Have got a lot of Hope for 2025 good read on camp!!

[Doc LRB]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/8-biggest-takeaways-panthers-opening-130118607.html

[rayzor]

moving to main forum

[rayzor]

very nice read, btw. nice to see all that shaking out. i think the TE room will be ok.

[thennek]

Wonder why they have not resigned Pinero and added him to the PK competition. Not saying he should have the job but only having a rookie and another dude that has been on several teams does not seem like a fantastic plan. 

[mrcompletely11]

15 minutes ago, thennek said:

Wonder why they have not resigned Pinero and added him to the PK competition. Not saying he should have the job but only having a rookie and another dude that has been on several teams does not seem like a fantastic plan. 

His leg is too weak and its a liability for the offense.   Not even having the option to kick a 50ish yard FG throttles down the offense. 

[MHS831]

58 minutes ago, rayzor said:

very nice read, btw. nice to see all that shaking out. i think the TE room will be ok.

I found it interesting that Evero would mention DJ Johnson and fail to mention the rookies.  Not that means anything about the rookies, but I can only think of Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy--both became relevant in year 3.  I think he gets cut, but mentioning a player in that manner with 1/2 sack and 25 tackles in 2 years is a bit strange. 

[LinvilleGorge]

32 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

His leg is too weak and its a liability for the offense.   Not even having the option to kick a 50ish yard FG throttles down the offense. 

I suspect that's likely Wright's issue as well and why he's never stuck on a team and bounced around. Probably a good kicker, just limited leg. The guy has made 87% of his FG attempts and has only missed two XPs ever. But if you aren't good from close to 60 they're looking for your replacement.

[mrcompletely11]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I suspect that's likely Wright's issue as well and why he's never stuck on a team and bounced around. Probably a good kicker, just limited leg. The guy has made 87% of his FG attempts and has only missed two XPs ever. But if you aren't good from close to 60 they're looking for your replacement.

yep it hinders or alters your offense when you cross the 50 yard line and knowing you have to get 20ish more yards at least to put you in FG range.  I suspect you call plays a bit differently as well.

[kungfoodude]

56 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I found it interesting that Evero would mention DJ Johnson and fail to mention the rookies.  Not that means anything about the rookies, but I can only think of Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy--both became relevant in year 3.  I think he gets cut, but mentioning a player in that manner with 1/2 sack and 25 tackles in 2 years is a bit strange. 

I think he was an Evero type player. I suspect he was a guy that Evero asked for early on and is still one of "his" guys.

Another in a long list of reasons why Evero will eventually have to be canned.

[LinvilleGorge]

24 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

yep it hinders or alters your offense when you cross the 50 yard line and knowing you have to get 20ish more yards at least to put you in FG range.  I suspect you call plays a bit differently as well.

Yeah, I think in Wright they basically see a Pinero replacement. Accurate, limited leg kicker but instead of a guy in Pinero who thinks he should be one of the highest paid kickers in the league you have a guy in Wright who would be absolutely thrilled just to have a job. Then you have Fitzgerald who they're hoping wins the job and is the long term solution. We'll see how it all plays out. Fitzgerald is Plan A and Wright is Plan B and I think everyone involved fully realizes this.

[PNW_PantherMan]

19 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I think he was an Evero type player. I suspect he was a guy that Evero asked for early on and is still one of "his" guys.

Another in a long list of reasons why Evero will eventually have to be canned.

If he's gonna break out, he better do it quick.  He'll be 27 this fall.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

If he's gonna break out, he better do it quick.  He'll be 27 this fall.

He isn't gonna break out. This is why taking an older, project player is goofy.

[PNW_PantherMan]

20 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He isn't gonna break out. This is why taking an older, project player is goofy.

Exactly.  He peaked in college as a non factor.

[rayzor]

1 hour ago, thennek said:

Wonder why they have not resigned Pinero and added him to the PK competition. Not saying he should have the job but only having a rookie and another dude that has been on several teams does not seem like a fantastic plan. 

 

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

His leg is too weak and its a liability for the offense.   Not even having the option to kick a 50ish yard FG throttles down the offense. 

last year i think he sat out of camps waiting for a new deal that he never got so that probably put a bit of a stink in the relationship between him and the panthers.