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Russell Okung is the highest rated LT we have had since Gross

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He has a green rating every year in the league other than when injured multiple times last year which limited games played. He is the highest rated tackle we have had since Gross (yes higher than Michael Oher). With that being said...give me a break... I am trying to be a glass half full type of guy...If you want an “I’m worried” and doom and gloom post go pie an @Mr. Scot post lol

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I think Charger's fans have heavily underated him. I'm reading everything from their fanbase, and you can tell they have no idea what it's like not having a legitimate left tackle. They honestly think that Trai Turner is going to solidify their line.

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4 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

He has a green rating every year in the league other than when injured multiple times last year which limited games played. He is the highest rated tackle we have had since Gross (yes higher than Michael Oher). With that being said...give me a break... I am trying to be a glass half full type of guy...

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Shhh...you might wake up all the whining babies

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2 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

I need a glass half full of ...

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Yeah idk At least im going into next season with low expectations. I’ll be surprised if we have a good season but at least it will be interesting and we can hope for growth on our young team in a new system, rather than having Super Bowl hopes with an all vet team, just to end up with 5 wins 

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2 minutes ago, OriginalPantherDan said:

I never mentioned Trai. Not sure what I’d do with him, but signing an aging Okung doesn’t feel like a huge upgrade over what the Panthers already had. 

No you're right. What does Trai Turner have anything to do with a player for player trade.

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I don't really give a damn how full somebody thinks my glass is. It's completely full if you count the air anyway (so I've been told).

What annoys me is watching the Panthers repeatedly do things that are iffy. One of those is going after older, recently injured players that used to be good in the hope that they'll suddenly be good again. Matt Paradis was the most recent move of that sort, but not the only one.

There's also the habit of copycatting what worked for someone else, but not doing it quite as well. We tried making Shaq Thompson a "buffalo nickel" expecting to copy what Seattle had done, but it didn't pan out. In the same way, I feel like in this case we could be trying this in part because it worked for the Rams with Andrew Whitworth.

Could it work out? Maybe, but given our track record I'm not expecting much.

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1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't really give a damn how full somebody thinks my glass is. It's completely full if you count the air anyway (so I've been told).

What annoys me is watching the Panthers repeatedly do things that are iffy. One of those is going after older, recently injured players that used to be good in the hope that they'll suddenly be good again. Matt Paradis was the most recent move of that sort, but not the only one.

There's also the habit of copycatting what worked for someone else, but not doing it quite as well. We tried making Shaq Thompson a "buffalo nickel" expecting to copy what Seattle had done, but it didn't pan out. In the same way, I feel like in this case we could be trying this in part because it worked for the Rams with Andrew Whitworth.

Could it work out? Maybe, but given our track record I'm not expecting much.

It was a light hearted joke. I agree with you but I hope it works out. It was a confusing trade, but hopefully it ends up in our favor. If not at least we are free of contracts after next year.

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1 hour ago, WarPanthers89 said:

He has a green rating every year in the league other than when injured multiple times last year which limited games played. He is the highest rated tackle we have had since Gross (yes higher than Michael Oher). With that being said...give me a break... I am trying to be a glass half full type of guy...If you want an “I’m worried” and doom and gloom post go pie an @Mr. Scot post lol

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