Matt Kalil Concerns

[Jeremy Igo]

Practice one is in the books, and I am not at all reassured about Matt Kalil. Typically with non padded practice, the offensive tackles have the advantage as the defensive ends can't fight through as much. That didn't appear to be the case yesterday with Kalil. 

Mario Addison got around him and to Cam Newton instantly in more than one instance. The only time Addison was at bay was when Kalil was chipped by Dickson. Kalil really struggled to get wide enough to stop Super Mario quickly enough. 

The speed rush was always his biggest issue. Lets hop that this is just a starting point and not an indication of whats to come. 

[ok2h8pep]

Bullish on Addison!

[KillerKat]

I wanted Reiff but w/e. All we can do is hope for the best, but we've seen this play out before not in our favor.

 

[countryboi]

12 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Practice one is in the books, and I am not at all reassured about Matt Kalil. Typically with non padded practice, the offensive tackles have the advantage as the defensive ends can't fight through as much. That didn't appear to be the case yesterday with Kalil. 

Mario Addison got around him and to Cam Newton instantly in more than one instance. The only time Addison was at bay was when Kalil was chipped by Dickson. Kalil really struggled to get wide enough to stop Super Mario quickly enough. 

The speed rush was always his biggest issue. Lets hop that this is just a starting point and not an indication of whats to come. 

the Panthers paid this dude 55 million so he can be as bad or worse than the tackles we had before? damn somebody do something..

[brandon_87]

You realize I've been saying this was the worst signing in franchise history and people try to defend the guy right?  This dude is horrble, ask any viking fan, watch any full game that he played... all the pressure comes from the left, they push him aside like he's nothing. Cam is gonna have another bad year of rushed throws, it's sad.

[Jeremy Igo]

I am not saying he will be bad. I am saying early indications are there is a lot of work to do. 

[*FreeFua*]

[Doc Holiday]

It is just the first day, not sure that I would be making assumptions this early about anything, kinda like the whole silly fat KB stuff. Would much rather see what he looks like in the preseason before I start sounding the alarms, and he was a FA for a reason, probowl LTs are like franchise QBs they don't go anywhere!

[Doc Holiday]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

He's not a solution, he's older than your dad

[KillerKat]

Whitworth was my second. We just rely too much on hope at key positions on offense every year.

[Doc Holiday]

2 minutes ago, countryboi said:

the Panthers paid this dude 55 million so he can be as bad or worse than the tackles we had before? damn somebody do something..

It's more of a $10m 1 year rental actually. With a better contract if he works out.

[*FreeFua*]

3 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

He's not a solution, he's older than your dad

Right so let's sign someone who will be a solution for zero years as opposed to someone who will be a solution for 2 years. 

Try to be smarter.

[Danish Panther]

11 minutes ago, Danish Panther said:

This story worries me. Clearly this tells us that JR's other "sons" - GO and TD - was indirectly the cause of DG's firing. Makes me think - Is Matt Kallil now a Panther with a lucrative contract just because RK also has "son" status, he lobbied JR, and DG was forced to open the wallet? To fulfill JR's romantic dream about the brothers playing on the same line? First I was stoked about the transfer, and us finaly getting set at LT for years to come - now I'm not so sure if the talent realy is there...Hope I'm wrong and MK will turn out to be the best LT we ever had.

And don't even get me started on Bersin why he is still arround. 

Lol - just posted this in the other SS thread. You are adding to my worries Mr. Igo...

[*FreeFua*]

4 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

It's more of a $10m 1 year rental actually. With a better contract if he works out.

1 year rental?

What part of 9.6 mill in dead money next season says 1 year rental?