Carolina Panthers' WRs' development relies on QB growth

[Laetitia]

(By Darin Gantt, [email protected]) At the moment, the Carolina Panthers don't have much in the way of name receivers.p/Honestly, the New Orleans Saints don't either.

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[marcopolo]

Fox, hasnt developed a receiver at all, not one

[rayzor]

a good QB can make bad WRs look average, average WRs look good, and good WRs look elite.

imo, clausen can be that QB. we'll have to see (and hope) if that is the case. i don't have all that much confidence in the non-smitty WRs that we have right now.

[usmcpanthers]

their growth will come when we have proper playcalling. I full heartedly believe in the run but if you constantly have your qb with 3rd and long, they nor the receivers will ever succeed. When they are 8 or 9 in the box we need quick slants, release throws to the back out of the back field, easy throws. That will open things up, it isnt rocket science. Balanced playcalling is what are receivers and qb needs but that is beating a dead horse, and everyone knows this.

[Ricky Spanish]

Fox, hasnt developed a receiver at all, not one

or a QB for that matter too.

[Catdaddy]

a good QB can make bad WRs look average, average WRs look good, and good WRs look elite.

imo, clausen can be that QB. we'll have to see (and hope) if that is the case. i don't have all that much confidence in the non-smitty WRs that we have right now.

That is a fact!

[Hairless Cat]

As I alluded to in my jimmy wears a glove thread, jimmys growth as a qb will not only be on him. Hes going to need a lot of help from the coaches making the play calls and the guys on the field

[tondi]

The idea that great QB's make great receivers, instead of the other way around, has been proven over and over throughout the years. Nobody would would have ever heard of many of the all time "great" WR"s if they had had the misfortune of playing with bad QB's or on running oriented teams.

Name a great WR and you are almost certain to find a great QB throwing him the ball. That's one of the things that has made our own Steve Smiths exploits even more impressive. He is one of the few that have put up big numbers in spite of his QB and offense around him.

[Punisher]

Fox, hasnt developed a receiver at all, not one

Technically, Steve Smith "developed" under Fox.

[carolinarolls]

Without Jake or without Smitty (or possibly both) we may have been able to develop a few receivers.

Both of those players existence as Panthers effectively thwart the development of 2's and 3's in their own respective ways.

[Squirrel]

The idea that great QB's make great receivers, instead of the other way around, has been proven over and over throughout the years. Nobody would would have ever heard of many of the all time "great" WR"s if they had had the misfortune of playing with bad QB's or on running oriented teams.

Name a great WR and you are almost certain to find a great QB throwing him the ball. That's one of the things that has made our own Steve Smiths exploits even more impressive. He is one of the few that have put up big numbers in spite of his QB and offense around him.

Art Monk.