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What is going to happen with our legs?


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Kasay, though a beloved Panther, is getting old and I for one do not know when he will hang up the cleats. The guy has been great but at some point age is going to be a factor.

We placed a tender on Lloyd, so if he goes we are without a kickoff guy. (correct?)

Anyways, just wondering if anyone has any insight as to what our plans for kickers may be in the future.

Any stud kickers coming out in this years' draft? Free agents? I have felt that we needed to address this matter sooner than later and the FO seems to be putting it off. I'd like to see us bring in a young leg that could learn under Kasay during the remainder of his career. It would be nice also if we could get a guy to kick field goals and kickoff deep into the end-zone every time.

Opinions/thoughts?

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I actually have been looking these past few drafts for any stud kickers or punters and not many have been availible.

We might try to sign a big leg kicker out of this years draft class, somebody that we might be able to train as Kasay's replacement. Lloyd doesn't look to be able to cut it as an NFL kicker.

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Rotoworld's Panther Page, currently has unbiased blurbs on all our RFA tenders

The Panthers will not make K Rhys Lloyd a tender offer, allowing him to test unrestricted free agency.

Lloyd is a kickoff specialist only -- not worth the low tender of $1.01 million. He does have a highly impressive 51 touchbacks over the last two seasons and could be re-signed for the minimum salary of $545,000 later on.

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I actually have been looking these past few drafts for any stud kickers or punters and not many have been availible.

We might try to sign a big leg kicker out of this years draft class, somebody that we might be able to train as Kasay's replacement. Lloyd doesn't look to be able to cut it as an NFL kicker.

This....or it is just that placing a tender on him is just too expensive. He only kicks off ya know.

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I told Rhys Llyod to please not leave the Panthers on Twitter and he said, not looking promising...

Gah, the one thing that worked on special teams last year, we're getting rid of. I love Kasay to death, but geez, if Lloyd can drill kicks through the uprights at 50 yards I think we need to start thinking about him being a KO specialist AND field goal kicker...

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I hate to say it but Kasay remaining kicker is another case of the Delhommes. Younger, fresher, higher potential player waiting in the wings getting shunned because we always stick with the company man until death do us part.

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