Hurney on WFNZ

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, Trill OG said:

Hurney said a WR that compliments Funchess. Is he looking at Funchess as a #1 WR?

I don't think NFL coaches and front office people spend near the time obsessing about this #1 stuff as fans do. According to people on this forum and their expectations of this mythical beast of a #1 NFL WR there are only a handful of them in the league at any given time.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

So Pilares was the only guy that year who was drafted in the 5th round or higher who never recorded an NFL catch 

Dwayne Harris is in the next round, is still in the NFL and has never recorded a catch. But, what did those two guys have in common?

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Dwayne Harris is in the next round, is still in the NFL and has never recorded a catch. But, what did those two guys have in common?

My only original point to you was that it is uncommon for WRs drafted in the 4th or 5th round to go their entire career without erecording a catch and that is very much true.

The Hurndog drafted 4 WRs in the 5th round or higher who never recorded a single NFL reception and actually pulled this dubious feat off in 3 consecutive drafts.

You read that right. In three consecutive drafts, Marty Hurney drafted a WR in the 5th round or higher who never caught a football in an NFL regular season or postseason game. That's amazing.

[uncfan888]

14 minutes ago, Swaggasaurus said:

When you have two 11 sack players you did alright

If you can look at our defense and say that they got consistent pressure without blitzing, then I don't even know what to tell you

[uncfan888]

7 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

We were #3 in sacks in the NFL sooooo......

 

Oh yeah, and 40 of our 50 sacks came from the DL.

So you think we got consistent pressure without blitzing too?  

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My only original point to you was that it is uncommon for WRs drafted in the 4th or 5th round to go their entire career without erecording a catch and that is very much true.

Pilares I am not that surprised about. Adams, admittedly, was a head scratcher. I expected him to be a contributor but he didn't even last past the first season. 

I will say that Pilares was one of only five Panthers to ever return a kickoff for a TD in a regular season game. I guess there is that....

[Shocker]

3 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

This actually makes me happy to hear. He sees the problems.. Now fix them

Stevie Wonder can see we need speed at the skill positions.

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

So you think we got consistent pressure without blitzing too?  

I don't disagree with Hurney that the DL did a good job pressuring the QB. Peppers had 11 sacks, Addison had 11 sacks, Horton added 5.5, Short had 7.5, Star had 1.5. 

That's 36.5 sacks from the DL. The problem is that 22 of those sacks came from guys who are 30+ years of age and 11 came from a guy who mat end up retiring.

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Pilares I am not that surprised about. Adams, admittedly, was a head scratcher. I expected him to be a contributor but he didn't even last past the first season. 

I will say that Pilares was one of only five Panthers to ever return a kickoff for a TD in a regular season game. I guess there is that....

I was admittedly excited about the Joe Adams pick. That guy was magical in college.

Just to remind people:

 

[kungfoodude]

7 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

So you think we got consistent pressure without blitzing too?  

I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill in that regard. The results from the DL were pretty clear when it came to rushing the passer. Do you realize that this was the most sacks we have produced as a team since 2013(60 sacks, 40 from the DL)?

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I was admittedly excited about the Joe Adams pick. That guy was magical in college.

Just to remind people:

 

 

That has to be one of the biggest 4th round or lower busts we have ever had. Not only did he not have basically any impact on our team, he was out of the league after one year on our team. Crazy. I was sure he would at least be a starting PR/KR for us.

[kungfoodude]

11 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't disagree with Hurney that the DL did a good job pressuring the QB. Peppers had 11 sacks, Addison had 11 sacks, Horton added 5.5, Short had 7.5, Star had 1.5. 

That's 36.5 sacks from the DL. The problem is that 22 of those sacks came from guys who are 30+ years of age and 11 came from a guy who mat end up retiring.

Love had 3.5 sacks, as well.

[FugAllY'all]

6 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

 

That has to be one of the biggest 4th round or lower busts we have ever had. Not only did he not have basically any impact on our team, he was out of the league after one year on our team. Crazy. I was sure he would at least be a starting PR/KR for us.

It's weird, that's why the draft is such a crap shoot. You just never know how a guy handles the transition from being "the" guy to being "a" guy. Unless you're just an absolute freak athlete, so much of it is about adjusting to the mental and physical rigors of the NFL game vs college. 

[Mr. Scot]

18 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I was admittedly excited about the Joe Adams pick. That guy was magical in college.

Just to remind people:

I didn't really wanna be reminded of Joe Adams.