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Frank Alexander Waived

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Dallas walker! The  beast  . Why get a wr when we can get a beast like walker

And which free agent WR should we sign that will make us better?

  • Wes Welker? Spent most of last season out with concussions. 
  • Reggie Wayne? Signed with the Patriots. 
  • Randy Moss? Last played in 2012 and he's 38 years old. 
  • Santana Moss? Steady, but no better than Cotchery and he's older. 
  • Santonio Holmes? Missed 24 games over the past three seasons with injuries, and not been the same player since a major foot injury with the Jets. 
  • Brandon Lloyd? Can still make plays, but he's known for being a troublemaker in the locker room. 
  • Robert Meachem? Outside of New Orleans he's done nothing, but even that is nothing to shout about. 

So other than Randy Moss, and that's a big stretch because he's not played in three seasons and is 38 years old, I don't see a free agent option worth picking up. We are better going forwards with the core of receivers we have in house, than pursuing a bunch of over the hill veterans with little to nothing to offer. 

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need somone to take practice reps at TE for injured Brockel. 

an inexperienced basketball player is gonna take Brockel reps/role for awhile?  That doesn't sound like the ideal camp bandaid.

Why can't someone make me a NFL GM.  I would be like a mixed combo of Matt Millen, one of those people from Chappelle's Keeping It Real sketches and whoever wrote the script for Luke Kuechly's Pepsi commercial.  What could go wrong.

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an inexperienced basketball player is gonna take Brockel reps/role for awhile?  That doesn't sound like the ideal camp bandaid.

Why can't someone make me a NFL GM.  I would be like a mixed combo of Matt Millen, one of those people from Chappelle's Keeping It Real sketches and whoever wrote the script for Luke Kuechly's Pepsi commercial.  What could go wrong.

lol... sometimes i agree with you CRA. this is not one of those times. its pretty obvious at this point that Gettleman has built a strong overall roster. yes he has made his PR mistakes (Smith and Hardy), and yes he seems to be slow to make personnel changes (Rodgers and Shula), but the fact of the matter is that he has still done a damn good job with what he's been given to work with. a strong, talented roster, two straight division titles and playoff appearances, and a healthy franchise financial situation deserves at least an A- grade from me. 

the only reason i can think of for someone to retain such disapproval of Gettleman's performance as our GM is that that person is caught up on a hotbed issue and completely ignores the overall restoration Gettleman has worked on our franchise. 

whatever your criticisms, you seem hellbent on opposing every move made by Gettleman. thats not something i can do... the body of work is too positive for me to be like that.

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Remember the panthers picked up Dwan Edwards after final cuts three years ago. Let's wait and see how this thing plays out. There's still value to be had once teams go down to 53. 

Exactly... there is nobody out there that is going to help until final cuts.  I got a feeling the Panthers are going to release at least one LB and RB that will end up on someone else's roster.

Even after final cuts, finding someone like a Dwan Edwards is not a guarantee by any stretch.  The Panthers are more than likely going to have to roll with who they've got.

I do hate it Frank Alexander.  Sometimes as fans we get caught up on the loyalty thing, but at the end of the day for players, it's a cold business.  Gotta get paid while you can.

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lol... sometimes i agree with you CRA. this is not one of those times. its pretty obvious at this point that Gettleman has built a strong overall roster. yes he has made his PR mistakes (Smith and Hardy), and yes he seems to be slow to make personnel changes (Rodgers and Shula), but the fact of the matter is that he has still done a damn good job with what he's been given to work with. a strong, talented roster, two straight division titles and playoff appearances, and a healthy franchise financial situation deserves at least an A- grade from me. 

the only reason i can think of for someone to retain such disapproval of Gettleman's performance as our GM is that that person is caught up on a hotbed issue and completely ignores the overall restoration Gettleman has worked on our franchise. 

whatever your criticisms, you seem hellbent on opposing every move made by Gettleman. thats not something i can do... the body of work is too positive for me to be like that.

Overall, Gettlemen gets a positive grade from me.  At this stage, I just have really two gripes with the dude.  Which is pretty good. 

My only gripe is he seems only to be looking at long term building.  I think he could do more in addressing the teams glaring issues that we have as we head into seasons.  He doesn't seem to bother with band-aids as we approach and season....and I don't expect much roster change going forward. 

 but I get why you say that, I don't tend post much on  things I think are awesome.  I'd rather hear people's input on the things I don't think are awesome. 

 

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heck yeah, THE Dallas Walker!

Nothing like adding a 27 year old TE that has never logged a NFL stat to show you mean business! ....when your hopeful starting DE goes down

Gettleman definitely got his eyes on that 'ship!

i see you're still a giant baby

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i see you're still a giant baby

that post was at least 85.7% straight up joking around.  maybe don't take everything I say so serious...

Unless we are talking about old RBs.  I mean every word of that junk.  0% joking.

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Yeah wtf, a tight end? That's like literally the last thing we need.

Anybody who's still unemployed this deep into the offseason likely isn't filling any 'needs'.

If there are any bigger acquisitions yet to come, it won't be till cuts start, and maybe not even till final cut down day.

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And which free agent WR should we sign that will make us better?

  • Wes Welker? Spent most of last season out with concussions. 
  • Reggie Wayne? Signed with the Patriots. 
  • Randy Moss? Last played in 2012 and he's 38 years old. 
  • Santana Moss? Steady, but no better than Cotchery and he's older. 
  • Santonio Holmes? Missed 24 games over the past three seasons with injuries, and not been the same player since a major foot injury with the Jets. 
  • Brandon Lloyd? Can still make plays, but he's known for being a troublemaker in the locker room. 
  • Robert Meachem? Outside of New Orleans he's done nothing, but even that is nothing to shout about. 

So other than Randy Moss, and that's a big stretch because he's not played in three seasons and is 38 years old, I don't see a free agent option worth picking up. We are better going forwards with the core of receivers we have in house, than pursuing a bunch of over the hill veterans with little to nothing to offer. 

id still take welker , cheap solid vet and he would be a great target for cam.  or we could have waited for roster cuts and snag a receiver that gets cut from a team thats deep at the wr position.  just dont see no point in signing a guy thats most likely not going to make the roster 

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id still take welker , cheap solid vet and he would be a great target for cam.  or we could have waited for roster cuts and snag a receiver that gets cut from a team thats deep at the wr position.  just dont see no point in signing a guy thats most likely not going to make the roster 

you have to sign someone. It doesn't stop us from cutting them and signing someone else during cuts. poo we have cut and resigned the same player multiple times over the preseason activities based on practice needs in other years.

 

 

These signings literally mean next to nothing except for the random times you find someone that just sparks.

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