Panthers receiver corps ranked No. 28 in the NFL for 2019

[KillerKat]

1 minute ago, Proudiddy said:

They downgraded us for losing Funchess and mentioned Torrey as an outside threat?  

Can't wait to be ranked 50th after cutting Smith

[jfra78]

BR should change to BS

[TheCasillas]

6 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Can't wait to be ranked 50th after cutting Smith

Im worried that there will be a negative morale in the receiver room if they cut smith. Every receiver on the team and Greg constantly talk about him in a positive light. DJ and Samuel both brought him up unintentionally in their interviews. There has to be a lot of respect for

him in that room.

[ncfan]

Itll be much much higher a few weeks into the season.

I love the media being so low on us.  Gives our guys a chip on their shoulders

 

 

 

Btw

One of the other guys from Bleacher report posted this as well.

Cam the #17 QB below Goff, Ryan, Trubisky, Watson, Stafford, Garoppolo's, etc

Has Luck the #2 QB in the league

[Lumps]

Funchess, if anything was a clutch/possession threat that happened to do his best work on the sides, hardly an ‘outside’ threat. And that was in 2017 when he peaked and went to poo in 2018.

Smith has never been a threat. Anywhere.

Defenses never accounted for either of those two despite what Rivera wanted to believe, putting them on the field before Moore and CS.

Moore has to step up this year and it’s a shame he wasn’t able to play a full season last year and get more experience due to Funchess somehow giving us the best chance to win according to the coaches. Still I really think Moore will demand attention from the opposing defense. He’s the surest thing I think we have to a threat at the position.

Samuel also needed to be accounted for and was eased back in from injury. It’s also his time to step up and give us an outside threat. I’d really like him to be used to stretch the field. At this point though he is a question mark.

Wright is decent and can make plays. But he seems like the type that needs play design to favor him rather than just flat out beating his man. A serviceable WR.

CMC is of course a receiving threat and an all around type threat. He’s really the glue holding any success this offense has together. Has to be accounted for no question.

As I’ve said I really think Olsen is done and has been. He’ll be good for a couple clutch catches and red zone targets if he’s healthy and no doubt he will keep the defense honest. But he’s past his prime and someone will have to help stretch the field.

All in all, I’d have to agree with the ranking, not the article. As a fan with high homer hopes yea we can say they don’t know poo about our WR but other than CMC, we really don’t know if this WR group can carry the load. Bias aside, you get the feeling they can. Cam doesn’t need superstars. In fact I’d argue a main target distracts him as he stares them down. What he needs is consistency and targets who can get open and with that in mind, it appears we have that ability now more than ever.

[KillerKat]

4 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

Im worried that there will be a negative morale in the receiver room if they cut smith. Every receiver on the team and Greg constantly talk about him in a positive light. DJ and Samuel both brought him up unintentionally in their interviews. There has to be a lot of respect for

him in that room.

They're men. They can handle it. 

[Zithers]

I mean, our WR corps isn't great and is, at best, 'promising.' Easily the worst in the division. DJ Moore might not even be the best soph wideout in the division and Ridley is obviously not the best wideout on Atlanta...

Olsen and CMC would spice things up quite a bit but if we're talking purely wideouts, not sure how you can argue with this. Virtually every team in the NFC except for bottom feeders like Zona, the Slurs, and SF has a former 1k receiver if not two.

[Wolfcop]

1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

They're men. They can handle it. 

Agreed. Its a business; if we can use that $5M to bolster another position, it needs to happen. 

[45catfan]

1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

They're men. They can handle it. 

^This. As far as the team being leery about sending locker room leaders packing, that didn't seem to deter them from giving Thomas Davis his walking papers.  

[45catfan]

While we do have the "worst"  WR corps in the division, that really has to be put in perspective.  When the other three divisional rivals are all ranked int he top 5 (that much I do agree with) then you comparing to the best groups in the League.  While 28th is too low, I think the Panthers got dinged for not being AS loaded as the other teams in the division at WR.

[firefox1234]

2 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

Im worried that there will be a negative morale in the receiver room if they cut smith. Every receiver on the team and Greg constantly talk about him in a positive light. DJ and Samuel both brought him up unintentionally in their interviews. There has to be a lot of respect for

him in that room.

If they're professionals like we the think they are, it shouldn't even matter.

[Black&BlueBubba]

[L-TownCat]

Not sure how we could expect anything else?  Worst? No.  Top half? Nah.  So anywhere between 16-32 would be fair.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

25 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Not sure how we could expect anything else?  Worst? No.  Top half? Nah.  So anywhere between 16-32 would be fair

I think people are more annoyed at the commentary, which shows an extreme lack of knowledge of the situation.  When a person shows an extreme lack of knowledge of the situation, it throws doubt into their over all conclusion (ranked 28th).

 

3 hours ago, Zithers said:

DJ Moore might not even be the best soph wideout in the division and Ridley is obviously not the best wideout on Atlanta...

DJ Moore > Ridley.  Ridley had a fluke rookie year where he was specifically targeted in the endzone, but didn't actually do much otherwise.

Moore was 55 Rec 788 Yards 14.3 avg.

Ridley was 64 Rec, 821 yards, 12.8 avg.  

Sure, Ridley had 10 td vs Moore's 2.  Riddley had 3 in a single game early on, and 5 by game 4 before not having another big game the rest of the year.  Moore, on the other hand, didn't even start getting more than 2 targets a game until week 5.

I expect Ridley's TDs to drop majorly, while Moore continues to pass him in yardage, and a higher average.  

Ridley will be able to do what he does while playing with a loaded WR group, and having someone else draw the double teams.

Moore will keep pace while being the main guy.