Corn Elder

[top dawg]

Josh Norman was the second best CB in Panthers history!

[top dawg]

And even if you hate on Norman, Eric Davis was better than Bradberry by far.

[LinvilleGorge]

I was a big fan of Norman, but his one great year doesn't eclipse what Bradberry did over the course of four.

[top dawg]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I was a big fan of Norman, but his one great year doesn't eclipse what Bradberry did over the course of four.

Bradberry never had a great year. His best was his first (and even that was a mirage). Norman's career here was better than Bradberry's. 

[LinvilleGorge]

11 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Bradberry never had a great year. His best was his first (and even that was a mirage). Norman's career here was better than Bradberry's. 

Bradberry was never going to be hugely celebrated because he's not an INT guy. His hands are trash. What should be celebrated is that usually when he was facing off against the likes of Jones, Evans, and Thomas you didn't hear those guys' names called very often. That's what a CB is supposed to do first and foremost. INTs are icing on the cake.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Bradberry was never going to be hugely celebrated because he's not an INT guy. His hands are trash. What should be celebrated is that usually when he was facing off against the likes of Jones, Evans, and Thomas you didn't hear those guys' names called very often. That's what a CB is supposed to do first and foremost. INTs are icing on the cake.

I heard their names called much more often against Bradberry than Norman. INTs are game changers for a reason, but of course that wasn't all Norman was known for, and that's why he was sought after and got paid big time! Bradberry wasn't on his level.

[jfra78]

44 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Bradberry was never going to be hugely celebrated because he's not an INT guy. His hands are trash. What should be celebrated is that usually when he was facing off against the likes of Jones, Evans, and Thomas you didn't hear those guys' names called very often. That's what a CB is supposed to do first and foremost. INTs are icing on the cake.

In 2015, they didnt even throw at Norman after the 5th game.  Thats what a game changing CB does, takes away half the field. Bradberry was a good CB, but not a true #1 CB, this notion that he held other teams best WR down is false. Thompson had 100 on us, Julio had 93, Evans had 96

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, jfra78 said:

In 2015, they didnt even throw at Norman after the 5th game.  Thats what a game changing CB does, takes away half the field. Bradberry was a good CB, but not a true #1 CB, this notion that he held other teams best WR down is false. Thompson had 100 on us, Julio had 93, Evans had 96

Bradberry is definitely a legit #1 CB. That's why he got top 5 CB money. Norman just caught lightning in a bottle in 2015 and played out of his mind. He was the best DB in football that season. He just never came close to that level before or since.

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Bradberry is definitely a legit #1 CB. That's why he got top 5 CB money. Norman just caught lightning in a bottle in 2015 and played out of his mind. He was the best DB in football that season. He just never came close to that level before or since.

Bradberry hit the market at the best time, as there wasn't much talent on the market, and it was Gettleman that paid him. They can boot him without much cap hit after 2021.