  Thanks for answering. Sounds like we definitely got an upgrade.

[TreFoPanther]

I did read the thread. Sounded like a lot of guessing to me. So no team in the entire nfl was willing to pay this all world safety so he sit home since march. Right.

 

If you knew anything about the NFL you would know that a lot of vets that are cut in the offseason don't sign til after training camp or even after the season because they are holding out to see who will give them the best offer after all the teams evaluate their younger players and their offseason development. 

[Kuech the Sneak]

Is it a confirmed 1 year deal?

Yea

[Captain Morgan]

Is it a confirmed 1 year deal?

 

 

 

according to Person, yes

[panther4life]

This has been in the works since July 3rd...

http://www.csnphilly.com/football-philadelphia-eagles/source-quintin-mikell-talks-panthers

[panthers34]

who's starting week 1 at SS now?

[The Other Colbert]

Finally!

 

Now hopefully we can get some O-Line depth or upgrades.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

There is nothing better than waking up and seeing news like this first thing in the morning on the Huddle.

Really like Mr. Gettleman thus far. I think we can push for the division now.

[Floppin]

who's starting week 1 at SS now?

 

I'm willing to bet that Mitchell will be "starting" but look for Mikell to split reps or even have more. By week two, Mikell is starting.