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!

     

Everybody always yearns for the '03 Panthers, look at the key players from '03


Sam Mills Fan

Recommended Posts

Jake Delhomme: Free agent signee (starter)

Stephen Davis: Free agent signee (starter)

Ricky Proehl: Free agent signee (slot receiver)

Brentson Buckner: Free agent signee (starter)

Jeff Mitchell: Free agent signee (starter)

Todd Steussie: Free agent signee (starter)

Kevin Donnalley: Free agent signee (starter)

Terry Cousin: Free agent signee (starter)

Reggie Howard: Free agent signee (starter)

Rod Smart: Free agent signee (last guy to return a kickoff for TD in team history)

Shane Burton: Free agent signee (key rotation guy on the d-line)

Al Wallace: Free agent signee (key rotation guy on the d-line)

Greg Favors: Free agent signee (starter)

Karl Hankton: Free agent signee (special teams ace)

Rodney Peete: Free agent signee (backup quarterback)

Jermaine Wiggins: Free agent signee (starter)

I had been meaning to post something like this for a while but forgot about it until the Houshmanzadeh debacle. The best two teams in Panthers history, '03 and '96, were dominated by free agents all over the place.

Free agents aren't a bad thing, they're a good thing. Teams that win Super Bowls do so through a mix of both their own draft picks and free agents. So stop demonizing the entire concept of free agency just because J-Rich and Furney have arbitrarily decided to do so after having success with it in the past.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

this list isn't biased at all, given that it lacks, oh, I dunno, most of the decent players on defense, and they were drafted. I mean, sure, Kris Jenkins was an all-pro, and Mike Rucker was defensive player of the month for September; Julius Peppers isn't anything compared to Terry Cousin. Dan Morgan wasn't the guy who had 25 tackles in the Super Bowl, Mike Minter never mattered to this team. Our starting receivers are chumps.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Some Free Agents pick ups on Our Team Now:

Matt Moore

Wallace Wright

Tyrell Sutton

Charly Martin

Louis Leonard

Jamar Williams

Tyler Brayton

Marcus Hudson

Jordan Senn

Derek Landri

Ed Johnson

Nic Harris

Tim Duckworth

Jason Baker

Aaron Fransisco

You Know whats cool about that list? Only one of those players is 32 and he's a Punter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Jake Delhomme: Free agent signee (starter)

Stephen Davis: Free agent signee (starter)

Ricky Proehl: Free agent signee (slot receiver)

Brentson Buckner: Free agent signee (starter)

Jeff Mitchell: Free agent signee (starter)

Todd Steussie: Free agent signee (starter)

Kevin Donnalley: Free agent signee (starter)

Terry Cousin: Free agent signee (starter)

Reggie Howard: Free agent signee (starter)

Rod Smart: Free agent signee (last guy to return a kickoff for TD in team history)

Shane Burton: Free agent signee (key rotation guy on the d-line)

Al Wallace: Free agent signee (key rotation guy on the d-line)

Greg Favors: Free agent signee (starter)

Karl Hankton: Free agent signee (special teams ace)

Rodney Peete: Free agent signee (backup quarterback)

Jermaine Wiggins: Free agent signee (starter)

I had been meaning to post something like this for a while but forgot about it until the Houshmanzadeh debacle. The best two teams in Panthers history, '03 and '96, were dominated by free agents all over the place.

Free agents aren't a bad thing, they're a good thing. Teams that win Super Bowls do so through a mix of both their own draft picks and free agents. So stop demonizing the entire concept of free agency just because J-Rich and Furney have arbitrarily decided to do so after having success with it in the past.

I'll take your "key players" and put them against my "key players" from that squad any day of the week.

Julius Peppers - Drafted

Kris Jenkins - Drafted

Dan Morgan - Drafted

Steve Smith - Drafted

Mike Rucker - Drafted

Mike Minter - Drafted

Moose - Drafted

Hoover - UDFA signee

Jordan Gross - Drafted

Will Witherspoon - Drafted

Kris Mangum - Drafted

Jeno James - Drafted

DeShaun Foster - Drafted

Ricky Manning Jr. - Drafted

Dante Wesley - Drafted

Nick Goings - UDFA signee

Lester Towns - Drafted

Deon Grant - Drafted

Link to comment
Share on other sites

this list isn't biased at all, given that it lacks, oh, I dunno, most of the decent players on defense, and they were drafted. I mean, sure, Kris Jenkins was an all-pro, and Mike Rucker was defensive player of the month for September; Julius Peppers isn't anything compared to Terry Cousin. Dan Morgan wasn't the guy who had 25 tackles in the Super Bowl, Mike Minter never mattered to this team. Our starting receivers are chumps.

When did I ever say that playing your own guys was a bad thing? The whole f'ing point was that a MIX of both was the best.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

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


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • okay I found this and it sounds like my hopes for the first surgery being not such a great job seems like it could be actual reality.  I only hoped because that would give a better chance for recovery and ia a possible scenario so I just thought it could be possible. Had no real evidence of it. But I’ll be damned.    This is a detailed report of Brooks’ surgery and the condition of his knee after the failed repair.     https://x.com/jmthrivept/status/2055743129408704806?s= Sparked by some very good questions by @CoachspeakIndex, here’s some info on Jonathon Brooks: 1. Speculation that the first graft/ACLR by Dr. Cooper didn’t “take” or at least was too lax, leading to failure and re-tear. Brooks dealt with issues cutting, progressing in his rehab into the early stages of 2024 and then re-tore it late 2024, requiring a second ACLR in January 2025 (essentially revision). Notably, CAR prolonged Brooks’ rehab process through Sept-Oct due to issues progressing into the next stages of rehab. 2. Second surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who has extensive experience with revisions. He did a double bundle technique, harvesting graft from Brooks’ left patellar tendon and a strip of his right IT Band (his right patellar tendon had been utilized for the prior graft in 2023. The double bundle technique significantly increases rotational stability of the knee, leading to a stronger and more secure graft/reconstruction. Also to note, Brooks’ surgery wasn’t significantly delayed, meaning that the tunnels from his prior ACLR were in good shape and they didn’t need to perform bone grafts to fill in (would have delayed 2nd surgery by 5-6 months). Essentially, reading the tea leaves tells me that everything else except for the graft itself was still in good quality within his knee. Good sign for future.  3. Typically, you see a performance increase anywhere from 16-20 months post-revision. Brooks will be ~21 months out from his second surgery by the time Week 1 hits. His knee should be more stable and stronger this time around, with adequate time for healing and return to all movement patterns. I’m not viewing this situation as a typical “Player __ had TWO ACL tears, he’s cooked” situation. Rather, I’m viewing it as the first procedure failed, but the second procedure is significantly stronger and should allow him to return to form this time around. I don’t know why it posted as a link but there it is.  
    • Jackie, any more reps tomorrow, or is that it for this session?  thanks for the work
    • How can you say they aren’t trying to win now with all the moves made in free agency? Or is trading first round picks the only way to be win now? I’d be fine never trading another first round pick again, win now be damned.
×
×
  • Create New...