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Six Core Players

Mr. Scot

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Mr. Scot

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In Rivera's presser today (link here) he said his ideal roster includes six core players on each side of the ball.

Obviously, Cam is the primary player on offense and Luke is the guy on defense.

Who are the other five on each side of the ball?

(injured players can be included in the discussion)

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Khaki Lackey

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On O - Cam, KB, WR2 (hopefully Funchess turns out to be the guy) Olsen, LT (Oher, Williams or future draft pick) and standout OG (Norwell or Turner)

On D - Luke, TD, CJ, 2nd DE (hopefully Kony turns out to be that guy) Shutdown Corner (Norman) and stud DT (Star or KK, take your pick)

Shaq hopefully replaces TDs spot when TD retires.

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Side note, I wish there was some cap relief for retaining players that were drafted by a team. For example, less salary counting toward cap for retained players. It would be rewarding to teams that draft well and it would be good for the fans. It sucks having good players leave to get paid elsewhere.

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In Rivera's presser today (link here) he said his ideal roster includes six core players on each side of the ball.

Obviously, Cam is the primary player on offense and Luke is the guy on defense.

Who are the other five on each side of the ball?

(injured players can be included in the discussion)

O - Cam, Kalil, Olsen, KB, Stewart and Funchess?

 

D - Short, Johnson, Norman, LB's

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"Ideal"doesn't imply we have it.

on offense I say he has Cam, KB, maybe Kalil fits that criteria.  I'd say we are 3 short on offense currently.   No one else fits a core player model IMO.   

I don't see how you could leave out Olsen. I could agree with the three you mentioned with Olsen being it. 

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Cam Newton, Greg Olsen, Kelvin Benjamin... maybe Ryan Kalil, potentially Trai Turner and/or Andrew Norwell, if they improve on what they accomplished in the latter half of 2014.

Luke Kuechly, Kawann Short, Star Lotulelei, Thomas Davis, Charles Johnson.  We have a couple of guys you could choose from for that 6th spot, but those are the top 5 without a doubt.  The best thing about it is Kuechly, Short, and Lotulelei are all young.

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