Torrey Smith wants Eric Reid on the Panthers

[bigdavis]

2 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Torrey Smith probably roasted Colin Jones in practice and said “this clearly isn’t going to work”

Fine, but would be  better if he could throw an opponent on the spit, and roast one of them.

[Toomers]

3 minutes ago, CarolinaSamurai said:

He only played SS his last year. FS every other year and that includes the year he made the pro bowl. Regardless he's better than Colin Jones. He may have lost his job but that was with actual safety's not a ST guy pretending to be a safety

So that’s two years removed from the position you want him to play. One year from any football activity of any kind. A benching. Concussion issues. 

  How much are you willing to risk to find out if he even wants to play again? That’s the issue. He could get hit and quit at any time.

[trueblade]

44 minutes ago, RumHam said:

Would rather send a 3rd & 5th and conditional 3rd to seattle for thomas.

I'm more on the Vernon Butler for Sean Davis bandwagon.

[*FreeFua*]

3 minutes ago, bigdavis said:

Fine, but would be  better if he could throw an opponent on the spit, and roast one of them.

[4Corners]

24 minutes ago, Carolina said:

Hey Torrey, shut the fug up and catch a freakin pass more consistently! If you could hold on to a damn pass as well as you hold you phone to Tweet maybe the passing game would be more consistent and we'd actually have a deep threat, which was the main reason you were brought here. 

Damn! This is a proper rag dolling if I’ve ever seen one. Torrey Smith and his cell phone just got put on notice! 

[Dunn]

I just don't get how Mitchell isn't the option right now, Tepper saw him for a few years in Pittsburgh, he is staying in shape during the season, and has been here before and comes with no baggage.  Just makes too much sense.

[Toomers]

9 minutes ago, Bronn said:

PS for anyone mentioning Earl Thomas... lol Where you gonna get an excess $6 mil in cap space on top of the sub $4 mil we already have to trade for him? His hit is + $10 mil.

just stop...

 Well, that’s his cap hit for SEA. His base salary is 8.5M. Minus 3 game checks, that leaves around 7M. With about 3.7M already there, it’s not hard to call Cam and get that little bit. 

[tiger7_88]

2 minutes ago, Dunn said:

Tepper saw him for a few years in Pittsburgh

Now think again on what you just wrote.  

I'll help...

1. Tepper saw Mitchell for a few years in Pittsburgh, and

2. Tepper's new team needs safety help but haven't even glanced in Mitchell's direction, ergo...

3. ???

[Toomers]

Just now, tiger7_88 said:

Now think again on what you just wrote.  

I'll help...

1. Tepper saw Mitchell for a few years in Pittsburgh, and

2. Tepper's new team needs safety help but haven't even glanced in Mitchell's direction, ergo...

3. ???

I literally thought I posted this. 

[Dunn]

1 minute ago, tiger7_88 said:

Now think again on what you just wrote.  

I'll help...

1. Tepper saw Mitchell for a few years in Pittsburgh, and

2. Tepper's new team needs safety help but haven't even glanced in Mitchell's direction, ergo...

3. ???

That or Tepper is still sticking to his 'not going to meddle' mode.  

[Bartin]

7 minutes ago, Dunn said:

I just don't get how Mitchell isn't the option right now, Tepper saw him for a few years in Pittsburgh, he is staying in shape during the season, and has been here before and comes with no baggage.  Just makes too much sense.

Hard pass on Mitchell and his dumbass 15 yard penalties

[Smithers]

1 hour ago, Dex said:

I agree. Let's cut Torrey and sign Reid.

That would be fuggin epic 

[Bronn]

7 minutes ago, Toomers said:

 Well, that’s his cap hit for SEA. His base salary is 8.5M. Minus 3 game checks, that leaves around 7M. With about 3.7M already there, it’s not hard to call Cam and get that little bit. 

Think about it for a second.

Look how defiant we are in regards to actively seeking out a safety.

Now, you're advocating us trading for one that will demand around $8-12 million a year over the span of a career?

Not happening.

The most we'll see is trading for a younger guy still in his rookie contract with a few years left on it and the ability to start.

...and I don't think that will even happen in this regime.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, tiger7_88 said:

On top of, as you have repeatedly pointed out, his concussion history.

Reid's concussion history makes Luke's look like Pop Warner stuff.

People forget just how great a player Dan Morgan really was. The NFL didn't do "Top 100 Players" back then but if they had, Morgan would have consistently ranked high in it.

And yet when the Panthers finally let him go, most teams kept their distance. 

Why?

Concussions.

Remember too that this was well before the league had an image problem thanks to CTE and all of that. Nobody wants to be the team who signed the guy that was one concussion away from scrambled brains only to see him take that last unfortunate shot.

For whatever people might think of Reid, his political stances and the NFL's attitude toward him, this is a valid concern. And according to Voth, it's one that the Panthers are conscious of.

This is not something you can just dismiss like it doesn't matter.