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Analyst: Panthers WRs Kelvin Benjamin, Devin Funchess are ‘bigs who play small,

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*FreeFua* Grand Master

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A couple years later and we still haven't bothered to draft that quicker WR. Nowwww Gettleman is talking about guys like Jones and Switzer. This guy is always playing catch up.

I believe in Damiere Byrd but it doesn't look like he'll ever get a fair shot with this coaching staff. 

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4 minutes ago, TheRed said:

I agree.

As for Funch, dude is practically still in pampers. Is he even 22 yet? I think we need to boost his confidence, the talent is there, just gotta build him up. If we see the same stuff next year I'll begin to get concerned, but it's still early.

Either way, the failure of either guy is the last thing any Panthers fan should want to see or hear about. We can't afford the few high picks we've actually spent on offense the last half decade to turn out to be busts.

He's 22 and will be 23 in May. He became able to drink legally the month before he was drafted. He was one of the youngest guys in the draft in 05 and apparently made strides in the offseason before last season. A combination of poor playcalling and poor QB did him no favors. Jeremy showed us earlier in the year that he was getting open, Cam just wasn't throwing it his way for whatever reason. 

Either way, I want to see quicker route combos that will allow our big WRs to body out DBs and neutralize pass rush without having to go max protect. 

The closer we get to the regular season the more pissed off I'm getting that we kept Shula. I don't trust him to actually change the offense in any way shape or form that might benefit the personnel we have at our disposal. 

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We need to draft a WR in the first 4 rounds to give them some good competition . 

Hell u wouldn't be mad if we drafted Mike Williams, Corey David, or John Ross with our pick . Get any one of the top 3 WRS I'D be fine with that even though it's not really a NEED more of a nice to have and see if we can spark a competition for a true WR1 . KB shown some great flashes but not consistent enough or good enough at YAC to be a WR1.

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3 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

He's 22 and will be 23 in May. He became able to drink legally the month before he was drafted. He was one of the youngest guys in the draft in 05 and apparently made strides in the offseason before last season. A combination of poor playcalling and poor QB did him no favors. Jeremy showed us earlier in the year that he was getting open, Cam just wasn't throwing it his way for whatever reason. 

Either way, I want to see quicker route combos that will allow our big WRs to body out DBs and neutralize pass rush without having to go max protect. 

The closer we get to the regular season the more pissed off I'm getting that we kept Shula. I don't trust him to actually change the offense in any way shape or form that might benefit the personnel we have at our disposal. 

For all the talk about Shula, which yeah I've been on the replace him train, but it isn't changing. The reality is it wasn't Mike Shula that decided to roll the dice not only with our offensive line, but not bothering to attempt to replace Dickson with an actual TE so we can be a little more flexible to compensate for our OL, or even replace the loss of a veteran in our WR core when Cotchery was cut.

That 100% rests at the feet of our FO.

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"There are several prospects in this year’s NFL draft who could help with the Panthers’ need for speed, and many are at Senior Bowl workouts getting evaluated by general manager Dave Gettleman and head coach Ron Rivera – Zay Jones, Cooper Kupp and Ryan Switzer are among the top names."

I think Switzer is a good prospect at the end of the 3rd, and, apparently RR was talking up Jones this week. I honestly don't knoq anything about Krupp except he had low numbers at a small school. 

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When I heard that one, it really struck home.

The reality is we have two big bodied WRs who can go up and make catches.  We have a QB who tends to throw the ball high, so having tall guys who can play above the rim is great.

How much of their struggles was the entire offense struggling?  I mean, it's not like we had a great year, everyone kind of played down.  Maybe there is a reason Ricky Prohel stepped down.  We all love him, but maybe he wasn't doing what need to be done.  It could be that they needed a firmer hand, not a bud, and Ricky is still too close to his playing days.

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23 minutes ago, Daeavorn said:

Those are all from '14. KB wasn't good this year. Hopefully he can rebound.

There was one game this season where he had several absurd catches, especially in the middle, which if not for we wouldn't have even been in position to piss it away at the end. Can't remember which one, might have been against KC. But he showed flashes. I think him, and Cam bounce back big next season. Hopefully they push each other.

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2 minutes ago, TheRed said:

There was one game this season where he had several absurd catches, especially in the middle, which if not for we wouldn't have even been in position to piss it away at the end. Can't remember which one, might have been against KC. But he showed flashes. I think him, and Cam bounce back big next season. Hopefully they push each other.

Yeah I don't think KB is bad or 'done' but he's definitely not where he thought he was. He is still a rookie, really. Im hoping he can drop some weight and come back a little more agile. If he can do that, Im confident he can get back to form.

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Just now, 15 said:

He had 10 less catches, 60 less yards, and 2 less TD's. The whole team under performed in 2016, but to say that he wasn't good this year is asinine.

I don't think so. When you think about what KB did for us this year you can't think of a reliable WR that was there for us to make a play. That guy was Ted Ginn. But Im not hating on KB, but to say he WAS good this year is also not true, imo. He needs to work on some things. Nothing wrong with that, especially with him coming off a knee injury. 

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