Panthers Release Boykin

[Growl]

Seriously he better have punched a little kid too 

 

A grown man isn't going to cut it 

[PantherPhann89]

Wow, I really didn't see that coming. I thought that he was inked in at Nickle. Surely this decision wasn't made from how well the rookies did at rookie camp. #whatsgoingonhere

[Sam Mills Fan]

How do you guys feel about Bene? We're putting a lot into him as our undisputed #1 corner in 2016, but I thought he was mediocre last year. Not bad, not great, just a very average cornerback.

[juliosantos]

Not the first boykin he cut

[Zaximus]

To be fair, I'm still waiting for some news to come out about a physical issue or some off-field issue going on.    It just doesn't make sense otherwise.

And if it's off-field stuff, that may lead more evidence to taking so many CB's in the draft.  But we'll see.

[Jon Snow]

WE NEED ANSWER!!!!!

[Nick_81]

8 minutes ago, csx said:

Who cares about $80,000 in dead cap, that's couch change. What we should care about is not having a player of his caliber with all these rookies.

Never said anyone cared about his dead cap.  He was only here to earn a big payday, and everyone knew it.  He knew we needed corners, and he's seen what's happened with multiple guys after playing in our secondary the past few years.  I don't blame him, because it's a good move for him.  Apparently the FO saw enough out of the rookies, who by all accounts poured everything they had into this rookie camp, and decided to stick with them.  They want guys who are all-in for the team.  Maybe they just felt Boykin was just all-in for himself?  Who knows...

[CatMan72]

53 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Has more to do with how good Sanchez looked, imo. 

Yeah, this tells me we must have REALLY liked what we saw this past weekend... feel bad for Boykin but when we drafted 3 players at his position in the first 5 rounds he must have seen this coming. 

[Growl]

1 minute ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

How do you guys feel about Bene? We're putting a lot into him as our undisputed #1 corner in 2016, but I thought he was mediocre last year. Not bad, not great, just a very average cornerback.

I was literally in the middle of watching him get roughed up in the first half of the green bay game when I decided to switch over to the huddle and see this.

[KB_fan]

Obviously we don't know what Gettleman's planning.... Maybe this will make some obvious sense soon.  But for now it is pretty shocking.

It's kind of exciting to see Dave take big risks like this though.  We're gonna either love him for this or hate him for this... ("this" being letting both Josh & Boykin go and really going all in with these new draftees to rebuild the secondary).

Given DG's track record, his willingness to not just do what's expected and to do stuff this bold, that's not "safe," and is going to have people screaming at him.... I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

Where's the popcorn?

 

[jdpanther5]

1 minute ago, Zaximus said:

Gettleman getting a bit full of himself.

I like how we went from letting old vets get too much playing time to just forgetting about NFL experience altogether lol.

The vet purge is a little concerning.

Cotchery, Dwan, Allen, Harper, Tillman, Finnegan...none of those guys are huge losses from a talent standpoint, but the team has gotten a lot more inexperienced this off-season.

[Growl]

Just now, CatMan72 said:

Yeah, this tells me we must have REALLY liked what we saw this past weekend... feel bad for Boykin but when we drafted 3 players at his position in the first 5 rounds he must have seen this coming. 

There is no way anybody saw one of the league's better nickel corners getting cut because of three hours worth of non contact drills for three corners who have never played.

[KB_fan]

1 minute ago, jdpanther5 said:

The vet purge is a little concerning.

Cotchery, Dwan, Allen, Harper, Tillman, Finnegan...none of those guys are huge losses from a talent standpoint, but the team has gotten a lot more inexperienced this off-season.

And Ed Dickson appears to be squarely in the crosshairs given all these TEs we're signing....

[Khaki Lackey]

1 minute ago, KB_fan said:

Obviously we don't know what Gettleman's planning.... Maybe this will make some obvious sense soon.  But for now it is pretty shocking.

It's kind of exciting to see Dave take big risks like this though.  We're gonna either love him for this or hate him for this... ("this" being letting both Josh & Boykin go and really going all in with these new draftees to rebuild the secondary).

Given DG's track record, his willingness to not just do what's expected and to do stuff this bold, that's not "safe," and is going to have people screaming at him.... I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

Where's the popcorn?

 

Yeah. I see what he's doing. This is a perplexing move, though. It just seems like a bit too much too soon. In Dave I trust, I guess. 

Best part is, we could win 15 games and people will still be able to say, "See! I told you we would take a step back!"