Veteran Free Agents at Positions of Need

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Well… I for one am surprised with how the draft has played out thus far and imagine I am not alone. Likely to take some cap maneuvering to make it happen, but who is still out there in the veteran free agent market that could fill some positions of need? Talking LB, Nickel, CB Depth, Safety, Center. Would have bet it all that we would have addressed at least one of those positions in the first three rounds. I still think Trevin, Chau, and Nick Scott are best suited as rotational depth pieces. Not thrilled with the FA center addition after losing Cade Mays, either. 

Edited yesterday at 03:31 AM by OnlyPantherFaninMaine

[TheSpecialJuan]

TE David Njoku

[frankw]

Definitely understand the Nick Scott concerns and general pessimism about the safety position but I have to imagine it will be addressed more adequately next year.

I figured Njoku had long been signed as a free agent. Are the injury concerns scaring teams off?

[raleigh-panther]

I believe they are happy with the TE room

cant fix everything in the draft or in one draft and the panthers have had little talent since 2016

they simply stuck to the best premier positions of need to what was available to them

In the world of draft position, cap and contract management, dealing with aging and/or injured players, whose true status we do not know, they filled gaps and looked ahead to what that means for the money to pay a qb.

after qb, the next premier position is OT and they have a lot of questions there that they hopefully now have a mitigation plan to handle..with  o true depth behind either, they did what they had to do.  Had Freeling not been there, different pick.

they filled the void of DT with the departure of Robinson 

they got a speed guy who hopefully ,can take the top off a d/or play slot a lot better than.XL…and also fills a void if they can’t pay Coker next year 

will it wall workout, who knows but they had a plan and pivoted 

I know some of it is disappointing but football is built  by the lines and that is what the best teams do

[TD alt]

7 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

TE David Njoku

If Morgan is honest, TE by committee hasn't been optimal. It's been too long since a legit TE has been in Charlotte. This is a position that has not been adequately addressed since before Dan was the GM. 

[Soul Rebel]

7 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

TE David Njoku

Came in here to say the same. 
 

Our room is full of day 3 young guys. Let’s get a true vet in here.

1 hour ago, frankw said:

I figured Njoku had long been signed as a free agent. Are the injury concerns scaring teams off?

I’m guessing he priced himself high when FA started and nobody wanted to meet him at his $$ amount.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, frankw said:

Definitely understand the Nick Scott concerns and general pessimism about the safety position but I have to imagine it will be addressed more adequately next year.

We've been saying this about FS for 20 years.

[h0llywood]

Joey Bosa and Bobby Wagner. We always need an aging veteran presence on their final leg to coach the kids

[KillerKat]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We've been saying this about FS for 20 years.

We`ve been saying it ever since Deon Grant left. We have had some good SS since then, but FS has been absolute dogshit for over 2 decades.

[frankw]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We've been saying this about FS for 20 years.

Valid. But our season isn't hinging on Safety regardless. We could draft two Safetys and it wouldn't help improve the 27th passing offense.

[LinvilleGorge]

56 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

We`ve been saying it ever since Deon Grant left. We have had some good SS since then, but FS has been absolute dogshit for over 2 decades.

Bingo. For some reason we've always been perfectly happy to field two SS types. I've longed forever for a legit over the top sideline to sideline FS. The options that gives you with the rest of your defense having that safety valve over the top (literally the reason the position is called "safety"). You can be confident to be so much more aggressive with your other 10 guys.

[LinvilleGorge]

32 minutes ago, frankw said:

Valid. But our season isn't hinging on Safety regardless. We could draft two Safetys and it wouldn't help improve the 27th passing offense.

We're stuck with an anemic passing offense as long as we're stuck with Bryce. It just is what it is.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Yea it's definitely mind boggling we've made it through 4 rounds of the draft and initial rounds of FA and Nick Scott is STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL our projected starter at FS. Don't see a world where that should be considered acceptable and seems very negligent by the FO and Defensive coaching staff. I'd be screaming for an upgrade