Former 2x Super Bowl winning player personnel guy on Panthers OL

[Eazy-E]

58 minutes ago, t96 said:

That's not what he's saying, he's saying there's nothing we can do about it. He references "young talent" getting better and gelling better throughout a season. We don't have young talent on the OL. We have a few young players but they haven't shown to be very talented and don't have much pedigree.

He said those 4 or 5 guys are what they are and are not going to get better. At this point in the season if you don’t have young talent you’re pretty much screwed.

We have 2 young draft picks. One we have been playing out of his natural position when he’s played and one hasn’t seen the field. They’re the only hope in getting better this season since the guys we’ve been fielding have no chance to improve.

Just because they aren’t starting already doesn’t mean we don’t have young talent. 

[SBBlue]

58 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Was one of the very few teams in history (like 4) with a below average ranked oline to make it to the super bowl.

However two things should be noted, first, that was during the season, post season they really stepped up and somehow miraculously became a formable line. Also E Manning went super sayan on the NFL, and enjoyably the undefeated Patriots.

Thats the way I remember it, but its been a while.

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

"but they're versatile and former first rounds picks"

[OldhamA]

2 hours ago, SBBlue said:

I don't remember the Superbowl Giant's OL being impressive. 

They won two Super Bowls. It was clearly pretty good! 

[Supbro]

Might as well throw MJ in there too.

[Khyber53]

His most important remark is that this is what we made in the offseason and now we're stuck with it. Four out of five are replacement grade and that's what we were able to scrap together or lure here.

I think that he's exactly right. There aren't guys out there waiting to be picked up or traded for now, this is what we have. What's available isn't better. And our young guys, they aren't ready for primetime yet, one might be and one might not even be replacement grade. 

This team desperately needs to look at who is scouting and assessing OL prospects, fire the guy(s) and hire people with a better track record. Someone told us these guys could do the job and they were obviously wrong. Probably the same guys that have been doing it for near on a decade now. That kind of problem is how you end up with a team like the Lions or the Jags.

[WarPanthers89]

In other news…..Water is Wet.

[CanePantherHornet]

3 hours ago, 4Corners said:

Wow that is some real in-depth and ground breaking analysis from a 2x Super Bowl front office executive, Mike Ross. Never heard of him. 
 

the OL is complete garbage and Steve Wonder could see that. 

That's on you then because he was a pretty big deal not too long ago and I believe he interviewed for our GM opening when Gettleman got it. Pretty surprising he never got a shot as a GM somewhere.

[mc52beast]

This is why we have 20 corners on the roster. 

[Basbear]

Thanks for the piece and all. I just have zero respect for Marc form a NFL standard. He took the SB glory form his mentor Ernie Accorsi and Jerry Resse. He turned those teams into the worse 53 man roster in the whole league. Awful drafter and only thing he did was ruin the roster/talent. Thats been the main reason why Gman has gotten plenty of time, cause there was near nothing on the roster......and hes done no better than Marc either....