J.Jones: Four players are on the roster bubble, need to play well

[PhillyB]

i have a very hard time seeing him getting cut unless he has a truly atrocious meltdown, and even then it's a stretch unless someone much, much better gets released.

[General_Purr]

Brown is a lock.. Byrd won't get many snaps..

 

Someone with smoother hands, faster. Will get less reps over someone because he had some good plays last year in a depleted corps.

Its not ike the panthers have enough offensive plays to even play all their WR if they have 5 or 6. Other teams get almost every WR on the field at some point.

[Mr. Scot]

i have a very hard time seeing him getting cut unless he has a truly atrocious meltdown, and even then it's a stretch unless someone much, much better gets released.

I can see it if they put him in as a practice squad exception player.

(but I agree it probably won't happen)

[t96]

I wouldn't be so sure. Gettleman said "That's why they call the position receiver."

Let him drop multiple passes and see what happens.  

He's going to be out there. That's two reporters that have said it.

“There is nobody in Charlotte that watched him play last year that expected this,” Gettleman said. “You tell me you thought he had bad hands last year, I’ll tell you, ‘You don’t know what you’re talking about.’ Nobody saw it coming.

“Fortunately for us it’s the preseason, and he’s tough-minded, determined, and he’ll get through it. There isn’t one great receiver I’ve been around that hasn’t had a couple tough days at the office.”

 

Gettleman's not the type of guy to cut a young player making UDFA money who has shown he has great tools and talent. He doesn't just give up on a player because of one aspect of poor play in the preseason. Those drops don't mean anything at all. He was getting wide open against starters at will. That alone is enough to keep him here for the rest of his current contract. Maybe, just maybe, if Brown starts dropping a significant amount of passes when it counts he'll get waived. But I still doubt it. And that's assuming it'll happen, which is unlikely. You are so completely against him because you have had in the back of your mind since he was signed as UDFA that he is a "JAG" that it's clouding your thoughts. He's the best of our group of WRs right now, excluding Funchess who's an unknown, especially with his injury situation. 

[PhillyB]

 

He's the best of our group of WRs right now, excluding Funchess who's an unknown, especially with his injury situation. 

no way dude. ginn by a mile

[uncfan888]

If this lingers into the season, Gettleman will drop him. Not sure how anyone can doubt that. But, I really hope he gets over it cuz we need him badly to make plays 

[t96]

no way dude. ginn by a mile

I love Ginn, but he's a situational deep threat. Nothing more. 

[beastson]

 

 

 

Gettleman's not the type of guy to cut a young player making UDFA money who has shown he has great tools and talent. He doesn't just give up on a player because of one aspect of poor play in the preseason. Those drops don't mean anything at all. He was getting wide open against starters at will. That alone is enough to keep him here for the rest of his current contract. Maybe, just maybe, if Brown starts dropping a significant amount of passes when it counts he'll get waived. But I still doubt it. And that's assuming it'll happen, which is unlikely. You are so completely against him because you have had in the back of your mind since he was signed as UDFA that he is a "JAG" that it's clouding your thoughts. He's the best of our group of WRs right now, excluding Funchess who's an unknown, especially with his injury situation. 

Ginn is definitely better. As a GM what do you do? Wait until it counts like you said and possibly lose games cause of the drops? Or let him go before?

[Jeremy Igo]

no way dude. ginn by a mile

Yep. And I am tempted to put Cotchery up above him too. 

[LinvilleGorge]

What has Brown done in training camp or preseason THIS SEASON to show he deserves a roster spot?  I'm not saying definitely cut him.  I'm simply saying that he shouldn't be considered a lock.  I really hope we continue working on shaping our WR corps because honestly, Brown and Bersin are the Bell and Chandler of WRs.  They're guys who wouldn't make most NFL rosters, but our fanbase wants to believe they can be an answer for us.  They just keep making our roster because we have the worst WR corps in the NFL.

[t96]

Ginn is definitely better. As a GM what do you do? Wait until it counts like you said and possibly lose games cause of the drops? Or let him go before?

As a GM, I wouldn't cut a talented player because of a mental issue. I wouldn't rely on him as a starter, but there's no incentive to release him. Should the Patriots just cut Brady because of how poor he's looked this preseason? What if they possibly lose games cause of his interceptions? Obviously an extreme example, but Brown has shown more than enough for his roster spot to be guaranteed. His starting spot that he was in after KB went down may not be, but his roster spot absolutely is.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

I really may die laughing if both Bersin and Philly get cut. 

[beastson]

As a GM, I wouldn't cut a talented player because of a mental issue. I wouldn't rely on him as a starter, but there's no incentive to release him. Should the Patriots just cut Brady because of how poor he's looked this preseason? What if they possibly lose games cause of his interceptions? Obviously an extreme example, but Brown has shown more than enough for his roster spot to be guaranteed. His starting spot that he was in after KB went down may not be, but his roster spot absolutely is.

So demoting him or cutting him, what's the difference here? Assuming Corey sucks it bad again tomorrow, is being put down on the depth chart supposed to make him better?

[LinvilleGorge]

The only reason Brown's spot is guaranteed is due to the fact that our WR corps is a combination of unproven and injured (KB and Funchess) and pure, unadulterated hot trash (the rest of the group).

Going into the season, I was hopeful about our WR corps, but that was because KB was looking like a beast and looked poised to potentially emerge as an elite NFL WR and Funchess looked good in camp.  I figured if we had those two, guys like Ginn, Brown, etc. could be given room to be good enough.  Then KB got hurt, Funchess has a lingering bad hammy and hasn't been able to get badly needed work in, Brown developed the yips and can't catch a cold and now all of a sudden our potentially promising looking WR corps now looks even worse than last year's unit.