some love for Cade Mays

[Icege]

10 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

No, some of us will see Humphrey 1 and Frazier 2. We know about Frazier but don’t forget that when C was a huge hole without Kalil, we took TMJ right before Humphrey. Lots of us in here wanted OL, OL and more OL that draft but we liked Erving and Elflein better. Could have had Slater, Humphrey, Smith, Moton and even BC anchoring the OL for years. Could have had Garrett Wilson and $150M for DL as well. It’s truly groundbreaking how bad that Fitterer dude was.

Some of us see Linderbaum and Humphrey...

But at the same time... Mays up there @ #6 as a sixth-round pick surrounded by first- and second- round guys is impressive and likely why they felt comfortable passing on them for other players.

[Navy_football]

13 hours ago, Seltzer said:

I am not sure if we have done 

enough on defense to be great, but the offense has no excuses.

They were the worst receiving group in the NFL last season after Diontae lost his mind. 

We're putting a lot of faith in 2 second year players developing, 2 rookies (1 being a 6th rounder), a 30 years old that hasn't played in years, and a bunch of UDFA. Hopefully Dan and Brad can work their magic. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

5 hours ago, Icege said:

Some of us see Linderbaum and Humphrey...

But at the same time... Mays up there @ #6 as a sixth-round pick surrounded by first- and second- round guys is impressive and likely why they felt comfortable passing on them for other players.

I don't know if the order of operations fits, but I'm glad Mays has shown he can play in this league.  We missed out on the top guys, but we may have made out alright regardless.  Even if Mays is just a bridge, its encouraging to see his improvement since being drafted.  As a rookie I wasn't sure that he was going to stick.

[shaqattaq]

14 hours ago, MHS831 said:

People were not that high on Mays during the season.  I saw some good stuff from him and felt that we have our center.   He and Hunt are tight, fwiw.  When the good players accept you, it is because they know and trust you.  I am not sold on Corbett as the starter--Mays, in my view, earned it.

I have center 1 as one of my pre-season battles to watch. Corbett is not guaranteed the job. 

It's a lot more relevant than WR6 or secondary depth (I still think that we're not done here. I expect a S and CB to be added before week 1).

[Khyber53]

I hope there's a good competition for starting center this season. Since we have a young QB who is still very much developing, this is a massively important role to get set in stone here.

Good luck to Cade!

[MHS831]

9 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

I hope there's a good competition for starting center this season. Since we have a young QB who is still very much developing, this is a massively important role to get set in stone here.

Good luck to Cade!

Yeah, I hope Cade wins the job.  I am pretty sure Corbett is one and done here, but if he wins the job after 1 healthy season in three, he will ask for a big extension, in my estimation.  If Mays shows well early, I would extend him to a decent contract while you have options.

Corbett has played 9 of the past 34 games.

Edited May 23 by MHS831

[Mr. Scot]

He's ranked ahead of some pretty decent names.

I didn't honestly think Center was the most ideal spot for him (still not sure) but that's cool.

17 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Huh.   Frazier 2nd.  Imagine that

Yeah...ugh

[PNW_PantherMan]

30 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Corbett has played 9 of the past 34 games.

Honestly that's not even a guy you want as a backup.  The last thing you want is your safety valve to be made of glass.  I'd take another player with less talent that can finish a season.

[TheSpecialJuan]

[frankw]

4 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Corbett has played 9 of the past 34 games.

Sounds like some NBA players.

Morgan has taken a big gamble with Center. Unnecessarily IMO. We'll see how it plays out.

[ForJimmy]

5 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

I don't know if the order of operations fits, but I'm glad Mays has shown he can play in this league.  We missed out on the top guys, but we may have made out alright regardless.  Even if Mays is just a bridge, its encouraging to see his improvement since being drafted.  As a rookie I wasn't sure that he was going to stick.

Mays and Zavala looked lost in the Reich offense.  Granted Zalava was probably playing too soon due to injuries but he looked terrible.  This new staff seems to be doing well with our OL.  I also wonder if having two vets in Hunt and Lewis just made life that much easier on whoever was/is playing center.  

[amcoolio]

This board, me included, was beating the drums for both Humphrey and Frazier. I honestly think this board would draft better than the actual team after the first round, like if we had a consensus poll everytime we picked. Panthers wasting shitloads of money on scouting

[Khyber53]

On 5/23/2025 at 11:35 AM, Mr. Scot said:

 

I didn't honestly think Center was the most ideal spot for him (still not sure) but that's cool.

 

I think that most NFL centers have run into that exact situation at some point in their careers, going back to high school. No one really wants to play center starting out. 

[MHS831]

On 5/23/2025 at 11:59 AM, PNW_PantherMan said:

Honestly that's not even a guy you want as a backup.  The last thing you want is your safety valve to be made of glass.  I'd take another player with less talent that can finish a season.

I am all for playing vets in their primes, but when they show signs of going on the decline, cut them and develop some young players.  I really think they are doing this with the OL--the only reason we kept Corbett, the way I understand it, is due to the contract--it was not beneficial to cut him.  Might as well see what he has left and then make the move.