Hunt and Corbett to IR

[PleaseCutStewart]

Hunt is a killer loss. Hopefully we put Mays at C and BC at RG.

Or I wouldn't be opposed if we slid icky to RG and put BC at LT. Highly doubt we do that though

[PleaseCutStewart]

7 hours ago, ChuckWag78 said:

He got beat and held the DT. It happens. Overall I thought he played pretty well. 

Really?? I think Zavala is a solid backup to have, but I thought he looked pretty bad yesterday. He had no clue who to block whenever the Cardinals ran a stunt 

[WhoKnows]

15 hours ago, ChuckWag78 said:

He got beat and held the DT. It happens. Overall I thought he played pretty well. 

The OL looked OK when the Cardinals were in prevent. Last drive, they man handled our OL. Zavala is not an NFL starter.

[WhoKnows]

8 hours ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Really?? I think Zavala is a solid backup to have, but I thought he looked pretty bad yesterday. He had no clue who to block whenever the Cardinals ran a stunt 

There’s a weird thing that goes on in here over some of our backups. BC, Mays and Zavala are OK backups but they are starter level players. BC got nothing in FA and cam back to us.

Our team talent level is at the bottom of the league. We certainly don’t have 8 NFL starter level OL on our team. Having to play Mays and Zavala/BC is not a good thing for us.

[PleaseCutStewart]

41 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

There’s a weird thing that goes on in here over some of our backups. BC, Mays and Zavala are OK backups but they are starter level players. BC got nothing in FA and cam back to us.

Our team talent level is at the bottom of the league. We certainly don’t have 8 NFL starter level OL on our team. Having to play Mays and Zavala/BC is not a good thing for us.

I think just about every team would be in the same predicament if they lost 2 starting offensive linemen. It's even worse for us because our QB is so bad he can't compensate for a beat up oline.

That being said, I think our depth at oline is solid. I don't think there is much a drop off from Corbett to Mays (if any) and BC has good position versatility and is IMO solid at each oline position (that I have seen him play). Zavala I thought played well last year and hopefully he was just bad yesterday because he had to come in mid-game. But yeah, none of those backups are close to the quality of Hunt

Edited 13 hours ago by PleaseCutStewart

[PleaseCutStewart]

48 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

The OL looked OK when the Cardinals were in prevent. Last drive, they man handled our OL. Zavala is not an NFL starter.

The oline wasn't that bad the final drive (except Zavala on 2 plays). Bryce has terrible pocket presence and just steps/scrambles into the pass rush far too many times. And Zavala's bad blocking wouldn't have even been a problem on the 2 plays if Bryce checked it down to Chuba.

It's so weird that Bryce didn't try to check it down at all the last drive when that was pretty much all he did the previous 3 touchdown drives...

[Basbear]

So in back-2-back years the Panthers lose their best player for the year within the first two games??

Hunt was fighting a hurt foot and now is out til 26, but brown and hunt recently signed new deals. just isn't fair....

[SmokinwithWilly]

Looks like we're signing a center off the Ravens practice squad according to CatCrave. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

21 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Looks like we're signing a center off the Ravens practice squad according to CatCrave. 

[flagfootballcoach28]

Signing 2 highly paid guards was always a stupid move. IIf you don’t have the confidence in yourself as a GM to find a diamond in the rough interior lineman in the draft or free agency at a cap friendly rate, then have no words for you. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

10 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

Signing 2 highly paid guards was always a stupid move. IIf you don’t have the confidence in yourself as a GM to find a diamond in the rough interior lineman in the draft or free agency at a cap friendly rate, then have no words for you. 

You dont even have to find a diamond in the rough. You just draft the pro bowl center over the RB with a torn ACL, and use Maye and BC as starters or, like you said, cap friendly FA guards. Probably could have gotten a couple in the draft with the 2 5ths we used to trade up for Brooks too. 

[WhoKnows]

12 hours ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

The oline wasn't that bad the final drive (except Zavala on 2 plays). Bryce has terrible pocket presence and just steps/scrambles into the pass rush far too many times. And Zavala's bad blocking wouldn't have even been a problem on the 2 plays if Bryce checked it down to Chuba.

It's so weird that Bryce didn't try to check it down at all the last drive when that was pretty much all he did the previous 3 touchdown drives...

Bryce gets rattled easily, but the Cardinals were getting a ton of pressure. The OL was bad that drive.