Sound off - Which wide receivers make the 53?

[rayzor]

We go with 5:

Benjamin

Samuel

Funchess

Shepard

Bersin

Practice squad...Clay and Duke.

Byrd gets cut (and winds up on the bills)

 

[uncfan888]

I see Sanjay has gone from posting Trump gifs to using only emojis to respond to people haha

Mine are

KB, Samuel,  that bum Fun, Sheppard, Byrd, bersin (if we keep 6)

[Ricky Spanish]

12 hours ago, sanjay_rajput said:

By end of the season 

WR1: KB

WR2: Samuel

WR3: Byrd 

WR4:Funchess 

WR5: Ross

On 7/28/2017 at 11:03 PM, Cracka McNasty said:

I will bet you $50 right now that pending injuries, Shepard makes it over Ross. 

 

On 7/28/2017 at 11:13 PM, sanjay_rajput said:

You are on. 

 

Just making sure you remember this

[therealmjl]

10 hours ago, csx said:

Then he must be the suck

Fixed

[therealmjl]

9 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

1. Kelvin Benjamin: Not really much explanation needed, he's the #1 until someone supplants him (note: that someone is not on the roster).

2. Devin Funchess: Similar to Benjamin, he'll be the #2 until someone can come in a prove they are better. Many thought that Shepard could potentially be that guy but only time will tell.

3. Slot: Curtis Samuel: The guy was brought into run past people and that is exactly what he is going to do.

4. Brenton Bersin: I think people are going to surprised with this one, but Bersin has some of the best hands on the team (outside of catching punts) and he always manages to find soft spots in the defense.

5. Russell Shepard: Shepard hasn't done anything to impress as of yet but he also hasn't gotten to play a preseason game with Cam either.

6. Damiere Byrd: Byrd makes the roster due to his ability to play special teams (punt returner) and God forbid Samuel goes down, Byrd can step in and be the deep threat.

Practice Squad: Austin Duke: He's done nothing but impress and though he's had some mental lapses here and there, he has the potential to be a contributing wide out in the future.

Injured Reserve: Fred Ross and Keyarris Garrett: Somehow or another these two are going to end up on injured reserve so the Panthers can retain both of them.

Cut: Kaelin Clay, Mose Frazier, Trevor Graham: I'd like to keep Clay because he seems to have upside but I believe they will elect to go with Byrd because they have been developing him over the past few years.

Good post...but Clay is certainly PS material along with Austin Duke in this scenario, no? 

Also, I don't think anyone here will be surprised if Bersin makes it 

[Jon Snow]

KB and Samuel are stone cold locks.

Funch is safe for one more season but I'm starting to doubt he has the motivation to accel here.

Shepard is probably safe but so far has been non existent.

Byrd's only hope is special teams. Clay may beat him out.

Bersin has the edge over Byrd at the moment.

Clay, see Byrd.

Duke to the PS.

The rest will be cut.

 

[top dawg]

KB, Funchess, Samuel, Shepard, and Clay.

Byrd, Garrett and Ross to the PS

 

[bLACKpANTHER]

KB, Funch, Shep, Samuel, Byrd

Bersin will be cut but told to stay by the phone in case anyone gets injured. In that case he will be brought back immediately... however...

2nd-ly, i don't get the hate for him. I never.. ever.. eva eva eva eva eva want to see him returning punts - but he is a clutch possession receiver that Cam has used in the past - I can think of 3 huge 3rd down catches he has made for us..

 

[therealmjl]

17 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

KB and Samuel are stone cold locks.

Funch is safe for one more season but I'm starting to doubt he has the motivation to accel here.

Shepard is probably safe but so far has been non existent.

Byrd's only hope is special teams. Clay may beat him out.

Bersin has the edge over Byrd at the moment.

Clay, see Byrd.

Duke to the PS.

The rest will be cut.

 

I think Byrd has the edge over Bersin since he beat him out last year and has more upside. It may be close though.

I don't see a way Clay beats out Byrd.

Practice squad bound, which is a good thing. I'm excited about the potential of Duke and Clay.

[hepcat]

Bersin's injury makes it easy for the Panthers to IR him and properly use him like the player-coach he is. I'd bet he will be the future Panthers WR coach in 5-10 years time. That said my predictions are:

Benjamin

Samuel

Funchess

Shepard

Byrd

Clay and Duke on the PS. Ross is cut.

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, mjligon said:

I think Byrd has the edge over Bersin since he beat him out last year and has more upside. It may be close though.

I don't see a way Clay beats out Byrd.

Practice squad bound, which is a good thing. I'm excited about the potential of Duke and Clay.

The only reason I have Bersin ahead of Byrd is due to the fact that he's a more reliable wr.  Clay so far is a better punt returner than Byrd but I doubt he will get that job because he's very raw.  

I agree Byrd is a coach favorite it seems but I'm not going to bet that just because he made it last year over Bersin he will the season also.

I just want the best 5 or 6 to make it and I don't care who they are.   

[MillionDollarCam]

1 hour ago, mjligon said:

Good post...but Clay is certainly PS material along with Austin Duke in this scenario, no? 

Also, I don't think anyone here will be surprised if Bersin makes it 

I wanted to put Clay on the PS I just couldn't find a list of our practice squads under Rivera to see how often they carry two wide outs on the PS; so I just went with Duke because he's younger.

I like Clay though, his game reminds me of Ryan Switzer's.

[therealmjl]

2 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

The only reason I have Bersin ahead of Byrd is due to the fact that he's a more reliable wr.  Clay so far is a better punt returner than Byrd but I doubt he will get that job because he's very raw.  

I agree Byrd is a coach favorite it seems but I'm not going to bet that just because he made it last year over Bersin he will the season also.

I just want the best 5 or 6 to make it and I don't care who they are.   

Yeah if we are going based solely on upside/ability I'd give the nod to Clay all day. I'm intrigued by his potential.

[Bronn]

Gonna go against the grain here...

KB
Shepard
Samuel
Bersin
Byrd

Duke and Clay to the PS

I have just lost my patience with Funch and think the other guys fit more of where we are headed.