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Can Byron Bell really play left tackle and Cam survive?

jarhead

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Have you watched how terrible byron bell is? He was our worst starting olineman last year and we had a freaking dt at guard...

 

His stats were actually not as bad as everyone here makes them out to be.

 

However, I am not sold on him being a great LT.  But, I trust Gettleman's and Rivera's evaluations much more than anyone's on here....including my own.

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when you got nothing....you gotta spin sometimes and also hope.

 

Anyone who watches Bell knows he struggles w/ speed rushers.  Even if he is more of a natural left side lineman.....his physical ablity isn't able to hang w/ speed rushers and they live on matching up w/ LTs.

 

I am taking the comments from Gettleman to mean that they think he may be better suited for the left side and will be given a shot there during camp and preseason.  I do not think they have anointed him the starting LT.

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I don't know if Bell is the answer at left tackle but then again I didn't know that Chandler would be the answer at right guard.  There will left tackles who started last year that will be cut after the draft as teams get their guy for the future.  We will find a few rentals for a year or two if we don't draft our future guy this year.  With as much as Gettleman likes Hog Mollies I am not as worried as others about our choices.  It is just April tomorrow.

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So based off of what you saw from Bell, do you think he has what it takes to succeed at LT?

I am taking the comments from Gettleman to mean that they think he may be better suited for the left side and will be given a shot there during camp and preseason.  I do not think they have anointed him the starting LT.

 

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His stats were actually not as bad as everyone here makes them out to be.

 

However, I am not sold on him being a great LT.  But, I trust Gettleman's and Rivera's evaluations much more than anyone's on here....including my own.

I think it has more to do with Gman trying to do more with less. A good LT cost 6 to 10 million a year which we do not have. I think the same could be said for WR. I doubt GMan thought the the guy with the big hair was our answer at WR. but it was all we could afford without a big back end contract.

 

If we can duplicate last years wins I will be ecstatic but frankly see us as a .500 team . Fixing our cap means doing without.

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I think it has more to do with Gman trying to do more with less. A good LT cost 6 to 10 million a year which we do not have. I think the same could be said for WR. I doubt GMan thought the the guy with the big hair was our answer at WR. but it was all we could afford without a big back end contract.

 

If we can duplicate last years wins I will be ecstatic but frankly see us as a .500 team . Fixing our cap means doing without.

 

You may very well be right on the .500 team this year.

 

We are still in Cap Hell, no matter how many people on here think that we are not.  We are actually in worse shape cap wise next year, so all of the people clammoring for us to restructure contracts are idiots.  That will only push more money into the next few seasons and make it worse.

 

I do understand that it will take a couple of seasons for the cap mess to be cleaned up.  By the Panthers overachieving last season, a lot of people are forgetting about this issue....or they are 15 yo and have no concept of a budget or the real world.

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They feel like his athleticism is his best attribute and another reason he's a fit for LT....

Plus where are they going to find someone to compete with him??? Fa? Lmao the draft? Not unless they trade into the top ten.

They won't, that's the problem. A stop-gap to protect your franchise QB after an offseason that he underwent ankle surgery is a big risk.

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You may very well be right on the .500 team this year.

We are still in Cap Hell, no matter how many people on here think that we are not. We are actually in worse shape cap wise next year, so all of the people clammoring for us to restructure contracts are idiots. That will only push more money into the next few seasons and make it worse.

I do understand that it will take a couple of seasons for the cap mess to be cleaned up. By the Panthers overachieving last season, a lot of people are forgetting about this issue....or they are 15 yo and have no concept of a budget or the real world.

I actually think the Panthers are in pretty good shape in 2015. Extend Johnson and move his money and you free up probably 8-10 million easily, 11 if you cut him. 6 million from Godfrey being cut. 4 million from Williams. A few other extensions like kalil and TD. So the team would have 80 million tied up in 17 players instead of 109 in 19. That would leave them with about 60 million in cap space.

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You may very well be right on the .500 team this year.

 

We are still in Cap Hell, no matter how many people on here think that we are not.  We are actually in worse shape cap wise next year, so all of the people clammoring for us to restructure contracts are idiots.  That will only push more money into the next few seasons and make it worse.

 

I do understand that it will take a couple of seasons for the cap mess to be cleaned up.  By the Panthers overachieving last season, a lot of people are forgetting about this issue....or they are 15 yo and have no concept of a budget or the real world.

The sad thing is if it was not for cap hell we would have had a pretty good shot at the Superbowl under Cams rookie contract. 

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