Pro Football Spot breaks down the state of Panthers' Big Uglies

[EightyNine]

I dont think it looked solid on paper.  It was definitely an area of concern going into the season.

[Udogg]

No more experiments. 

[AceMan]

As long as we don't have bums like Bell, Chandler, and Silatolu starting

[rodeo]

The thing about o-line is that I trust Gettleman 100% to find the right talent, but I don't trust Rivera to actually start them. I fully expect Amini Silatolu to be the starting LG going into 2015.

[Kuech the Sneak]

The thing about o-line is that I trust Gettleman 100% to find the right talent, but I don't trust Rivera to actually start them. I fully expect Amini Silatolu to be the starting LG going into 2015.

No way ron does that after watching norwell play so well the back half of the year

[Mr. Scot]

I'm gonna resist the urge to say that I already believed all of that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not gonna resist it that hard, though.

 

The unit that finished the season is definitely stronger than the one that started it, and the only real glaring need that remains is at left tackle.

 

That said, the free agent tackle market is terrible.  It'll be no shock if the only two guys really worth plunking down decent money for (Dunlap and Bulaga) are both signed back to their current teams before free agency even starts.

 

My best hope this year is for a really good tackle to fall in round one, and honestly that's not much of a hope.

 

We might have to settle for a stopgap this season, which I can deal with as long as it isn't Byron Bell.

[Mr. Scot]

No way ron does that after watching norwell play so well the back half of the year

 

I wish I were as confident of that as you are

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Preferably, I'd like to see both OT positions upgraded, but an upgrade at LT in particular is an absolute MUST. Ideally, I'd like to see a veteran OT signed as well as a rookie drafted in the first 3 rounds.

[LinvilleGorge]

Our OL definitely played much better down the stretch, but our weakness at OT was badly exposed by the Seahawks. We were forced to run a lot of max protect passing plays and good luck getting open against that secondary if you're forced to keep pass catchers (Olsen in particular) in to help the OL.

[Nick_81]

Our OL definitely played much better down the stretch, but our weakness at OT was badly exposed by the Seahawks. We were forced to run a lot of max protect passing plays and good luck getting open against that secondary if you're forced to keep pass catchers (Olsen in particular) in to help the OL.

I've often wondered what his numbers would have looked like, if he didn't have to stay back in protection.  I think he could have easily had another 200 - 300 yards, and 4 - 5 more TD's, this season.

 

 

Ahhh, the what-ifs...

[Cyberjag]

I wish I were as confident of that as you are

 

 

I'm still trying to figure out how it was him that posted this article and not you...

[Mr. Scot]

I'm still trying to figure out how it was him that posted this article and not you...

 

Been busy,

 

Among other things, girlfriend's birthday and Valentine's Day both coming in short order

 

[Captain Morgan]

anyone who thinks we can a tackle via trade, either rt or lt, needs to realize this:  ot is VERY valuable.

We don't have a lot of players we can afford to trade for a tackle of value.  It's not like

we are richly deep at any position.  And keep in mind we are still in cap hell, so other teams

will be able to offer much better deals than we can.

 

tldr   we ain't trading for no tackles.

[Mr. Scot]

anyone who thinks we can a tackle via trade, either rt or lt, needs to realize this:  ot is VERY valuable.

We don't have a lot of players we can afford to trade for a tackle of value.  It's not like

we are richly deep at any position.  And keep in mind we are still in cap hell, so other teams

will be able to offer much better deals than we can.

 

tldr   we ain't trading for no tackles.

 

One caveat...

 

If we found a guy who's poised to break out that wasn't well known enough to require high value, then yes it could happen.

 

(that's probably about as likely to happen as my parrot learning Portuguese, but technically it's possible)