Is Steve smith our best player?

[firstdayfan]

I just read an article on smitty's broken arm on ESPN by Yaskinsas and he said "the panthers best player won't be ready for training camp". I really don't have anything bad to say about the article or his opinion but I just wanted to throw this out there...is Steve Smith still our best player?

On a team with Deangelo Williams, jon beason, Jonathon Stewart, jordan gross, Ryan kalil and others...I would say the torch has been passed to either Deangelo or beason....maybe even Stewart but I still say Williams is better right now. What does everyone else think?

[eViL jEsTeR]

right now, i'd say no, he's 3rd behind DeWill and Beason.

[Ricky Spanish]

hmmm...

smith is our best playmaker

beason is the team's heart.

it's a matter of opinion

[Jangler]

If his arm is taking 7-8 months to heal...something is wrong.

[OneBadassCat]

Yes. For what he brings to the team and his position he is the best player. But we do have other weapons to make an affective offense. I'd say it's

1. Smith

2. Beason

3. Deangelo

4. Kalil

5. Stewart

6. Gamble

7. Gross ( you have to consider the fact that we've been able to plug guys in at tackle and never miss a beat)

[firstdayfan]

It's definitely an opinion thing but I would say beason or Williams simply bc of there talent and their leadership (especially beason). But you can't go wrong either way, I think smitty is definitely up there.

One thing I've thought of in all this is that we really don't have as much talent on defense as I would like. Beason and gamble are the only real stud players....outside of that it's mainly just potential. With that said there are definitely guys who could breakout this season and be really good (Charles johnson, Louis leonard, Sherrod martin, and so on).

[Snake]

Right now no. Only cause he has a broke arm though.

[CRA]

right now, i'd say no, he's 3rd behind DeWill and Beason.

Steve has the biggest impact if injured and not playing. Stewart is hurt was have DeAngelo. DeAngelo is hurt we have Stewart. If Steve is hurt.....we got nothing but potential players that haven't done crap. Smith is the recieving game right now....the RBs are part of the run game. Smith is more important than either RB simply b/c we got 2 of them.

Beason is the defense and a the best leader we have. He imo might be the most important player right now but I wouldn't say he is a bigger playmaker than Smitty.

[Mr. Burgundy]

I think he is our best player for the simple fact that in the past, our passing game is non existing when hes not on the field

[Lumps]

Smitty is the Panther's best player of all-time IMO and should get a statue IMO.

Is he the best right now? No, not really.

Our best player is easily Beason, without him the team (at least the D) would crumble. He is a biggest key player right now. It all depends on circumstances and opinion.

[eViL jEsTeR]

dewill is lost for the season, we have stewart and vise-versa

smitty is out we could sign a FA (TO or another vet) and continue with our young talent.

if beason is lost, our defense crumbles. beason is unreplaceable with any FA. think about how the steeler defense crumbled when troy P was lost in week 1.

i think beason is the most important player on the team.

[JungleCat]

If Smitty's healthy, I give him the edge. :yesnod:

[Baschski]

Beason may be the most "important" player because of how much the defense relies on him. But Smith is still our best player. There is no one on this team that matches his play-making ability. There is no one else on the team that demands nearly as much game-planning from other teams. He's the best.

[jayflip]

Steve Smith IS the Carolina Panthers