S Fowler Coker in, Legette out as wr2

[Donald LaFell]

I didn’t realize he was still number 2 lol 

[strato]

5 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

I didn’t realize he was still number 2 lol 

was is right. 

[kungfoodude]

14 minutes ago, strato said:

Let it out, you will feel better. I don’t have that passion for poo like that. Only shitty QBs. 
But if I tell you again why they took him over McConkey, people will again deny it. You might. It was always “mental gymnastics to defend Morgan” so I could just skip that and go directly jabbing needles into my eyes. 
It was Bryce related and specifically Bryce and AT related and instant results related. It was not done with any kind of long term planning in mind. That’s courtesy of the owner IMDAO. 

I don't agree with that. McConkey was clearly the far better match for Bryce. They just had this idea of having a big, athletic X receiver to blow the top off. Unfortunately, he has almost zero ability to do that.

[csx]

From a snap counts percentage this started a while back. Though it became more pronounced last few weeks.  

Still limited by Bryce and play calling

[strato]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I don't agree with that. McConkey was clearly the far better match for Bryce. They just had this idea of having a big, athletic X receiver to blow the top off. Unfortunately, he has almost zero ability to do that.

And they didn’t want to drop AT. They thought they could add to him. 
But the pressure was on for weapons. 

Edited January 9 by strato

[carolinanimal]

17 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I really, really agree with this. Why do you have a big, athletic guy with reach competing with the sidelines when he could do a better job in the center of the field or running the opposite seam to the TE?

 

we really dont throw those routes very often. if you look at most of BY throws they are underneath or to the boundaries. 

[rhyslloyd]

We may very well witness his last game as a Panther tomorrow, and I’m more than ok with that. 

[Khyber53]

1 hour ago, carolinanimal said:

we really dont throw those routes very often. if you look at most of BY throws they are underneath or to the boundaries. 

Maybe getting a big receiver out there that can be seen over the o-line might change that a bit...

[PanthersNCSU]

Chiefs, Bills, Cowboys...whoever wants XL, come get him. 

[Jay Roosevelt]

19 hours ago, strato said:

He missed a lot of time. Was slow getting back up to speed. And we have an offense that is not exactly WR friendly so his targets were low. 
How many targets does anyone get when you have 120 yards passing, 54 yards passing, 160 yards, most of the time? It probably took the time it needed to take.

True, but I think XL would have gotten the nod even if Coker had never gotten hurt. They seemed to have him pegged as playing the slot IIRC. That was never the right move, IMO.

 

19 hours ago, CBDellinger said:

what are they gonna get?  a 2048 7th rounder?

Just keep him, hes cheap, maybe he can become something.  Prob not but they are not gonna get anything for him so might as well be patient and see if the light comes on.  Sometimes WRs to figure it out in year 3.

I'm fine with keeping him as a 4th/5th WR for depth purposes if all we can get is like a 7th rounder or something. But he is a recent 1st round pick and still has the physical tools so it's possible a team that liked him coming out of the draft will be willing to give up a 4th, 5th or 6th.

Remember, we managed to get a 4th rounder for Jonathan Mingo.

[carolinanimal]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

Maybe getting a big receiver out there that can be seen over the o-line might change that a bit...

Whose gonna see over the oline to see him? . That we would have to be Shaq

Seriously though, I think we need a playmaking TE. And a QB willing to throw the slant,post and dig

[NorthTryon]

12 hours ago, strato said:

Let it out, you will feel better. I don’t have that passion for poo like that. Only shitty QBs. 
But if I tell you again why they took him over McConkey, people will again deny it. You might. It was always “mental gymnastics to defend Morgan” so I could just skip that and go directly jabbing needles into my eyes. 
It was Bryce related and specifically Bryce and AT related and instant results related. It was not done with any kind of long term planning in mind. That’s courtesy of the owner IMDAO. 

That is my gripe. Ladd would struggle here too with our QB limitations. He is playing with Warren Moon, with Joe Gibbs as coach, compared to what our WRs deal with. People will say this in another thread and then immediately come back to flip out in a Legette thread. I've seen XL be open haven taken the top off a two high safety look and there is just no way that Bryce can or will make that throw. The same people still talking about Ladd should might as well keep bringing up Stroud. Moreso than him being this brainless moron, I feel like there is no place for XL here with this QB. His 90yds in the Atlanta game and his small sample size of play with Dalton proves the guy isn't useless. A lot of things would look a lot different for a lot of people in our organization if the signal caller was different. Since it isn't, XL is just one more thing for guys to be mad at. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

This is the right decision for now.  I still believe XL can be a very good receiver for this team, but he needs a QB with better ball placement.  He doesn't have the hands to make the circus catches that are required to bail Bryce Young out.    

[Khyber53]

22 minutes ago, carolinanimal said:

Whose gonna see over the oline to see him? . That we would have to be Shaq

Seriously though, I think we need a playmaking TE. And a QB willing to throw the slant,post and dig

Can't argue with you there.