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Suprisingly, Connor not being asked to compete for starting SLB spot

scpanther22

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Yeah, I understand that he would be switching sides, but he just flat out a ball hawk. It is unbelievable how fast and aggressive he is. Six of the games he played this year he had six tackles or more. He just really impresses me.

Check out the numbers of the SLB and WLB positions in Meeks' defenses over the year. The WLB will always get big numbers. And consider that Thomas Davis played in seven games and got 61 tackles, while Anderson played in ten (they split the game where Davis got injured) and got 65.

You can't compare Anderson to Diggs, it's like comparing interceptions between a cornerback and DT. Maybe not that drastic, but the same principle applies.

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why not?

whats the chance he stays long term anyway?

staying long term doesn't have anything to do with trading him or not. It actually makes way more sense to keep him for the remainder of his rookie contract.

The best possible scenario would be to trade him to a team switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and nabbing one of the guys who doesn't fit like a D-lineman.

While Connor being here is pretty akward, he's a good player and we're lucky to have him. You don't just trade away valuable players.

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staying long term doesn't have anything to do with trading him or not. It actually makes way more sense to keep him for the remainder of his rookie contract.

The best possible scenario would be to trade him to a team switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and nabbing one of the guys who doesn't fit like a D-lineman.

While Connor being here is pretty akward, he's a good player and we're lucky to have him. You don't just trade away valuable players.

what??..Do you recall the Julius Peppers situation..lol

what I am saying is If a guy has one more year on his contract..just as a example then why not trade him if you know chances are your not going to be able to re-sign him and he is the clear backup for a position thats not that hard to find a backup.

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staying long term doesn't have anything to do with trading him or not. It actually makes way more sense to keep him for the remainder of his rookie contract.

The best possible scenario would be to trade him to a team switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and nabbing one of the guys who doesn't fit like a D-lineman.

While Connor being here is pretty akward, he's a good player and we're lucky to have him. You don't just trade away valuable players.

you let them walk in free agency.lol i had too.

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he is the clear backup for a position thats not that hard to find a backup.

I disagree about it being easy to find a backup MLB. I think that is a bit of a misunderstanding by Panther fans as we always had to have a backup MLB around when Morgan was here. The last time I remember a backup starting at MLB was Anderson in the TB game a few years ago and he got slam ran over.

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I disagree about it being easy to find a backup MLB. I think that is a bit of a misunderstanding by Panther fans as we always had to have a backup MLB around when Morgan was here. The last time I remember a backup starting at MLB was Anderson in the TB game a few years ago and he got slam ran over.

when talking about the transition from college to NFL..lots of teams plug in a rookie LB from day and dont miss a beat.

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You act like its that hard to find a backup MLB.

I had no ideal ONE guy was "all of our depth"

That truly has to be one of the worst comments ever.

Why would you trade away a great backup to MLB....only to have to go out and find a backup for MLB?

And, Conner slipped to the 3rd rd for a reason....he was not viewed to have the speed to play OLB.

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That truly has to be one of the worst comments ever.

Why would you trade away a great backup to MLB....only to have to go out and find a backup for MLB?

And, Conner slipped to the 3rd rd for a reason....he was not viewed to have the speed to play OLB.

When did Conner establish himself as a "great backup MLB"?

And your comment about speed?ummm did you pay attention to the guy that had the OLB spot?..Diggs was not known for his speed.

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this thread still has life, yes its officially the offseason.

p49, if you where out of the loop or returning form a three yr stay at the moon and only saw anderson play in 2009....what would your opinion be? im all about judging players on their body of work(i do this all the time). you run into trouble as they age and like anderson finally "get it".

09 version deserves a chance

the 06-08 version not even a piano solo at the community center

chance plus piano solo = eh, meh, profit?

yes WLB is where he got starts and thats thee prime meeks D spot for compounding tackles/playmaking. SLB is the hard hat of the bunch, but the 09 ver solved his contract issues. even during ST(before davis popped ACL) he was a different player. it looked like a alien body snatcher took over. if he had a number switch, it would have really confused all.

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being drafted in the third round via TRADE saved him a couple times

ive heard marty hurney and others scouts/coaches say how hard it is to find good LB depth, especially into a season.

form what i heard conner fell cause of hips. super stiff, thus piss poor pass coverage skills. SLB have to do most of the TE/FB/RB pass covering, so...

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what??..Do you recall the Julius Peppers situation..lol

what I am saying is If a guy has one more year on his contract..just as a example then why not trade him if you know chances are your not going to be able to re-sign him and he is the clear backup for a position thats not that hard to find a backup.

if it's not that hard to find a backup then just let him walk and find a backup then. His trade value will not be very high so it doesn't make any sense to trade him because we wouldn't really gain much. We would probably end up losing out on it.

Unless it was for another player who could play where we are thin, or for a 3rd rounder. I would be against it.

He's worth more to us than what we could get.

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this thread still has life, yes its officially the offseason.

p49, if you where out of the loop or returning form a three yr stay at the moon and only saw anderson play in 2009....what would your opinion be? im all about judging players on their body of work(i do this all the time). you run into trouble as they age and like anderson finally "get it".

My impression would be a speedy, slightly undersize WLB that played well in Meeks' defense. Just like TD and Landon Johnson did last year. In fact, Landon Johnson's stats are very comparable to Anderson's when each of them were starting.

I am not hating on Anderson the player, just on Anderson the player at the SLB position. I think he is fine as the backup at the WLB position and very good as a third down backer in the 3-3-5 sets the Panthers sometimes run. I think he will be serviceable as the SLB, but watch for teams to run at him non-stop if that is the case.

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When did Conner establish himself as a "great backup MLB"?

And your comment about speed?ummm did you pay attention to the guy that had the OLB spot?..Diggs was not known for his speed.

And yet Diggs was still faster than Conner.

I am not hating on Conner. I am a big Penn State fan and love me some DC.

With the speed game that Meeks employs, I can definitely understand why Anderson is the favorite.....not to mention that he has more experience.

Conner was a great MLB in college....with the ability to slide out and play the OLB when needed.

I am not saying whether Anderson or Conner SHOULD be the starter....the coaches know more than I do. What I am saying is that trading Conner would be a very dumb move. He does not have a high trade value as his playing time has been limited....and, why trade a very solid back-up who can play several positions, just to merely need to go out and sign another back-up.

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