Albert Breer on Kyle Allen

[TheSpecialJuan]

8. Speaking of quarterbacks who have earned it, I’m told Panthers rookie QB Kyle Allen yesterday did enough to earn the chance to compete next spring and summer to back up Cam Newton in Charlotte. That might sound crazy because he was an undrafted free agent shuttling on and off the practice squad this year. But this is a former five-star high school recruit loaded with physical ability who hit some circumstantial bumps in college, and may still have the same ceiling everyone figured he did when he was a teenager.

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/12/31/nfl-black-monday-news-notes-updates-john-elway-broncos-john-harbaugh-mike-mccarthy

[MillionDollarCam]

247 Sports has been tracking HS recruits (I believe since 2000) and Allen is ranked as their 176th best HS prospect of all time. He’s right behind Isaiah Crowell and right in front of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. 

Good for him for taking advantage of his opportunity yesterday.

[GoPanthers123]

Good call on that, he has the mobility to avoid pass rush and down the field vision.  Not sure yet about his accuracy but promise is there.

[WonderBoy]

He played great!  Don't understand why he didn't finish the Falcons game.

[Cdw]

I hope the Panthers feel he showed enough to be able to cross back-up QB off the draft priority list in anything other than the late rounds.

[Captain Obvious]

Lovey Dovey. Coming back. Oh yeah!

[TheSpecialJuan]

[Chaos]

Good for him, he earned it.  Any word on if that shoulder was really injured or just sore? 

[Panthera onca]

He looks like a natural out there.

[GoPanthers123]

7 minutes ago, Chaos said:

Good for him, he earned it.  Any word on if that shoulder was really injured or just sore? 

I watched his after game press conference and apparently he is fine.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Just now, GoPanthers123 said:

I watched his after game press conference and apparently he is fine.

oh, good 

[Carolina Cajun]

1 hour ago, Cdw said:

I hope the Panthers feel he showed enough to be able to cross back-up QB off the draft priority list in anything other than the late rounds.

IMO I would go forward with him as a backup.  We have too many other glaring holes.  DE, O-Line, Safety, OLB, and Safety, so it'd be best to try to address some of those other needs and pick up a late round flyer on QB for whoever falls and let Allen compete with him.  

[Khyber53]

You know, all three of the guys who came in and took over when Cam went down really performed better than any of us had reason to believe. Heinicke proved he was one of the toughest guys to play QB in a long time, Allen played like a guy with a season or two of playing time and Gilbert, in limited play, wasn't that shabby either.

Look, none of them could take a single snap away from a healthy Cam Newton. That's not a slam on any of them. Cam's a once in a generation combination of size, gifts, talent and ability. If that shoulder heals up, the sky is always the limit for him. Should he get injured, though, that's a good group of youngsters to have backing him up. 

Heck, any of them could outperform a Bortles, Keenum or Rosen if they had a decent offensive line.