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Why?

Hmm... being arrested for resisting arrest seems like a circular argument. Probably a little more to that story.

It's so he won't be hurt when he bangs his head on the table after seeing the amortization table.

Moose was 3 years, 05-07. Dante Wesley was also only gone for a year, and I'm sure there are others.

Except that the quality of the last 2 drafts, inclufing UDFAs, has been head and shoulders above years past and Carolina is no longer handing out ridiculous contracts. Maybe huge FA signings aren't in the cards (history shows them to be overrated anyway), but the overall tone and philosophy of this front office couldn't be farther from 'RINSE REPEAT'.

Familiar coach in Reid and, if he cares, home state of Missouri.

Let alone Olsen and another TE (perhaps the Ed Dickson we saw at the end of the year) as well as any other receivers that we may pick up. At this point, I wouldn't rule out Cotchery's value as more of a mentor than a go-to player.

Kind of like some of us suggested when people were whining about no reports of Ginn being scheduled to meet with Carolina... imagine that. It's great that expectations of the team and the FO are up, but it's easy to tell that this organization has a new philosophy that many fans are not used to.

He has the type of name that RR has coveted during his tenure.

I assume you mean 10% less. And those states make their tax money, just in different ways. Also, professional athletes pay taxes in every state, and sometimes also city, that they play in. The intracies are well over my head,, but the lack of income tax isn't necessarily as huge a factor as it's made out to be. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/04/15/pro-athlete-tax-returns-illustrate-complexities-of-u-s-tax-code/

Sensible, but market value is the problem. A guy like Torrey Smith has a $7-8MM price attached to him, but 3 of his 4 years have produced less than 850 yards or so, and each of those years he has split time with a competent TE and WR (Boldin, Smitty, Pitta)... you get the idea. This is where the concept of 'over-projecting comes in and why DG isn't going to overpay for 'potential performance'. That said, I'd love to have Torrey at 6MM a year, but not 8 or 9.

Don't need a 1000 yard receiver (though it would be great to find one on the cheap). They need someone to get 600-700 yards on about 40-50 catches, which represents a deeper threat to take the pressure off of the two 1000 yard receivers already on the roster. That said, it would be great to find someone to grow alongside KB, and I'm sure the team will grab that person if the situation is right.

And Bell has minimal actual NFL-caliber talent.

Call me skeptical on the 'overpaid' factor, though some will say that even vet min is overpaying.

Interesting bit of useless trivia - in 4 career games against Carolina, he's not had more than 83 rushing yards, and the 2009 team held him to 35 yards on 12 carries.

He has 4 years of starting experience and has played both sides - someone somewhere will bring him in to compete and he'll stick on someone's roster. I personally think that he isn't coming back because Carolina told them they would be upgrading and he wants to try to find a starting job rather than becoming a backup, which is his prerogative.

Sound tactic to build a client base.

They tagged Demaryius, not Julius. Unless you meant Demaryius.

Just stop contacting her and see what happens. If she wants to get together, she'll make the effort. If not, you'll have your answer and simplified your life in one pass.

Would be a quality draft, and I suppose the assumption here is that the value isn't there at WR or DL and/or that Carolina got a receiver they wanted in FA.

Who says they didn't?

That's even less likely than Hardy re-signing.

Did you actually read what I wrote? I gave and give him full credit for his exceptional awareness on that play, but being a heads-up player does not equate to being a good punt returner and running in a straight line on a freak play is not equivalent to a traditional punt return. I think he's a good player with a ton of upside, but that specific play was a fluke.

I agree with you, and Bene's abiliy at both spots gives the Panthers flexibilitywhen it comes to corners. If the value is there during the draft for a guy better suited on the outside, they could take the same approach they did with Captain and let Bene play outside in the base and move inside in the nickel.

I'll give Brown credit for toughness and a hell of a heads-up play on that punt return, but that TD does not fall in the category of a typical punt return. Almost any DB/WR/RB or a couple of Carolina's LBs could have picked that ball up and scored with it.