Headed For Greatness?

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Just a random bye week thread, but this team could very well be headed towards greatness within the next couple of years.

 

Think about, say, 3 years down the line. These guys will all likely be in their primes, or at least close to their primes, assuming we can keep the vast majority of them for a couple more years.  

• Cam
• Luke
• Kelvin
• J-No - Hopefully?
• Bene
• KK/Star
• Shaq
• Trai Turner
• Andrew Norwell
• Mike Remmers
• Philly
• Tre Boston
• Brad Nortman (Lol.)

 

And then hopefully we can keep most of these guys around for the next few years as experienced vets/mentors/locker room guys.

• Greg Olsen
• Thomas Davis - Hopefully he can keep playing for another few years.
• Ryan Kalil
• Graham Gano?
• JJ Jansen for HOF Class of 2025

 

Additionally, at least a handful of these young, unproven guys are bound to pan out and prove themselves soon enough.

• Funchess
• CAP/Whegher/Fozzy - Surely one will pan out?
• Ealy
• Delaire
• Mayo
• Marlowe
• Daryl Williams

 

If we can keep a good amount of the guys from these lists together for the next 3-5 years, not to mention our future draft choices and potential free agent pickups, we can be serious Super Bowl contenders year in and year out for at least the next half decade. All we need is good health and some improvement in the realm of offensive play calling.

 

Our future is bright, my friends. We might have a Lombardi or two on our shelf by 2020.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

You're forgetting the fortune it"ll take to resign all of them

Yeah, that's why I'm just saying most of them. A lot of the guys I mentioned wont be very expensive to re-sign, and we might lose a couple big pieces (J-No, Star/KK, etc), but I'm sure we'll have drafted/signed a few more studs in the meantime.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Good thing is that Norman is the only be free agent we have this upcoming offseason. Other than him it's just a handful of role players and backups, nobody that would be too expensive or a huge loss.

[B.BERSIN]

But our OC is Shula...

JK.

[Jangler]

I like my thread better. :P

[UpstatePanther]

Good thing is that Norman is the only be free agent we have this upcoming offseason. Other than him it's just a handful of role players and backups, nobody that would be too expensive or a huge loss.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/carolina-panthers/

Roman Harper

Mike Tolbert

josh Norman

Peanut Tillman

Mike Remmers

Ryan Delaire

Kyle Love

Brenton Bersin

Amini Silatolu

I know alot of these guys are back ups. but these are guys the coaching staff either likes, or play large roles for this team. its more than just one person. I also realize that most of these guys arent going to command huge paydays. JNo should be our sole focus this coming offseason. Remmers, Tillman, and Tolbert should be close runners up. I dont mind keeping Harper around, if they use him correctly, which they finally seem to be. Delaire flashed on sunday, but i need to see a full season of work from him before i say we should pay the man. Silatolu isnt a bad backup, but should never again be expected to start. Kyle Love has been a surprise this season so far. We should find a way to retain him, but it shouldnt take much money