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11 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

No 51?

it's retired so it's not even an option. I think other franchises have un-retired numbers, a practice I don't necessarily agree with. 

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6 hours ago, blueandblackattack said:

or 90, our other gold jacket legend

I have less of an issue with 90 being used since Peppers left on his own and spent almost half his career playing for other teams.  He "only" had 81 sacks here before he left for Chicago, and yes I know he came back to add 16 more in those final two years, but he's not a HOFer if you remove his Chicago and GB years.

Luke played his entire HOF career here and then retired, Cam and Smitty were cut after long HOF caliber careers here despite neither wanting to leave.

And while I know you can use my same argument against Peppers against Smitty, as he wouldn't eventually end up in the HOF (and he will) without his stats from his Baltimore years, again, we forced him out when he didn't want to leave and his stats in those years were the icing on the HOF cake he baked while in Carolina.

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On 5/9/2025 at 12:20 PM, PNW_PantherMan said:

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.

Me too, position groups can already only pick in certain ranges and people just rolled out 5 numbers that shouldn't be allowed.  It wouldn't take long before there aren't enough numbers.

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2 hours ago, Tr3ach said:

Me too, position groups can already only pick in certain ranges and people just rolled out 5 numbers that shouldn't be allowed.  It wouldn't take long before there aren't enough numbers.

Yankees and Celtics are extreme examples, but I don't think you can be a single digit Yankee anymore.

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3 hours ago, Basbear said:

I liked teppers question about how many Pittsburg Steelers have their numbers retired.....

 

Im old school about numbers, 33 on an edge pass rusher should be a arrestable offence... 

The policy has changed consistently through time. Originally linebackers could wear any number because they typically played offense and defense. 

 

So this is old school AF

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23 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Yankees and Celtics are extreme examples, but I don't think you can be a single digit Yankee anymore.

Yankees have a 0.

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3 hours ago, Tr3ach said:

Me too, position groups can already only pick in certain ranges and people just rolled out 5 numbers that shouldn't be allowed.  It wouldn't take long before there aren't enough numbers.

huh?

They mostly eliminated position groups needing to pick certain numbers a few years ago.

OL and maybe QB's are the only ones who need to have numbers in a certain range now, everyone else can take whatever number they want except I think the 60's and 70's which are only allowed for linemen.

Which then certainly makes it easier for teams to have a handful of numbers retired without causing any issues.

So still to me... 1, 59, and 89 should never be worn again and then I like the idea someone else had in the thread where 58 is now a LB only number and needs TD's approval for them to wear, but I'd like to see it become a Panthers tradition for great LB's to wear 58 and pass it along.

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On 5/11/2025 at 6:35 PM, csx said:

The policy has changed consistently through time. Originally linebackers could wear any number because they typically played offense and defense. 

 

So this is old school AF

Good point, I overlooked the old old old school. 

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