It's official: Thomas Davis is not coming back

[Eazy-E]

Tepper needs to tear down that JR statue and put one of TD in it's place. Keep the two panthers though, they're cool.

[coralreefer_1]

I wish he would have just recognized it was about time to hang it up like Kalil, and retired. What else can a player prove? Hes already in the court of kings in terms of current or past players. Surely money can't be a factor after this many years. Beautiful wife and family at home. I just can't imagine a reason to move on to another team after this many years as a Panther only to play perhaps one or two more years and do that much more damage to the body, or have just that much more chance of yet another injury. 

 

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

4 minutes ago, coralreefer_1 said:

I wish he would have just recognized it was about time to hang it up like Kalil, and retired. What else can a player prove? Hes already in the court of kings in terms of current or past players. Surely money can't be a factor after this many years. Beautiful wife and family at home. I just can't imagine a reason to move on to another team after this many years as a Panther only to play perhaps one or two more years and do that much more damage to the body, or have just that much more chance of yet another injury. 

 

 

yup

[luke262]

I don't see how keeping him here for one year on a cheap deal wouldn't have been beneficial for the team.

His play was perfectly acceptable, I don't get this decision from the team. 

[RIVERABALL]

The day Keep Pounding Died.  What a joke this team is becoming.  I hope he and Steve Smith and soon to be Peppers never accept an invitation to he honored. How bad would it be for smith and pep to go to the hall of fame under a different team.  

[PandaPancake]

TD to the Saints confirmed

[coralreefer_1]

17 hours ago, PandaPancake said:

TD to the Saints confirmed

you mean the Bills!

[Jeremy Igo]

2 hours ago, luke262 said:

I don't see how keeping him here for one year on a cheap deal wouldn't have been beneficial for the team.

His play was perfectly acceptable, I don't get this decision from the team. 

Ron Rivera cannot be trusted to sit veteran players in a support role. He has proven that time and time again 

[Squirrel]

17 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Ron Rivera cannot be trusted to sit veteran players in a support role. He has proven that time and time again 

Reminds me of Fox in his last couple of years. I remember Rivera's  first conference on how he would play the younger players and teach them. That didn't last long. 

[Icege]

2 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Reminds me of Fox in his last couple of years. I remember Rivera's  first conference on how he would play the younger players and teach them. That didn't last long. 

This and his insistence on building an aggressive team on all phases only to constantly take his foot off of the gas are the two things that make me the most disappointed with Rivera.

[Mr. Scot]

Said it before: The guy who gave that initial press conference is not the guy who's been coaching this team since.

I liked that guy better.

[ellis]

 

2 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Ron Rivera cannot be trusted to sit veteran players in a support role. He has proven that time and time again 

He’s good enough for Tepper, apparently.  

[ellis]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Said it before: The guy who gave that initial press conference is not the guy who's been coaching this team since.

I liked that guy better.

Initial conferences can be deceiving.

Tepper led with the “Winning, Winning, Winning” line, only to watch his Hurney-built, Ron-coached team spiral downward on a near-historic trajectory. 

Aaaaaaaannndd.......come on back another year, boys. 

[trueblade]

3 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Ron Rivera cannot be trusted to sit veteran players in a support role. He has proven that time and time again 

If you have to hand hold you head coach this much, should he really be your head coach?

I'm going to miss Thomas Davis. I got to meet him at a meet and greet in North Charleston and it was a great experience. Best of luck to him in the future.