Rodrigue: Don't expect a big trade

[Mr. Scot]

From The Athletic's trade deadline primer (Link)

Team needs: Tackle depth, depth at cornerback and safety.

Why they might make a move: I can’t see Carolina making a blockbuster trade before the deadline, but they could certainly stand to shore up some depth at corner, safety and at left tackle where injuries have left their roster a little thin. Rookie Dennis Daley is about to get his third start at left tackle on Sunday, and while he’s playing well, the Panthers are one bad hit away from an offensive line catastrophe. Carolina could also be looking to stock up on draft picks.

Who to keep an eye on: DT Vernon Butler. The former first-round pick has played well in recent weeks but has underwhelmed in his previous three seasons. Trading Butler becomes less likely now that Carolina has placed Kawann Short on injured reserve, but if a team offered a few good draft picks for him, they might be tempted.

[PanthersNC1984]

Fine with me, for the first time in a long time, we really don’t have any weaknesses or glaring needs, just keep in rolling with what we got.

[Moo Daeng]

No way they trade Butler now that he's playing really well. Why would that even be mentioned? To fill space?

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

No way they trade Butler now that he's playing really well. Why would that even be mentioned? To fill space?

They asked somebody covering every team to name a "possible".

[LinvilleGorge]

Yeah, we can't afford to move Butler with KK out. We'd be razor thin on the DL if we did that.

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

They asked somebody covering every team to name a "possible".

Props to her for not taking the bait and dropping the name that would've generated a lot of clicks...

[t96]

I could see us trading for a journeyman safety, like a Coleman type, for depth but don’t see anything else coming. Maybe a returner.

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Props to her for not taking the bait and dropping the name that would've generated a lot of clicks...

True 

Heck, she didn't even speculate on AJ Green or Trent Williams.

[Captain Morgan]

and yet the only position we've been linked to is indeed WR.  Not sure if it's been confirmed or just speculative. 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

and yet the only position we've been linked to is indeed WR.  Not sure if it's been confirmed or just speculative. 

Well, technically there's that position LG was hinting at 

Pretty sure it's all been speculation. I tend to agree with Rodrigue that if there is anything at all, it'll be depth related. And I'm not really even expecting anything there.

Person had his own take in a separate article and he believes we'll stand pat.

[mc52beast]

This isn’t breaking news, can’t remember the last time this team made a big time trade 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

This isn’t breaking news, can’t remember the last time this team made a big time trade 

The Kelvin Benjamin trade wasn't that long ago.

Granted, that was treating somebody away and we didn't even initiate it, but it did happen at the last minute and nobody saw it coming.

[Captain Morgan]

how nice is it to be approaching the deadline and being able to say "a little depth at  a couple of spots would be nice, but we're gonna roll with the guys on 4 game win streak."

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Captain Morgan said:

how nice is it to be approaching the deadline and being able to say "a little depth at  a couple of spots would be nice, but we're gonna roll with the guys on 4 game win streak."

 

Not to be a downer, but didn't we also have similar thoughts this time last year?