Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Yahoo!: Who's that guy? Youthful Panthers hard to predict

GRWatcher

By GRWatcher,
in Carolina Panthers

Recommended Posts

GRWatcher Mentor

GRWatcher

Posted
Posted

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=txpantherspreview

Over 30? Making decent money? Chances are you were cut, traded or allowed to walk via free agency by the Panthers in the offseason. Nine starters from last year are gone, leaving 31-year-old Steve Smith as the oldest position player.

Even the folks left over have little security. Coach John Fox is in the last year of his contract. So is starting quarterback Matt Moore(notes), running back DeAngelo Williams(notes), cornerback Richard Marshall(notes) and numerous other veterans.

.......

“We’ve said it over and over and over again: We made a decision to have young players,” Hurney said Thursday. “You have to make tough decisions. That’s the decision we made. We’ll see if our young players are ready.”

.......

Another theme is small salaries and short-term deals. Fox seemed to part from the company line in May when he said they made the Harris trade because “we’ve got a budget.”

Hurney, whose own deal expired in June, wasn’t willing to go there. But it’s still jarring when you consider the turnover from the 2008 team that went 12-4.

So Hurney is working without a contract. Interesting. This is the first article I've seen that points out what the Panthers have done. Everyone else seems to be avoiding the issue.

We'll see how it goes Saturday night. I hope our offense shows up. I don't like us punting so often .... that's no longer the safe play. :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lumps Newbie

Lumps

Posted
Posted

Please tell me how he could've spent more money to make this team better?

-Paid peppers the $750,000 (or whatever) difference to make him stay.

-Sign Marshall or Boldin or Jackson etc. to strengthen the obvious weakness.

-Called that stud punt returner a day earlier (more laziness than money).

-Sign a proven and more effective DT

Hard to say if it would make the 'team' better, but I think fans are fooling themselves if they think all panther players win becasue they are hungry. They care about getting paid, no reason to lie to yourself and say more money wouldn't help this team becasue it most likely would. The panther's are going to have to really want it this year, all of them. Also it might just be my opinion but not resigning some of our vets now is kind of insulting. I realize there is a looming lockout but the players are going to remember how they were treated. Just my opinion.

If money for proven vets didn't matter all owners would only spend a rock bottom budget.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Fiz Newbie

Fiz

Posted
Posted

Honestly the decisions are only suspicious if you look at it in it's totality and don't break it down on a case by case basis. With the exception of Peppers, they're not worse off at any position really. Moose was pretty obviously a man waiting to be converted, and Hoover still hasn't found a team. That says a lot imho

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Wither Newbie

Wither

Posted
Posted

Honestly the decisions are only suspicious if you look at it in it's totality and don't break it down on a case by case basis. With the exception of Peppers, they're not worse off at any position really. Moose was pretty obviously a man waiting to be converted, and Hoover still hasn't found a team. That says a lot imho

You guys should pay attention to Fiz.

I love how everyone wants to sign a #1 receiver when we already have a #1. That genius move the Bengals made isn't going to work if they don't win games; watch.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Delhommey Newbie

Delhommey

Posted
Posted

So, we basically would lose LeFell and Norwood (bookmark this post for later viewing) and get Boldin and a serious contract issue with several players (why are you paying him when you're not paying me?)

Short term would be a definite gain (players would suck it up and play this year and Boldin is better now that LaFell and Norwood combined), but the Boldin deal would jack up the asking price for any number of our players at the end of their contracts this year.

If we can get Kalil and Williams back at a decent price, it's worth way more than having Boldin here.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CRA Grand Master

CRA

Posted
Posted

Honestly the decisions are only suspicious if you look at it in it's totality and don't break it down on a case by case basis. With the exception of Peppers, they're not worse off at any position really. Moose was pretty obviously a man waiting to be converted, and Hoover still hasn't found a team. That says a lot imho

I think the Hoover hasn't found a gig b/c teams don't pound the rock. Carolina, NYJ, NYG, Tenn. Not a lot of teams out there use old school FBs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • TD alt
      Leave our mark.

      By TD alt · Posted

      Some of you act like one can't learn from experience over time. Just because you may not know what you're doing in 2018 doesn't mean that you don't know what you're doing in 2025. Frankly, you grow from experience, and success and excellence gives first-time applicants the hand probably 99.999% of the time.
    • frankw
      Delete this franchise

      By frankw · Posted

      It's an interesting topic of conversation as sports evolves. I think ultimately it would lead to a number of small market franchises folding though. Especially in the NBA where there are so many bad teams that have been bad for years and years in some cases already. But as it stands I think athlete pay draft or no draft aside has reached a point where we can and should realistically ask should they make that much compared to the average person. Now college athletes is a different conversation but even that reaches a breaking point. But we could go down the rabbit hole on this even further into overall entertainment and talk about actors making absurd sums too. In the end I think in sports the powers that be won't allow these changes to even be considered because it opens the door for so many other variables. But who knows how long sports like football will realistically be around after people like us pass on. We're only just now learning about things like CTE which the league and the sport in general will only be able to run away from for so long. As far as the NBA goes my understanding is viewership has been steadily going down for a number of reasons but one crucial aspect is key players missing so many games. The NBA has to figure that out regardless. Especially when considering fans who pay to see these athletes compete in person. But hey I guess let's just try to appreciate what we've got while it still exists in this form eh?
    • PanthersNCSU
      Delete this franchise

      By PanthersNCSU · Posted

      I can't see a world where the money goes down, but maybe your lottery odds are now your contract numbers you can offer.  Thunder? You can offer Flagg 4 years, 20 million.  Hornets? You can offer Flagg 4 years, 80 million.  Some form of a system where the money is still there, but so is the freedom of choice (on top of bad teams getting *some* competitive advantage to signing them). 
×
×
  • Create New...