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Top 5 panthers of each 10 year period

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electro's horse Grand Master

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11 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Better question is who is the GOAT Panther?

 

I think Juluis Peppers if we talking impact and talent. 6'7 280 dude was something at his peak.

Assuming we’re not including like Kevin green or Reggie white in this list, it’s between smith, like and peppers. 
 

Smith just never had the consistent production that Julius did. That wasn’t his fault of course. Part of me wishes we’d traded him to New England in 2010, just to see what kind of numbers he could have put up. 
 

luke was the best at his position from the second he took the field and is a first ballot hall of gamer. 

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Not sure an MVP would make a player qualified to be the GOAT. 

MVP's are almost always QB's, followed up by running backs. 

That automatically eliminates that reward as even being in the conversation.  

So what qualities does a GOAT need to have?

Consistent production obviously. Should it be production high enough to be considered one of the best and their position? 

Leadership has to be part of the equation. 

Not just impact on the field, but within the franchise too. 

Sam Mills, consistent production, unbelievable leader, and his impact on this franchise, literally can't be measured. 

Julius Peppers - an absolute monster at his position,  consistency,  plus one of the best to ever play the position. 

Thomas Davis - natural born leader. Consistency on the field, and quite literally personified "keep pounding"

Luke Kuechly- arguably the BEST MLB Of his generation  Natural leader.  He lead some very very good defenses. 

Pretty difficult picking a favorite child. 

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Luke is the best Panther of all time, the four year stretch 2012-2016 Kuechly is one of the best defenders in the history of the game, up there with LT, Deion Sanders, Ray Lewis, Reggie White, Aaron Donald, Mean Joe Greene, and Ed Reed. Panthers have never had another player on that level, the next two closest would be Peppers and Smith

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2 hours ago, pantherclaw said:

Not sure an MVP would make a player qualified to be the GOAT. 

MVP's are almost always QB's, followed up by running backs. 

That automatically eliminates that reward as even being in the conversation.  

So what qualities does a GOAT need to have?

Consistent production obviously. Should it be production high enough to be considered one of the best and their position? 

Leadership has to be part of the equation. 

Not just impact on the field, but within the franchise too. 

Sam Mills, consistent production, unbelievable leader, and his impact on this franchise, literally can't be measured. 

Julius Peppers - an absolute monster at his position,  consistency,  plus one of the best to ever play the position. 

Thomas Davis - natural born leader. Consistency on the field, and quite literally personified "keep pounding"

Luke Kuechly- arguably the BEST MLB Of his generation  Natural leader.  He lead some very very good defenses. 

Pretty difficult picking a favorite child. 

Best player we've ever had at arguably the toughest position in all of sports.  Cam is it.... and I'm honestly not even a big fan of his... but he's absolutely our best and most influential player ever.

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9 hours ago, scpanther22 said:

Still contend Smith was one the best WR ever... in a bigger market he would have been more known in his prime

Smith is legitimately one of the best of all time. Probably top 5-8 imo.

People don't realize it but if you do the research, it's astounding how many less targets Smith got compared to his contemporaries at the time. I'm talking like 30-40, to sometimes 50 less targets per season.

I'll go to my grave saying that Smith was better than Harrison, Wayne, Bruce, Holt, and Larry Fitzgerald. Had he got to play with Manning, Warner, or Brady in his prime he would have embarrassed their numbers. 

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51 minutes ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

Best player we've ever had at arguably the toughest position in all of sports.  Cam is it.... and I'm honestly not even a big fan of his... but he's absolutely our best and most influential player ever.

He wasn't even top 5 at his position.  

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10 hours ago, amcoolio said:

Luke is the best Panther of all time, the four year stretch 2012-2016 Kuechly is one of the best defenders in the history of the game, up there with LT, Deion Sanders, Ray Lewis, Reggie White, Aaron Donald, Mean Joe Greene, and Ed Reed. Panthers have never had another player on that level, the next two closest would be Peppers and Smith

I'm a huge Kuechly fan. Huge!

He wasn't LT, Prime, Sugar Ray, Reggie White, Aaron Donald or Ed Reed level. He was a BEAST. But most of those guys changed the game in one way or another. Not a game but THE GAME.

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Imo, the goat title belongs to the player that elevated the team the most, not the most talented at their position necessarily. That was easily Cam, no other player even came close to his impact on the team. If we’re picking who the best player at their position was, tie between Luke and Smitty. 

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11 hours ago, pantherclaw said:

He wasn't even top 5 at his position.  

Depends on what part of his career we're looking at.  He had several seasons where he was a top 5 QB, but he was also very hot and cold.  That said, let's not forget the team he was playing for, who has consistently had among the most piss poor QB play in the league year after year after year... with the exception of the years he was good, and the one halfway decent season we got out of Delhomme.

Luke's last two seasons in the league he was an absolute liability, so the same could be said for him... and Peppers.  Smitty had about three seasons for us where he wasn't top 5 either.

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