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Deangelo to Chargers or texans??

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After a 12-win season in 2008, the Panthers had high hopes for 2009. Alas, Jake Delhomme's season-opening spurt of interceptions was a sign of bad things to come; the Panthers finished 8-8, but needed wins over an absent New York Giants team in Week 16 and the Saints' backups in Week 17 to get there. DVOA has them at 10.2 percent over the season -- 14th in the league -- but it underestimates the level of effort they faced against an otherwise-excellent Saints team in Week 17. It's fair to say that Carolina was a below-average team in 2008.

That difficult year yields challenging questions for this offseason. Defensive end Julius Peppers is an unrestricted free agent, and because he was tagged as the team's franchise player a year ago, he'd cost an absurd $21.8 million to keep around for 2010. Chances are that he won't be, costing the team its best player without any compensation. To fit Peppers into the cap a year ago, the Panthers signed Delhomme to a cap-friendly contract extension that guarantees him nearly $12 million in 2010; of course, Delhomme was alternately average and terrifying in 2009, and was essentially benched onto injured reserve. The team is stuck with him for one more year.

With Peppers leaving, Delhomme gnawing at owner Jerry Richardson's pocketbook, and a host of veterans that are unlikely to survive a rebuilding period as Panthers, Carolina should take the uncapped year to shed as many of its onerous contracts as possible and start over. With a talented draft class (especially at OT/DT) entering the league, they have assets that could result in valuable draft picks, including wide receiver Steve Smith and left tackle Jordan Gross.

Their best trading chip, though, is All-Pro halfback DeAngelo Williams. Williams turns 27 in April, has only 754 NFL carries on his odometer, and is signed for one more year at the price of $725,000. With budding (albeit injury-prone) star Jonathan Stewart waiting in the wings, a Williams deal is the Panthers' best shot at getting back the first-round pick they traded to the San Francisco 49ers to move up and draft Everette Brown a year ago. The San Diego Chargers, who pick 28th, seem like a logical landing point if the Panthers head in that direction. With a team not good enough to make it to the Super Bowl, it makes sense for them to start over.

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DeAngelo off to Cali?

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DeAngelo Williams | Panthers | Interested: Chargers?, Texans?

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The Carolina Panthers have the luxury of two potentially dominant running backs on the roster, in spite of the fact that both battled injuries in 2009. So is it time to cash one of them in to try and move back into the first round of the draft?

In addition to the Julius Peppers saga, that's the top offseason question they must address, according to Bill Barnwell of the Football Outsiders. Barnwell thinks they might move DeAngelo Williams to the San Diego Chargers in exchange for the Chargers' top pick (No. 28 overall). In the same vein, it's possible the Panthers might give the Houston Texans a call, since they need a top RB, and could return a slightly higher pick (either No. 19 or 20, depending on a coin flip).

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poo meet wall.....

Also, the Panthers are NOT in a rebuilding period.

Without the God Awful play by Delhomme, the Panthers would have definitely been in the playoffs last season. We have a very good OL....a defense that was starting to get Meek's scheme....the best RB corp in the league. Add a QB that is not a turnover machine and another playmaker at WR and the Panthers are as good as any team in the NFC.

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This would be such a bad move. He was a higher pick than that to start with and he has proven to be a top flight back. With Stewart's injury issues, I don't think we can use him as the #1 back for a full season. Goodson is a possible fumbler. The source is ESPN, which says a lot about the credibility of the story.

That all being said, they did trade this year's first round pick to move up in the second last year. Who trades a first for a second? That proves that just because this seems stupid, it doesn't mean they won't do it.

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That artical is no better than some specuation articals written on the huddle... Lets use all of our star players to move up in the draft to gamble on some rookies who may or may not pan out...

Put Smith, Gross or Williams on the trading block??? One of the worst articals of advice/ speculation I've seen thus far this off season.

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