#1 Receivers don't grow on trees, I'm told

[Ricky Spanish]

They don't grow on trees huh? Well this image says otherwise:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jtm]

D-Jax is the only true number 1 available in free agency and I don't have any interest in him. Britt is a #1 when he is on the field, which is rare. Nicks hasn't shown in the past three years he can be a 1 and obviously Gettle feels the same way. Decker, no thanks. Smitty, no longer a 1 and it has been this way for 2 years.

My point is, what should we have done? I bet Cotchery has more yards than Smitty this year and doesn't cap strap us is in the future. The rest of the free agent WRs are getting overpaid.

A #1 WR is like the Supreme Courts definition of pornography - you know it when you see it.

[CubsWin]

I had never understood why we didn't try and mimic the #11 offense.. It worked.  Our D sucked then.

[The Huddler]

I had never understood why we didn't try and mimic the #11 offense.. It worked. Our D sucked then.

The '11 offense was great.

The '12 offense sucked cause chud went full retard..

I think with our Cap being so bad, and with the lack of play makers/ protection for Cam, we were forced to have an overall defensive philosophy in '13. Ball control, efficient, keep our defense off the field kind of offense. If we tried to force some high flying offense last season, we wouldn't have won as many games IMO. We would have had more 3n out, failed drives and poo. Note that while chud had good stats, we would stall on so many drives, and the douche wasn't good in the red zone. Last season We accepted what we had and successfully gameplaned around it.

That's my idea lol

[The Huddler]

An overall good coaching and game planning effort.

While many here claim Shula sucks and have good reason to believe so, I tend to believe he did a good job. Its just speculation and I'm just going off of my deadly gut instinct here, but I think Shuls did a good job with what we had. Didn't we have a fugging DT play guard? Didn't we make the most out of a guy named Ted who kicked rocks for two years in San Fran? The guy did what he had to do to get the job done.

Here is my completely sound example:

When it was like madden 10 or something and we didn't have poo on offense, I played extremely careful, eat up the clock, possession type of game. Made sure I had the last possession at the end of each half, cause I didn't have the fire power to bust my opponent's balls offensively. I won games by being conservative.

OK that's just madden, but my point is that Shuls might have done an exceptional job at ahereing to the overall game plan, in which Rivera set. Give the guy an extra year or two and maybe a couple of weapons before judging the guy.

[MV%doe]

so far looking like a control type of O, which is what ron wants and shula kinda does.....

 

#1-in passing attack the middle ie between the hash marks with TEs/slot/RBs.

 

#2- running game should have a john fox like game plan.

 

#3- ??????

 

#4- then play lights out D and above average ST.

 

#5- profit form panther ball!

[Razeyfingers]

Every guy that comes in to the league has to be driven and has to learn. He has to have good teachers, a good QB, and a coach that will use him and feature him in sets for him to succeed.

 

There are odds and probabilities for every player regardless of how good he is. It cracks me up when I read how people pick rookies to automatically be ballers when they hit the field. It doesnt work like that. He has to master his trade like anyone else, period.

[Borat]

If I'm Gettleman, I sign both Kenny Britt and Santonio Holmes to incentive-heavy 1-2 year deals. If they keep their noses clean and perform, Panthers likely repeat as NFCS champs. If not, I cut bait at whatever point it becomes clear they shouldn't be around and the Panthers are no worse off than they would have been had they not signed them, in a rebuilding/cap-fixing year, sacrificing one year for long term competitiveness.

[mc52beast]

Seems like Gettleman's logic is that the team doesn't need a standout #1, at least not right now. The passing game seems to be funneled thru Olsen, so the wideouts basically need to be good enough to catch the ball when it's thrown to them.. not to put the team on their shoulders.

[BerryLoMein]

In my eye receivers are a luxury item, gotta build the rest of the team 1st. Just look at how many super bowls the Lions have won lately with the games #1 receiver. Also ask the Falcons how their 2 studs are treating them.

[CarolinaCoolin]

If you throw out the bold word, IMO, there are 21 #1 pass catchers in the NFL if we include TE (Saints). Some would include the Eagles, but I don't think that Jackson is really a number one. Although the Eagles have collectively a solid to great WR/TE core.

Some teams have two #1 (Bears, Chargers, 49ers).

Teams that do not have a #1: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Green Bay (good TE/WR core), Tennessee, Carolina, Buffalo (okay TE/WR core), NYJ, Oakland, and St. Louis, Philly (good TE/WR core).

The problem with the word elite is that by definition you can only have 1-10 "elites" otherwise the word loses its meaning.

Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb aren't number 1's? gtfo

Antonio brown is a number one also.

Smh

[panthers55]

The 2011 offense caught a lot of folks off guard. After a year of film and the offseason, we didn't look nearly as good.  It wasn't just Chud going too much to the option but teams figuring how to stop us.  That offense was good but wouldn't work like it did the first time no matter who was the coordinator. 

[ed bell]

I'm hoping we get a draft pick that sees significant playing time. I have a feeling Cotchery will be doing a good bit of WR2 for stretches this season.

[Borat]

Some teams have two #1 (Bears, Chargers, 49ers).

No love for Quintorris and Sharod?