still no love for lafell?

[CLTPanther]

We shouldn't over pay him, but he's definately worth resigning.. hard to compete when you have clubs like Oakland that will give him 10 million a year though

[tondi]

He's also a willing blocker which is nice to find in a WR.

[General_Purr]

I appreciate him for what he is worth but still do not believe hes a number 2.

 

 

You give him enough chances he will catch passes.. he is an NFL WR no doubt.

Still want to see added Talent to the WR core.

[Davidson Deac II]

I'm sorry I like Lafell but this is an invalid comparison  Moose led the league / if not was one of the 3 receivers league wide one year in his career and was pretty damn good all the others.  I just dont  see Lafell ever making that leap.  He is a possession receiver with little upside until he proves me wrong.  He has 1  100 yard receiving game in his career.   You have #2's and #3's all over the league with multiple  100+ yard performances.

 

 

Like someone above said.  He is a valuable asset nodoubt   but I'd much prefer him to be the #3 receiver ala Proehl

All that is true, and I am not saying that Lafell will ever be the receiver Moose was. But Moose's numbers were rather pedestrian until his fourth year. And in his fourth year, Moose played in an offense that threw the ball over 570 times. A hundred more passes than we threw last year, and probably a lot more than we will throw this year. And in 2004 when Moose had his best year, Moose was the number one because Smith was out for most of the season. I imagine had the internet existed in mass like it does now, people would have been saying similar things about MOose early in his career.

I do think we need to be fair to Lafell and understand that while he may never be as good as Moose was, we do need to give him the benefit of the doubt for a while, as long as he continues to be a solid performer.

Also, Lafell spent his first year with Clausen, he deserves a lot of credit for surviving that. :)

[CPcavedweller]

At the start of the year and after the Zona game I would have agreed. However, LaFell has built a good rapport with Newton. I think it's a toss up on LaFell or Olsen being Cam's fav target.

Carolina has tried to keep Cam comfortable with keeping Shula around as OC because they didn't want to change alot on Cam. I think the same applies when it comes to LaFell, assuming he understands his value and doesn't expect a huge contract.

Well the number of targets call Smith cams favorite. My personal favorite is Ted Ginn just because he is a game breaker(however intermittent). We got Mike Wallace at a much lower price.

[top dawg]

I've  always shown "love" for LaFell. I just don't think he is befitting of being our WR2, and certainly not anyone's WR1.  If we didn't have Smitty or some other playmaker while LaFell is on the field, and defenses keyed on him, that would be a frustrating proposition because he's not that guy. But as a second, and particularly a third option, LaFell could drive plenty of stakes through the hearts of the opposition.

 

 

[carolina-chuck]

Carolina-chuck showing LaFell the love!

Gave him his due in the game day thread.

LaFell has evolved hugely into the receiver I've been wanting to see. He's learning to run better routes and especially creating SEPARATION. LaFell had "7" catches on Monday night! Yes, 7.

This is what I've been preaching for all these years. Not the 1 rec for 91 yards, but the hard earned catches that keep the chain moving.