Eisen: Nortman to Jax

[dldove77]

Jacksonville front office today: 

[TheSpecialJuan]

28 minutes ago, YoungPanthers89 said:

This is our new punter:

 

Love him already !

[SIGCHI222]

At least he will get to punt ALOT more in Jacksonville.

[KB_fan]

It did seem interesting when Swayze Waters was our very first signing of the off-season.  (I think I read somewhere that teams can sign CFL players sooner?)   Made Nortman's leaving a real possibility in my mind, though I thought in the end we'd use the leverage of having signed Waters to get a cheap deal with Brad.

I read the Panther Players twitter feed list fairly often, and one thing I've noticed is that Swayze Waters seems quite active in several Christian ministries.  It makes me think that Gettleman picked him not only for his play, but for how he'd fit on special teams.  The "bomb squad" of Nortman, Gano & Jansen seems to be exceptionally close, and I've gotten the impression that one of the things that really unites them has been a shared devout faith.  Looks like Swayze Waters will fit right in with Graham & JJ in that sense.  It really makes me think that G'man & Rivera have an incredibly good pulse on the locker room & players.... they understand some of the intangibles that go into locker room chemistry and how a unit works together.  It will be interesting to see this new incarnation of the bomb squad part 2 and how these 3 specialists relate together.

Hope Waters proves to be an excellent punter for us!

 

[top dawg]

Brad Nortman to Swayze Waters! 

That's like nerd to swag.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Nortman would bomb a 70 yard punt when it didn't matter, and shank one when it did. Up and down, average punter, so mehhh. Won't be too hard to replace him. 

[EightyNine]

I've always thought that Nortman's biggest problem was that he was terrible at pinning opponents near their goal line.  Pretty strong leg and pretty consistent for the most part.. but just like QB's, accuracy reigns supreme.

[cookinwithgas]

I liked him a lot, he got his kids hair cut where mine go so I got to talk to him a bit, but on the field his performance was nothing spectacular - but it seemed to me he was into tackling a lot more than other kickers, and if he outkicked the coverage or kicked away from coverage and created a return opportunity for the opponent, he was charged up about tackling to address his error.

[pantherclaw]

New punter? 

 

I just don't have much to say about punters, except when they are exceptionally bad. 

They are litterally, a dime a dozen if ya have decent scouts.

[Proudiddy]

Wont miss him...  reminded me a lot of Ken Walter.  We'll be better for it this season.

[Toker Smurf]

Waters has bounced around the league a little but I wonder if other teams were trying him at trying him at place kicker. In college he was a kickoff and long FG specialist. In the CFL he was kicking and punting. I guess we are looking at him at a true punter, than can also be the backup place kicker. DG loves those versatile players.

[Mr. Scot]

Per Jonathan Jones (link)

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A Panthers source indicated Carolina offered a low-level deal that Nortman did not accept.

 

[t96]

36 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Man, that's a lot for a punter, especially when you spent a Third Round Pick on one just a few years ago.

No numbers have been released.

[Khyber53]

If a punter can get big money, can you blame him for going after it? We'll be okay and best of luck to him. He was a good guy for us, hard to wish him anything but the best.