Rookie Jersey Numbers

[Coheed]

Gonna be weird seeing Brandon LaFell and Mike Goodson set the edge 

 

also happy to see that they didn’t give out #1

Edited May 9, 2025 by Coheed

[Manna]

yeah they shouldn't touch 1, 58, 59, and 89. 

[Coheed]

15 minutes ago, Manna said:

yeah they shouldn't touch 1, 58, 59, and 89. 

Agreed. 

[Jackie Lee]

 

[joeyxfresco]

36 minutes ago, Manna said:

yeah they shouldn't touch 1, 58, 59, and 89. 

1, 59, 89 are more than likely getting retired at some point
 

58 may be a number in the org that ends up being used as a badge of honor for a top LB

[Jackie Lee]

 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Probably unpopular but I’m honestly not a fan of retiring numbers.  Although I guess players have more to choose from now with the restrictions lifted.

[RJK]

That #33 on a pass rusher is ugly 

[TylerDurden]

Hey we got Nate Salley redux!

[CarolinaLivin]

1 hour ago, Manna said:

yeah they shouldn't touch 1, 58, 59, and 89. 

Honest question. I know it aint retired. But say it was and years down the road we draft a QB and he requests #1. You think Cam agrees and lets him wear it? 

[PNW_PantherMan]

5 minutes ago, CarolinaLivin said:

Honest question. I know it aint retired. But say it was and years down the road we draft a QB and he requests #1. You think Cam agrees and lets him wear it? 

Probably.  He's been very supportive of Bryce.  I would think if Bryce's number was 1 he would have given his blessing.

[tukafan21]

2 hours ago, joeyxfresco said:

1, 59, 89 are more than likely getting retired at some point
 

58 may be a number in the org that ends up being used as a badge of honor for a top LB

I'd always said I didn't want to see 58 worn again, but I'd also never seen this idea brought up before, but now that I have, I freaking love it.

TD is the ultimate representation of Keep Pounding, dude's career should have been over after the knee injuries and then he goes on to become a franchise legend.

Let's make 58 a LB only number that needs TD's approval for who can wear it and turn it into a LB tradition here, would be really cool and in a way more fitting of what TD meant to the franchise than retiring it.

[joeyxfresco]

5 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

I'd always said I didn't want to see 58 worn again, but I'd also never seen this idea brought up before, but now that I have, I freaking love it.

TD is the ultimate representation of Keep Pounding, dude's career should have been over after the knee injuries and then he goes on to become a franchise legend.

Let's make 58 a LB only number that needs TD's approval for who can wear it and turn it into a LB tradition here, would be really cool and in a way more fitting of what TD meant to the franchise than retiring it.

It goes deeper than that for me. When I started watching the Panthers as a kid I fell in love with Mark Fields’ story during that SB run. He wore #58. Then TD wore it and kept the tradition of the being the soul of the Panthers. The next time someone wears #58 I hope brings that same spirit 

[BrianS]

I like the idea of numbers - for example 58 - being "reserved" but not retired.

I would think it should only go to players on their second Panthers contract, and if former holders are part of the decision process, it should be a non-public conversation to allow former holders of the number to honestly say "Nah" without offending.