Film Room: Ladarius Gunter

[DaveThePanther2008]

I like the move.  I think Wilks will develop him and he could very well be a solid back up for us.  Possibly as some have mentioned moving him to safety might not be a bad idea either.  CB/S depth sounds good to me.

[rayzor]

he could be ok. probably good depth and STs guy.

much more impressed with the video and commentary itself. really good job. checked out the guys YT page and only saw highlight reels for players, not much in the way of breaking things down and that's a shame. he should do it more.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

46 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

The guy's slower than a snail. Best used as a press corner with some help on top. Definitely a depth guy who'll likely replace Teddy William's role.

Josh Norman and James Bradberry ran slow 40's too. I'm not saying this kid is a s good, but it's really not about pure speed in this defense.

Edit...I just looked it up. Brad berry ran a 4.5, Josh Norman ran a 4.66, and Ladarius Gunter ran a 4.69 at the combine. So he's a whopping .03 seconds slower than Norman. That's like the blink of an eye.

[KaseKlosed]

Fundamentally sound, physical corner, SMART corner. Great move!

[jumpman910]

Hold up, where the fug did anyone say he was going to start?? Any depth for us at that position is a good thing. 

[XOBlackxJokerOX]

15 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Bottom line is teams just don't waive good young corners. 

Maybe the Panthers can develop him into a good backup. Would not shock me if Wilks does. 

But thats where the expectations should be. No where else. 

Kinda/Sorta; We've been known to make another teams trash into workable starters before with a lot of misses in between. This may be that sort of situation but that's just looking on the bright side. He could, like you said, just be depth for the long haul.

[Udogg]

This moves Bradberry off special teams.... I am all for it. 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Again. Josh Norman ran a 4.66. Ladarius Gunter ran a 4.69. An eye blink is about .3 seconds. This guy should be more than an adequate back up in Wilk's system.

[SetfreexX]

57 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

The guy's slower than a snail. Best used as a press corner with some help on top. Definitely a depth guy who'll likely replace Teddy William's role.

Just as slow as Norman in the combine drills, has size, can play at the LOS and support the run -- we only have two DBs that can do that at the moment. I like the depth -- Seymour, Munnerlyn, & Gunter behind Bradberry & Worley -- Luke didn't impress me in the pre-season and he's sub 6' and even slower, Corn is hurt. 

Gunter appears to have the position flexibility to play inside / out, and spell as FS depth which we don't really have behind Coleman & Cox worst case scenario. 

[Moorgan]

24 minutes ago, Udogg said:

This moves Bradberry off special teams.... I am all for it. 

This. Hopefully we don't see number 24 out there on ST anymore.

[shaqattaq]

16 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I like it. Corn missed too much of the off-season. This is basically gonna be a redshirt year for him. Cole Luke sucks. Trading for Seymour and picking up Gunter are good moves. 

Exactly, if Corn hadn't been placed on IR, Cole would have been PS. I hope we don't need to depend on him in a game. Apparently, Gunter can play outside, nickle, and safety. Even though the film didn't show him playing safety, I have to admit that colin jones being our back up scares the bejezus out of me. A young, versatile player for cheap...that sounds like a good move to me.

Bonus: Bradberry doesn't have to play ST anymore, which also scares the bejezus out of me.

[GoobyPls]

Ironically it was Elder who took over for Gunter when he left Miami. I always felt he was more of a safety than cb, Gunter should never play on the outside 

[shaqattaq]

15 hours ago, ColumbusCounty said:

My understanding is they waived this guy to make room for Geronimo Allison on the 53 after his suspension. GB has alot of young talent at the position. 

He's not All-Pro but he's not garbage either. He got burnt by Jones and Dez but he did hold Odell to 28 yards on 4-6 catches(IIRC).

The dude had a pro comparison to Norman coming out. That said, with his height/weight and physicality, I'm confident Wilks can mold him into something. By no means am I saying he's the second coming of JNo, but you can't count the kid out. He's not the fastest so our scheme should suit him well.

2016: Bradberry, Worley, Johnson, Sanchez, Teddy Williams

2017: Bradberry, Worley, Munnerlyn, Seymour, Gunter. 

I see an upgrade ...and potential to eventually be a strength in a year or so. 

Throw Elder into the mix(eventually), and we have suddenly turned our biggest weakness into a strength. I'm excited.

Edit: from the missed interceptions shown on the film, I hope he gets JNo's dedication to the JUGS machine. A lot of those breakups should have been interceptions.

[shaqattaq]

13 hours ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I feel like he's a teddy williams replacement more than anything. 

Teddy had speed and little skill, this guy appears to have skill and little speed. I'll take the later all day.