Construct Your All Time Panthers Dream Team

[Hoenheim]

So I wanted to make a thread that would be a bit of fun and somewhat of a refresher from all this draft talk. If you have the time for it, what would your all time Panther dream team look like? Like who is the best player ever in panther history at a certain position (in your opinion) and put them in your starting lineup. You could even go as to specify what year or period version of the player next to their name seeing that most players had better years than others.

Ive only been a very serious Panther fan since the start of the 2010 season so I admit my knowledge of older panther players (especially from the 90s i would've been a kid in early elementary school in the late 90s). So I want to take this as also maybe somewhat of a learning experience of some of the players from older teams too.

I wont construct a full roster myself but I'd say I could fill in a few slots:

DEFENSE :   Backfield  - SS : ? - FS : ?? CB1 : ? CB 2 : 2015 Josh Norman   

                      LBs : LB ? Luke  LB ?

                      Dline : DT1 KK Short , DT2 ? , DE1 Young Julius Peppers , DE 2?                                                                            

OFFENSE :   QB : 2015 Cam Newton

                      FB : Brad Hoover

                      HB: 2008 Dwill/Stew Double Trouble

                      WR 1 : Prime Steve Smith , WR 2 : ?

                      Oline : C ?,  LT ? , LG  ? , RG ? , RT Jordan Gross

                     TEs: TE1 Wesely Walls , TE 2 Greg Olsen

                    

                   

                                                                                                       

I know some of you could probably make a fancy graphic design with all the players in squares or something or diagrams I'm not good enough with computers yet to do that .

 

* Bonus question, would the all star offense or the all star defense win in a game against eachother?

[cbarrier90]

QB: 1. Newton 2. Delhomme

RB: 1. Stewart 2. Williams

FB: Hoover

WR: 1. Smith 2. Benjamin 3. Muhammad 4. Proehl

TE: 1. Olsen 2. Walls

LT: Gross

LG: 1. Norwell 2. Wharton

C: 1. Kalil 2. Mitchell

RG: Turner

RT: Steussie(?)

DE: 1. Peppers 2. Johnson 3. Rucker

DT: 1. Short 2. Jenkins 3. Lotulelei 4. Buckner

OLB: 1. T. Davis 2. Greene

MLB: 1. Mills 2. Kuechly

CB: 1. Norman 2. Gamble 3. E. Davis

FS: ?

SS: 1. Cota

K: 1. Kasay

P: 1. Sauerbrun

Coach: Rivera

[Thorrez]

Griffin >>> Hoover

[ncsu12engr]

53 minutes ago, cbarrier90 said:

QB: 1. Newton 2. Delhomme

RB: 1. Stewart 2. Williams

FB: Hoover

WR: 1. Smith 2. Benjamin 3. Muhammad 4. Proehl

TE: 1. Olsen 2. Walls

LT: Gross

LG: 1. Norwell 2. Wharton

C: 1. Kalil 2. Mitchell

RG: Turner

RT: Steussie(?)

DE: 1. Peppers 2. Johnson 3. Rucker

DT: 1. Short 2. Jenkins 3. Lotulelei 4. Buckner

OLB: 1. T. Davis 2. Greene

MLB: 1. Mills 2. Kuechly

CB: 1. Norman 2. Gamble 3. E. Davis

FS: ?

SS: 1. Cota

K: 1. Kasay

P: 1. Sauerbrun

Coach: Rivera

I'm mostly ok with this. I'd probably put Otah at RT. When he was healthy he was very good. Can't forget Minter at safety. Honestly I'd probably start Coleman or Mitchell at the other safety spot. Would definitely start Kuechly over Mills at MLB. My LBs would probably be Greene, Kuechly, Davis. 

[KSpan]

My list includes some players (like Otah) that had at least one exceptional season but may have flamed out thereafter, so I'm assuming that such performances could be matched in whatever offense this team would run (e.g. Deangelo is a great fir for a Fox-type offense, but poor for the current scheme). Depth chart for a given position generally goes left to right and I'm not too concerned with sub-positions (e.g. 1-tech vs. 3-tech DTs) or about ending up right at 53.

Whole names of older players also included for the young'ins.

QB: Newton, Delhomme, Steve Beuerlein

RB: Stewart, Williams, Stephen Davis, Deshaun Foster if playing the Falcons (dude ate their lunch year in and year out)

FB: Hoover, Howard Griffith (Griffith is the better runner/receiver, Hoover the slightly better blocker)

WR: Smitty, Moose, Patrick Jeffers, Benjamin, Proehl, Ginn, Mark Carrier

TE: Wesley Walls, Olsen, Shockey

LT: Gross, Todd Steussie (could be Wharton also, but don't want to double-slot players)

LG: Travelle Wharton, Andrew Norwell, Mike Wahle

C: Kalil, Jeff Mitchell 

RG: Trai Turner, Kevin Donnalley, Greg Skrepenak (have his autograph on a hat - always thought he was a bit underrated)

RT: Jeff Otah, Chris Terry (not much to choose from here...)

DE: Peppers, Mike Rucker, CJ, Al Wallace, Hardy

DT: Jenkins, Short, Star, Brentson Buckner, Jordan Carstens

OLB: TD, Will Witherspoon, Mark Fields, Kevin Greene

ILB: Kuechly, Beason, Morgan, Sam Mills

CB: Gamble, Norman, Davis, Lucas, Jimmy Hitchcock

SS: Minter, Harris, Chad Cota

FS: Deon Grant, Coleman

K: Kasay

P: Sauerbrun (assuming he didn't get busted for PEDs, in which case Baker gets the nod)

ST generalists: Karl Hankton, Nick Goings, Jarrod Cooper

Returners not named Smitty: Michael Bates (how many other teams get to say an Olympian played for them?), He Hate Me, Marc Jones

[cbarrier90]

6 minutes ago, ncsu12engr said:

I'm mostly ok with this. I'd probably put Otah at RT. When he was healthy he was very good. Can't forget Minter at safety. Honestly I'd probably start Coleman or Mitchell at the other safety spot. Would definitely start Kuechly over Mills at MLB. My LBs would probably be Greene, Kuechly, Davis. 

DUH! I knew I was missing somebody! Ugh, forgetting Minter is inexcusable.

In cases with the loaded positions I placed them on the "depth chart" based on their longevity or, in Sam's case, significance to the organization. Same thing with TD and Greene, who is a HOFer who had some of his best years here.

[cbarrier90]

2 minutes ago, KSpan said:

My list includes some players (like Otah) that had at least one exceptional season but may have flamed out thereafter, so I'm assuming that such performances could be matched in whatever offense this team would run (e.g. Deangelo is a great fir for a Fox-type offense, but poor for the current scheme). Depth chart for a given position generally goes left to right and I'm not too concerned with sub-positions (e.g. 1-tech vs. 3-tech DTs) or about ending up right at 53.

Whole names of older players also included for the young'ins.

QB: Newton, Delhomme, Steve Beuerlein

RB: Stewart, Williams, Stephen Davis, Deshaun Foster if playing the Falcons (dude ate their lunch year in and year out)

FB: Hoover, Howard Griffith (Griffith is the better runner/receiver, Hoover the slightly better blocker)

WR: Smitty, Moose, Patrick Jeffers, Benjamin, Proehl, Ginn, Mark Carrier

TE: Wesley Walls, Olsen, Shockey

LT: Gross, Todd Steussie (could be Wharton also, but don't want to double-slot players)

LG: Travelle Wharton, Andrew Norwell, Mike Wahle

C: Kalil, Jeff Mitchell 

RG: Trai Turner, Kevin Donnalley, Greg Skrepenak (have his autograph on a hat - always thought he was a bit underrated)

RT: Jeff Otah, Chris Terry (not much to choose from here...)

DE: Peppers, Mike Rucker, CJ, Al Wallace, Hardy

DT: Jenkins, Short, Star, Brentson Buckner, Jordan Carstens

OLB: TD, Will Witherspoon, Mark Fields, Kevin Greene

ILB: Kuechly, Beason, Morgan, Sam Mills

CB: Gamble, Norman, Davis, Lucas, Jimmy Hitchcock

SS: Minter, Harris, Chad Cota

FS: Deon Grant, Coleman

K: Kasay

P: Sauerbrun (assuming he didn't get busted for PEDs, in which case Baker gets the nod)

Returners not named Smitty: Michael Bates (how many other teams get to say an Olympian played for them?), He Hate Me, Marc Jones

This^ is the definitive list. Put me to shame, lol.

No Ted Ginn on return team?

[KSpan]

Just now, cbarrier90 said:

This^ is the definitive list. Put me to shame, lol.

No Ted Ginn on return team?

I have Ginn listed as a receiver and didn't double-list anyone, but he'd make a good returner for sure. Michael Bates is hands-down the best KR Carolina's ever had, though that position has been marginalized in today's NFL, and Marc Jones was surprisingly effective his year in Carolina.

Also added an "ST generalists" category since Carolina's had some really good guys who shined on ST over the years, though Cooper should probably carry the same PEDs disclaimer as Sauerbrun. Colin Jones would be my next choice on ST.

[Crazydounut]

QB: Cam, Jake Delhomme

RB: Stewart, Davis, Foster,

FB: Hoover, Tolbert

WR: Smitty, KB, Muhammad, 

TE: Olsen, Walls

LT: Gross, Oher

LG: Norwell. Wharton

c: Kalil, Mitchell

RG: Turner, Donnalley

RT: Remmers, Otah

DE: Peppers, 2013 Hardy, Ruckers, Johnson

DT: Short, Jenkins, Star, Buckner

OLB: Davis, Greene

MLB: Kuechly, Mills

CB: Norman 2015, Gamble, Davis, Bene, Lucas

FS: Grant, Coleman

SS: Minter, Harris

K: Kasey

P: Sauerbrun