Panthers sign OT Tony Hills and G Davonte Wallace and waive RB Darrin Reaves

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

 

 

 

 

 

A couple relatively boring videos.  

[KB_fan]

Hmmm.  Not excited by these signings.

In looking at our roster, we've got basically 5 possibly(?) ok players among the OTs & OGs who are likely locks to make the 53 man roster.  4 of the 5 have 0 - 1 years of playing experience, and obviously there are still big question marks here re: Oher (past poor play, not nec. strong at LT) and Williams (rookie, we have high hopes, but he's yet to play a snap).:

Norwell (OG)

Turner (OG)

Remmers (OT)

Oher (OT)

D. Williams (OT)

 

Beyond that we've got two longer-rostered Panthers who may make the roster at this point as backups, but whose play has been poor - inconsistent:

Silatolu (G) (4th year); Chandler (G/T) (4th year)

 

[Below them:  Scott (G), Martin Wallace (T), Foucault (T)... don't want to go there]

 

I have trouble believing these new signings are any better than Silatolu or Chandler who at least know our playbook.  Sigh.... but I suppose *SOME* competition is better than none.

REALLY HOPING our FO can find someone else / that other teams will make cuts we can pick up.

[hepcat]

Daryl Williams better pan out or the tackle depth is absolute poo this year

[top dawg]

For me, the story (as it were) is that Reaves got the boot as opposed to Brandon Wegher.  

I am bustling with enthusiasm about the competition for the first time in a long time.

 

[Ace_Aladdin]

Norwell was a camp body at this time last year...

Not everyone can be like all yell Norwell!

[chknwing]

you ppl fuging kill me. not even 24 hours ago you were bitching that carolina has no OT depth.  Gettlemen brings in a veteran OT and you are still whining.

[Mr. Scot]

Norwell was a camp body at this time last year...

Norwell was a UDFA, not a street guy 

[t96]

Norwell was a UDFA, not a street guy 

So? Norwell came in to camp as a body trying to make the roster. He showed he could play, made the team and proceeded to become our starter of the future. These guys are coming in as bodies and will be given an opportunity to show they can play. "Camp body" implies that they have no chance at making the roster. There's really no such thing as a "camp body" but people use the word. Everybody is competing and everybody has a shot.

[Mr. Scot]

So? Norwell came in to camp as a body trying to make the roster. He showed he could play, made the team and proceeded to become our starter of the future. These guys are coming in as bodies and will be given an opportunity to show they can play. "Camp body" implies that they have no chance at making the roster. There's really no such thing as a "camp body" but people use the word. Everybody is competing and everybody has a shot.

I don't see these guys having a realistic shot.

Maybe they'll prove me wrong, but I doubt it.

[t96]

I don't see these guys having a realistic shot.

Maybe they'll prove me wrong, but I doubt it.

Norwell didn't have a "realistic" shot to become a starter last year and neither did Remmers. Neither of these new guys are any different from those two when they were added. I doubt either ends up being a starter like Norwell and Remmers are but to say they're just "camp bodies" is ridiculous. They'll compete.

[KB_fan]

I find tables & spreadsheets help me process information.  I've been playing around with some tables re: the guards & tackles now currently on our roster.  Here's info on the guards.  Will post about tackles a little later.

#	Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	Year	College
65	Henry, Ricky	G	6'4	310	28	3	Nebraska
62	McCray, Jordan	G	6'3	320	23	1	Central Florida
68	Norwell, Andrew	G	6'6	325	23	2	Ohio State
79	Scott, Chris	G	6'4	340	27	4	Tennessee
66	Silatolu, Amini	G	6'4	320	26	4	Midwestern State
70	Turner, Trai	G	6'3	320	22	2	LSU

[KB_fan]

0k, sorry, looks like my more detailed table re: the guards is too wide for the forum.  Let me just attach it as an Excel spreadsheet.

Basically, we've added no real meaningful experience or known skill to our roster of guards.  In addition to our 4 returning guards, (Norwell, Turner, Scott and Silatolu) we've added Henry & McCray who have no playing experience.  McCray was a tryout invite at Panther's Rookie camp, maybe he'll be another diamond in the rough.   Henry is a little less likely to be promising, in my opinion, having kicked around 3 teams' PS / IR lists...

[A shame Tyronne Green is injured.  He would have given more depth at guard with his San Diego experience.]

 Guards 2015.xlsx

[KB_fan]

Name	Games Played	starts	Draft	Team	Year
Henry	2	0	UDFA	Chicago	2011
McCray	0	0	UDFA	Green Bay	2014
Norwell	10	9	UDFA	Panthers	2014
Scott	20	8	5th (151)	Pittsburgh	2010
Silatolu	25	25	2nd (40)	Panthers	2012
Turner	13	9	3rd (92)	Panthers	2014

[KB_fan]

Here's the current roster listing of tackles (Martin is still listed on the official roster tonight).  More detailed stats to follow shortly.

#	Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	Year	College
78	Chandler, Nate	T	6'4	315	26	4	UCLA
63	Foucault, David	T	6'8	320	26	2	Montreal
	Hills, Tony	T	6'5	305	30	6	Texas
75	Martin, Jonathan	T	6'5	315	25	4	Stanford
73	Oher, Michael	T	6'4	315	29	7	Mississippi
74	Remmers, Mike	T	6'5	305	26	3	Oregon State
	Wallace, Davonte	T	6'3	315	23	1	New Mexico State
77	Wallace, Martin	T	6'6	330	25	2	Temple
60	Williams, Daryl	T	6'6	335	22	R	Oklahoma