Bradberry drawing significant interest ahead of free agency. Not expected to be back with the Panthers

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Bronn said:

Let him chase the money, and he can go rot on the Browns or some other loser organization. Good for him.

Some other loser organization like... well... the Panthers?

[Carl Spackler]

This is where I'd like to say that it's Donte Jackson's time to shine, but he's done little to make me believe that his rookie season won't end up being his best season.

[Bronn]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Some other loser organization like... well... the Panthers?

Actually, I still believe that Tepper wants us to be competitive. It starts with hanging on to your franchise QB and paying guys that want to play football at a high level on a team of comparable players. It isn't about lining the pockets of stars and suffering at other positions. We shouldn't pay for guys that don't have the championship mentality on the field, and only display it when the checkbook comes out.

[Smithers]

Meh, John Fox took us to the SB with Reggie Howard and Ricky Manning Jr.  

Bradberry is decent, but his lack of ball skills can be annoying at times.  He doesn’t make plays on the ball even when in a position to do so.

[Bronn]

Just now, Carl Spackler said:

This is where I'd like to say that it's Donte Jackson's time to shine, but he's done little to make me believe that his rookie season won't end up being his best season.

Ron Rivera and others were holding Donte back. If he can get out of his own head and escape the old dogma, he'll be fine.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Smithers said:

Meh, John Fox took us to the SB with Reggie Howard and Ricky Manning Jr.  

That was a different era of football. The new emphasis on illegal contact pretty much derailed Rick Manning Jr.'s career. He was a good CB when he could practically maul opposing WRs.

[Carl Spackler]

11 minutes ago, TheRed said:

To be entirely fair, if this is the standard we are employing moving forward, we would not bring anyone back from the 2019 season. We won just a single divisional game all year, and ended the season on an eight game losing streak. On top of that we lost to multiple two win teams at home. If that isn't soft, I don't know what is.

So what's your strategy?

[Bronn]

If Smitty or someone like him would have been on the Panthers the entire time Bradberry was here, there'd be no question we'd have to re-sign him. He's soft as hell, and has never had anyone here to toughen him up.

Give me Donte's fire (inferno? lol) and Bradberry's body and athleticism, and I'll pay you like the best CB of all time. The guy just doesn't have it imho right now, and you'll all see it when he goes somewhere else and is forgotten league-wide.

[EgoDogg]

2 minutes ago, Bronn said:

R̶o̶n̶ ̶R̶i̶v̶e̶r̶a̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶D̶o̶n̶t̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶.̶  If he can get out of his own head a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶s̶c̶a̶p̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶d̶o̶g̶m̶a̶, he'll be fine.

Donte Jackson is Donte's worst enemy. He can go the way of Josh Norman (in his Prime) or Daryl Worley. Coaching &  discipline can only go so far. Some accountability falls on the players as well.

[Bronn]

4 minutes ago, EgoDogg said:

Donte Jackson is Donte's worst enemy. He can go the way of Josh Norman (in his Prime) or Daryl Worley. Coaching &  discipline can only go so far. Some accountability falls on the players as well.

I agree, but it is common knowledge that Rivera and co. played favorites.

[beo]

#24 who is our #1 cornerback walking for absolutely no compensation... now where have i seen this one before? 

god damn our defense is a mess

[TheMaulClaw]

32 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

I highly disagree. I wish we could keep him because now we are right back in a disaster state at CB with only Jackson returning who was benched at the end of last season. James was our only dependable CB. You are going to get beat from time to time, no CB is really shut down anymore, but he more than held his own against the leagues top WR. Also...if he sucked like you are saying he wouldn’t command over 15 million a season like he is going to get 

Yeah so I'm not to worried about this.  I always thought Bradberry was just slightly above average.  Also during both of our SB runs the secondary wasn't amazing.  In 03 it was Terry Cousin and Ricky Manning JR, and in 2015 Norman was the only decent player uninjured back there.

This is by no means saying we should ignore the position, it's just that I'm not sure how a decent pick or FA would be any worse then Bradberry.  Julio still torched Bradberry and quite honestly he will torch anyone we put back there unless we can get pressure on the QB.

[TheRed]

15 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

So what's your strategy?

With the CB position, or the team in general?

We aren't solving what ails this franchise in free agency so we need a homerun in the upcoming draft. Unfortunately Hurney is still the GM so any picks outside the first round could be anywhere between future all pros or all time Panthers draft busts. I guess we'll find out.

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

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2020 is going to be a rough year in Carolina

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this comes off as overly critical. Wins/Loss wise, 2020 could be difficult for the Panthers. But they're keenly aware of that. So as long as patience is displayed, in the long term it should be beneficial.

7:00 AM · Mar 2, 2020