Panthers sign CB Cortland Finnegan

[g5jamz]

If Colin Jones had not been so exposed, Gettleman may not have done it.  CF is a definite upgrade at the position.

[raleigh-panther]

Pamthers have got to get smart.

Giving up stupid celebration penalties are getting old.  

Win a ring then celebrate all you want until then, they need to calm their happy asses down ... just saying what I feel and what others probably think but don't say.

 I defend it to critics  when they do it but I have a hard time with some of the stupidness   

..and Finnegan, wow, I don't know..

not much choice, I guess  

 

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

In the past we would have given guys like Dean Marlowe the job and took our lumps. To me bringing in a veteran signifies the Panthers are going for it. 

I don't know if Finnegan has much left in the tank but I don't understand why everyone expects him to be a dick to his teamates? I thought he was just a dirty jerk to opponents. We have Roman Harper that came in with the same ire.

[Seltzer]

Rivera just recently said he wanted to make sure he didn't reign Josh Norman's bravado in too much.  Why? Because it takes a special breed (both physically AND mentally) to lock up against some of the best athletes on the planet who happen to play WR, especially in a league that has skewed the rules to help them so much.

None of us want to see stupid penalties, but we also want a defense that instills fear in the opposing teams.  We had that in 2013, we just didn't have an offense that could always hold up their end of the bargin.

I love the move to sign Finnegan, first and foremost because Colin Jones is getting exposed badly on an otherwise great defense.  But beyond that, I don't mind having a defense that plays to the whistle (and maybe beyond), as long as it doesn't hurt the team.  And Finnegan has never been anything but a great teammate and person off the field.

Rivera played on the '85 Bears.  You don't think that defense had swagger and personalities?  They wanted and expected to dominate opponents, both physically and mentally.  

I feel like our defense is getting back to our 2013 swagger on defense, and we may be even better overall (I know we are in the secondary).  Remember the Rams game in St. Louis in 2013?  We went in there, and they thought they were the nastiest defense in the NFC, and we abused them on defense, Smitty abused their DB's, and then we knocked Bradford out for good measure.  And FYI, Cortland Finnegan was on that Rams team.

We have developed a culture and leadership where we can sign a "character" like Finnegan and feel good about it.  He is going to give his all on the field, and he recognizes where the line is.  From that same game in 2013:

Veteran cornerback Cortland Finnegan warned Jenkins before the game about being goaded into a battle of words with Smith, according to Fox sideline reporter Laura Okmin. The second-year DB didn't take notice, reportedly making comments about Smith's family that started the conflict.

[Raskle]

2 hours ago, KJ89 said:

You guys will love him by next week. He's a Panther now. 

Do I have to wait until next week, or can I just do that now?

 

He's now a member of my favorite team, and gets my support 110%. You'd think by now that folks would have learned from the Harper signing that "on your team" makes a world of difference to your viewpoint on certain players. He's good enough for Gman, he's good enough for me.

[KB_fan]

Just saw this in David Newton's article on the Finnegan signing:

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Super Bowl Shuffle: Carolina coach Ron Rivera is the second member of the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl team for which Finnegan has played. Finnegan played for Jeff Fisher, on injured reserve in Chicago during that 18-1 season, at Tennessee and St. Louis.

I wonder if Ron & Jeff are still close?  If so, that gives me a lot of confidence that Ron was able to get a lot of important info about Finnegan from someone he trusts before signing him.

[heelsrule1988]

I'm probably more hype about this signing than anyone.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Bottom Line is can he still play at a high level? if so, this is a superbowl run move, our slot play has been our only weakness on defense besides harper.

 

Cortland use to be a really good cb, hope he still has some juice left 

[Frank Hollywood]

12 minutes ago, heelsrule1988 said:

I'm probably more hype about this signing than anyone.

That's great, but what does Harry Potter and Jayden Smith have to do with anything?

[rodeo]

Wikipedia says we actually signed him before Thanksgiving. Awesome beat reporters we have.

[KB_fan]

14 minutes ago, rodeo said:

Wikipedia says we actually signed him before Thanksgiving. Awesome beat reporters we have.

Don't think so.  We didn't even work him out until Friday.

[Carolina Cajun]

I'm ok with the signing, he fits the bill of what we need at nickel and what G-man has said to like to do during the season.  G-man likes to leave some breathing room in the cap just so he has the flexibility to sign someone during the season, and Finnegan is that guy this year.  Also, this could be big for us come playoff time when we play spread passing offenses.  Having a solid Dime will help against Green Bay and Arizona.  I'm ok with him doing what he needs to as long as he doesn't throw punches, run your mouth all day long and ruin the other teams #3's day.

[MadHatter]

 

[MadHatter]

34 minutes ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I'm ok with the signing, he fits the bill of what we need at nickel and what G-man has said to like to do during the season.  G-man likes to leave some breathing room in the cap just so he has the flexibility to sign someone during the season, and Finnegan is that guy this year.  Also, this could be big for us come playoff time when we play spread passing offenses.  Having a solid Dime will help against Green Bay and Arizona.  I'm ok with him doing what he needs to as long as he doesn't throw punches, run your mouth all day long and ruin the other teams #3's day.

Exactly.

This signing gives us a legit #3 while Peanut is out and then lets us match up MUCH better in the playoffs against teams running 4 WR sets (GB and Arizona in the NFC.....and potentially Cincinnati, New England, and Denver in the SB).

This is a very good signing.