What if we got a wide receiver instead of Jonathan Stewart in the 2008 draft

[The Saltman]

Michael Bolton

[Mr. Scot]

Forte didn't look so hot last year.

It's all speculative.

[Jangler]

Matt Forté would have been fine to back dwill up

[jakesthemistake]

No telling any receiver would have been worth a damn here. But I do know that DWill would have been run into the ground and we would be looking for another running back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPfEkWSEhcY&feature=related

oh and anybody watching Desean Jackson in collage would see he could be at least a #2 guy in the NFL!

and to say dwill would be done in 2 years is very ignorant

[Jangler]

very

That's ignorant. You're ignorant. One receiver would not have changed anything as long as Jake was the QB. But we would have one beat up running back. And another receiver that was a bust in Carolina.

[The Saltman]

college

[PantherBrew]

don't be a douche i was just pointing out that we got jstew 13th overall pick when we could have gotten Djackson who went as a 43rd overall pick, if this team would try to improve the passing game instead of making us the best running team in the league we would get somewhere. To win football games you need to have a balance of run and pass. A perfect example would be the saints

With John Fox and a run first team.

Stud Running back > Stud Wide Reciever

As long as Fox is running the show, #2 running back is more important than a #2 reciever.

It amazes me that fans dont know how things are ran here.

I'd love to have Desean Jackson too, but with our team and style I would still rather have J-stew.

Plus, Delhomme could handoff better than he could pass.

[PantherBrew]

jakesthemistake is teh fial.

[PantherProfessor]

DeSean Jackson is an excellent playmaker, no doubt. but was it that obvious that he would turn out to be the best WR in the draft? he was the 7th WR taken, and fell into the 2nd round. he is very good, but wouldnt have been AS good in our system.

Philly has basically no run game, they use short passes and screens to alleviate this issue. so its safe to say they are a pass happy team, with a pretty good QB, who can throw the deep ball. we on the other hand are about the exact opposite (last season anyway)

here are the guys drafted before Jackson, none of them are doing much of anything, so who's to say we wouldnt have jumped on one of these guys and had another second round bust at WR on our hands? i will take the beast called stewie anyday.

Donnie Avery

Devin Thomas

Jordy Nelson

James Hardy

Eddie Royal

Jerome Simpson

Desean Jackson

Malcom Kelly

Limas Sweed

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[Guest silver82blade]

i would've taken chris johnson. he could've been a running back and receiver. it's nice to look backwards! that doesn't help anything now though.

[Peppers90 NC]

what wr would that be anyway? great topic

[Peppers90 NC]

desean jackson? thats the only one huh? he obviously did not warrant at the time a #13 pick.

[Montie_0123]

No thanks I like having our two Top RBs, and I wouldn't change a thing you are forgetting that we had jake at QB at the time so jackson probably wouldn't have done half the things he did last year. Maybe on special teams but definitely not on offense, we will be addressing the WR spot in this years draft and hopefully we come away with someone who can get the job done on the field!

[carolinanimal]

what you guys forget is that we are only going to be able to keep these guys together for so long. did you notice that teams with the best offenses have elite passing games?