An Open Letter To Our O-Line

[crowntownpanther]

I'm disgusted.  Truly. Astounded at what you have done this year to protect Cam.  How dare you misfits, pro bowlers, cast offs, and Super Bowlers come together and find common ground to defend your quarterback.  Not only that but you dare to be one of the best O-Lines in the league?  One year after some website called the Carolina Huddle wanted nothing more than to draft a first round LT?! How dare you show total stoicism in front of the most prolific, outspoken QB (MVP) in the league.  How dare  our third round draft pick in Trai Turner become best friends with a UDFA Andrew Norwell and become the best interior line corps in the NFL?  Or a former Super Bowl champ turned discarded Titan step up at LT?  Or a journeyman RT like Mike Remmers step up to complete this line?  I thought Ryan Kalil was the only man worth his salt coming into this year.  This is the squad to open up our running game and protect our franchise QB well enough to take us to the SuperBowl?  

It's disrespectful to all those D lines that everyone said would eat you alive, please remember that they have feelings too next week against Denver.  Thank You,

C******  H*****

But in all seriousness, hats off to this group of guys who have been the hidden cause for our success all season.  One to go boys, Thank you from all of us fans. 

[crowntownpanther]

Also, this. Not my picture, but felt appropriate here.

[ok2h8pep]

OP nails it.  IMO the play of the OL is the single biggest difference between between 15-1 and 7-8-1.

Shula still calls the same long developing misdirection plays but  the OL has given CAM the extra seconds to have an MVP season.   They've improved to the point were we no longer use max protect and can put an extra receiver or two into the  patterns.  What CAM has done with those extra seconds and extra targets is Magic.  

Some day the media will acknowledge that this team belongs in the discussion as one of the most dominant teams ever relative to the competition.  The only other one in recent memory is the 2007 Patriots and they failed to win the Superbowl.  I'm writing this from 2 weeks in the future so I can assure you Superbowl 50 was anti-climatic.  

[crowntownpanther]

The improvement from last year shows how important chemistry is on the OL as well.

[shaqattaq]

10 hours ago, crowntownpanther said:

But in all seriousness, hats off to this group of guys who have been the hidden cause for our success all season.  One to go boys, Thank you from all of us fans. 

Not very hidden anymore...They have been getting huge love throughout the playoffs. 

I love that Oher was a has been and Norwell and Remmers were never gonna be's. Trai's too young and Kalil is getting old. These 5 comuing together are definitely the missing piece in gettleman/ rivera's puzzle. I'm not worried about Denver's D!

[Kakarot]

I didn't know Trai and Andrew were pretty much best friends on the team. These guys really do like each other. 

Major props to the o line. They've protected Cam all year, and are a major reason Cam is having a MVP type season. Let's keep these boys together for awhile!

[SmokinwithWilly]

I'm thinking we got the better end of the Oher/Bell switcharoo.

[crowntownpanther]

2 minutes ago, Kakarot said:

I didn't know Trai and Andrew were pretty much best friends on the team. These guys really do like each other. 

Throw back article but a great one describing their friendship.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article42162327.html

 

[Hoenheim]

If you notice from the cardinals game they picked up blitzes beautifully . Its awesome to just see a damn wave of defenders run into a brick wall and cam is patiently going through his reads

[Clicheking]

I told my pops during the game, that after watching some other teams the past few week and watching some down right horrible performances by linema,(patriots) that we have the best O-line in the league. Felt weird saying it after them being less than stellar for years now, but it's true.