Give kony ealy time if he doesn't respond yet

[carolina-chuck]

Kony haters can suck my neighbor across the street's fat punani. And, it ain't a she.

[ZeroZeroSeven]

Kony has the ability to replace the all around skill set Hardy brings, but it won't be this season. He may show some flashes but he needs another offseason or two to become a consistent force.

[Matthias]

Hardy sucked his rookie season.  In fact, people wanted to get rid of him up until he had his breakout year in 2012.  So it took until Hardy's third season before you saw any kind of results.  Ealy needs to hit that weight room to get stronger, but he already has the skills to pay the bills.  I wanted him and Hardy to take over as our starters for the long haul, but Hardy's future here is in major doubt.

[ThPantherFan]

My problem on putting a rookie into an immediate play situation is the set back in his development it may cause.  If we hadn't put that backup qb, we had a few years ago, into an immediate situation.....(what was his name) maybe he would have been better than he turned out.  My fear is you put Ealy into a situation, where he is still learning the plays, and he gets hurt.

[rmoneyg35]

I thought Ealy played well Sunday. Of course I do believe that just about any DE can look good with the talent we have on the defensive line.

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[Shadow]

I believe the time it takes a good DE to become great is why we've kept so many DE's on the roster.  Having our second round pick be basically a third stringer is a great thing.  By the time he works his way up to starting for the Panthers he will have had some years with strength and conditioning coaches, more time in the weightroom, and lots of film study.  

 

When it's time for him to resign he'll also be cheaper than if he beasted from the beginning.  Therefore you have more bang for your buck.  I look forward to seeing what this young man can become here in Carolina.  I think this is a great strategy for keeping our D-line monstrous for the foreseeable future.

[Snake]

Obviously stats don't tell the story for a rookie, but I think rookie season is enough to gauge if a player has the capacity to progress and be good in the NFL.

 

With Sione Fua people said "it's his rookie season, give him time," and then "it's his second season, give him time," but I thought it was clear as day that you could look at that player and see he'd never be a good NFL DT. He just didn't have it.

 

I think Ealy does have it. He holds his own and has a good base to build on.

 

Different positions with different rules. DTs and RBs seem to have fast impacts on teams while WRs and DEs seem to take time but yea if they dont even show any flashes then thats a troubling sign.

[Peppers90 NC]

wait, who has given up on Ealy this early?

[Mr. Scot]

Greg Hardy wasn't truly "The Kraken" his first year here.

[BigBoss]

Nah, I'm patient with him. I think there is a bit of hype he's being given and I don't buy for a second, but I am smart enough to know that given 2-3 years he can be of good use.

[cbully]

as long as he is better than Evan Brown

[frash.exe]

Obviously stats don't tell the story for a rookie, but I think rookie season is enough to gauge if a player has the capacity to progress and be good in the NFL.

With Sione Fua people said "it's his rookie season, give him time," and then "it's his second season, give him time," but I thought it was clear as day that you could look at that player and see he'd never be a good NFL DT. He just didn't have it.

I think Ealy does have it. He holds his own and has a good base to build on.

Remember when Fua spent most of the game being pushed back into the third row at warp speed and ppl were like, "he's showing flashes..."?

[the butch]

Solid post. Most probably don't remember how long it took Johnson and Hardy to develop. But they do tend to remember the Brown bust. Regardless, it's baptism by fire the entire season; kid's gonna HAVE to adjust.

[frash.exe]

Both Hardy and Johnson took two seasons to develop and look polished in their third season, however CJ actually spent most of his rookie year not getting game time while Hardy was thrown in as a rookie, so only in CJ's fourth year did he look really good.

I will say though that at some point during the 2013 season, Hardy surpassed CJ as an all-around DE