If Fairley=Sapp & Green=Andre J who then??

[Udogg]

we were dead last in points scored. how many points is Fairley going to score us?

Is AJ Green going to throw the ball to himself?

[rodeo]

so instead of trying to improve the weakness that actually causes us to lose games, you want to ignore it just to pitch a fit about our bad QB?

grow some balls and work on the real weakness and win some games. it's not going to happen if we ignore the problem and draft retarded D-Linemen while we have the worst offense in the league. that's something the Raiders would do.

Rivera fielded the top defense last year with some scrub 5th round DT. it's not that important of a position.

[SOJA]

sorry panthers fans but the more I think about it the more it becomes clear that the pick is going to be traded or Fairley. There is no way we invest the number one pick on a wide-out when our second rounder already is one

[Duopggod]

I agree with trading down for AJ Green. Plus, I don't think Richardson would want to draft Fairley due to his proven dirty play style; I don't think he has much tolerance for actions like that on the field.

[bleys]

we can get a QB in the form of Orton.. if we make that happen then the "who's going to throw to our WRs" goes right out the window..

because then we have a very efficient passer who will have 4 legit weapons and a solid running game.. the offense will open up so much more than not drafting Green and expecting an older Smitty and Gettis/LaFell who aren't legit threats yet, if they will be anything more than solid #2..

so instead of trying to improve the weakness that actually causes us to lose games, you want to ignore it just to pitch a fit about our bad QB?

grow some balls and work on the real weakness and win some games. it's not going to happen if we ignore the problem and draft retarded D-Linemen while we have the worst offense in the league. that's something the Raiders would do.

Rivera fielded the top defense last year with some scrub 5th round DT. it's not that important of a position.

I'm not sure how people think we desperately need a DT (which we can get in FA) when we just fielded a 12th ranked defense who was on the field longer than any other defense..

are you all conveniently forgetting that if we improve our offense, our defense has a great chance to do better than 12.. are you all ignoring we just signed one of the greatest defensive minds in the game as our coach?

If our defense was 20th or worse, you would have a case that DT is our biggest need.. but we did damn well considering all the variables. I guess it's too convenient to ignore that though..

esp, when we can grab a solid DT in FA..

[ncbobcat]

we were dead last in points scored. how many points is Fairley going to score us?

The question is how many points can he stop so our offense doesn't have to get in a shoot out?

2010: 25.5 average pts a game

Rush defense: 125 yards a game against

If he can help those stats, our offense doesn't have to improve a lot. Red zone ineptitude is what hurt most.

[PanthersGuy28]

we were dead last in points scored. how many points is Fairley going to score us?

I'm sure we just as bad with getting sacks. I know Fairley won't score for us but he is the same type of prospect at a position that we have a higher need.

[bleys]

bring in Orton somehow, draft Green, and we'll do just fine with a FA DT..

[ncbobcat]

bring in Orton somehow, draft Green, and we'll do just fine with a FA DT..

We already have FA DTs and they got us nowhere.

[ncbobcat]

I forgot about Hayden our low end draft pick and Neblett, the rookie FA. Much comittment put in to that interior D-line. It's a wonder teams could run on us at ALL!

[bleys]

We already have FA DTs and they got us nowhere.

lol.. you comparing low level DTs as an excuse his hilarious..

[ncbobcat]

lol.. you comparing low level DTs as an excuse his hilarious..

I know, because with Fox gone JR is suddenly going to turn into Daniel Snyder! Man, the joke is on me!!!

[The Saltman]

there are more options in fa for WR then there are for DT.

Just saying.

Im up in the air actually. I would love to have AJ green and also for Fairley. Its a toss up.

[mountainpantherfan]

If we were having a draft that included former and current players, I would draft Warren Sapp a full ten rounds ahead of where I would draft Andrea Johnson, if not more. Johnson is a very good wide reciever. Sapp is a hall of fame defensive tackle and probably in the top five all time among defensive tackles. Andrea Johnson might have a chance at the hall of fame but it's not likely given guys like Chris Carter and Andre Reid still are on the outside looking in. Not to mention Andrea Johnson wouldn't be in the top10 all time reciever list.