Panther's sign Chris Hogan WR

[steven8989]

1 minute ago, imminent rogaine said:

Hope we didn’t pay much. He is JAG,- little better than Torrey but I wouldn’t play him over Wright. From what I recall, routes are okay, hands are sub-par, ball skills are atrocious. Damn, sounds like a Funchess write-up.

Doesn’t hurt to sign him as a #4 as long as we didn’t pay big money- which I doubt we did at this point. I certainly like it better than Torrey getting $5 mil or Funchess getting $10.

? What football have u been watching lol!

[imminent rogaine]

1 minute ago, steven8989 said:

? What football have u been watching lol!

I watched hogan pretty intently last year given his high fantasy ranking last year. I thought people were waaay over estimating his value, which they were. 

He used to flash with deep speed, especially in buffalo but he really was lacking in that department last year. Tons of misses between Him and Brady. 

Again, I’m not knocking this if we are looking at it as vet coming in to be depth.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

12 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

What he’s a day 1 starter.. this is the take I’m talking about. I’m not sure he’s be a number 1 or starter anywhere he’s been.. he’s basically been Wright for other teams. They didn’t bring him here to take snaps from more or Samuels I assume. So that puts him in direct competition with Wright and smith. 

Started 7 games in New England.  71.76% of offensive snaps on season.  A solid 6 targets a game in the post season.

And yeah.  He is there to compete with Wright and Smith.  No one expects him to be a WR1.  But when your WR3 becomes a beefy option, that will help a TON.

[Lumps]

2 hours ago, t96 said:

And Wright who is a great possession guy on 3rd downs. Would be nice to have a bigger red zone target but I think we’re fine there if Greg stays healthy, Thomas continues to develop and we utilize guys like Armah well at the goal line.

Lol

come on bro you know how panthers are with fan favs. Olsen is done and has been he’s on a farewell tour/vaca right now, waiting to for that broadcasting job, can’t blame him it’s free $

i wouldn't expect anything more than last year from him  

CMC will be the zed zone threat 

[imminent rogaine]

45 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

What he’s a day 1 starter.. this is the take I’m talking about. I’m not sure he’s be a number 1 or starter anywhere he’s been.. he’s basically been Wright for other teams. They didn’t bring him here to take snaps from more or Samuels I assume. So that puts him in direct competition with Wright and smith. 

This is what I’m saying. Their stats are almost identical with a slight nod to hogan in TDs.  The major difference I see is that Wright’s catch% blows Hogan’s away. It’s like 10 percentage points higher.

as usual, the huddle has no idea when it comes to WRs... still wondering why we didn’t trade all of our draft picks for corderelle Patterson and Martavis Bryant *rolls eyes*

[Lumps]

Camp body fighting for 4th spot or even less. I’m always skeptical about receivers coming from teams with elite passing qbs.  Saints for example, Wrs leave and turn to crap.

Brady won’t be throwing to this dude. I’d take him over smith tho no doubt

[carolinapanther]

5 minutes ago, Lumps said:

Lol

come on bro you know how panthers are with fan favs. Olsen is done and has been he’s on a farewell tour/vaca right now, waiting to for that broadcasting job, can’t blame him it’s free $

i wouldn't expect anything more than last year from him  

CMC will be the zed zone threat 

Olsen is playing this year. Now you are right about CMC being the red zone threat.

[LinvilleGorge]

He's a reliable depth WR who can play both outside and on the slot. The guy isn't going to come on and give us 1000 yards and 10 TDs but his versatility makes him valuable for us. He may even push Wright for the starting slot WR.

[CRA]

22 minutes ago, imminent rogaine said:

I watched hogan pretty intently last year given his high fantasy ranking last year. I thought people were waaay over estimating his value, which they were. 

He used to flash with deep speed, especially in buffalo but he really was lacking in that department last year. Tons of misses between Him and Brady. 

Again, I’m not knocking this if we are looking at it as vet coming in to be depth.

well, NE isn't really the place where WR can show off their deep speed either.  I mean that has to factor.  They don't play that brand of football. 

[Captain Morgan]

and we got him for just over vet minimum...in other words, 900k to 1 mill.

Cut Torrey and say hello to 4 mill more in cap space.

[Devil Doc]

3 hours ago, mjligon said:

and Wright thoooooo

and Torrey...

[AU-panther]

3 hours ago, Mistuh Jones said:

So forget about WR in the draft? LOL We need to shore up other stuff anydamnways 

 

I think there is a good chance we still draft one.  I would guess somewhere in the 2-5 range.

I've thought all along we would sign a cheap vet and add a guy in the draft that could take time to develop.

A lot of the times we only have 5 on the 53 man roster.

Samuel

Moore

Hogan

Wright

Draft pick or Smith

Cutting Smith would save some cap, but if you don't get one in the draft you can always keep him.  Everyone has been itching to cut him but there really isn't any reason to do it early in the offseason.  That cap savings will still be there later.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

New Panthers receiver Chris Hogan on going from Tom Brady at New England to Cam Newton: “I'm really excited about it. I've been in the building now for a short period of time. Everyone that talked to me about Cam is he's the ultimate competitor. Him and Tom are very similar in that respect. I know I'll enjoy working with him and being on the same field with him. He's an incredible athlete.''

[Verge]

Absolutely awesome signing, great job Hurney.