The Core

[NJPanthers12]

What players do you consider the core of this team? What I mean by that what players do you think should be here for a while and are capable of being part of a Super Bowl team. Assume DeAngelo, Johnson, Davis, and Anderson are brought back, who are the players you feel are part of the core? To me it would be:

QB: Cam Newton

RB: DeAngelo Williams

RB: Jonathan Stewart

LT: Jordan Gross

C: Ryan Kalil

DE: Charles Johnson

WLB: Thomas Davis

MLB: Jon Beason

I think Sherrod Martin and Greg Hardy are capable of joining.

[Cat'sGrowl]

I think you spelled that one guy's name wrong.

[C47]

I think you spelled that one guy's name wrong.

Came Nootan right???

[Skew]

Before you consider someone a core player, shouldn't he actually have played a down for the team first?

Just saying.

[NJPanthers12]

He was drafted number 1, he is the QB, he is the face of the franchise. As of right now it is safe to say he is part of the core.

[Skew]

He was drafted number 1, he is the QB, he is the face of the franchise. As of right now it is safe to say he is part of the core.

If he breaks a leg in summer camp and is out for the season, at the end of the year, he still would have never contributed to this team at all and could never be considered a part of the core.

Just saying.

[NJPanthers12]

He is the number one pick of the draft, when the Panthers are thinking who is part of the core there definitly including Cam Newton.

If you don't agree with Cam then who is do you believe is the core?

[brandon_87]

He was drafted number 1, he is the QB, he is the face of the franchise. As of right now it is safe to say he is part of the core.

being drafted number 1 doesn't make you the face of the franchise.....

Russell

Long

Smith

Carr

list goes on, and on.... being number 1 overall just means more people are going to say " I told you so " when they are a bust, hopefully that's not us.

[C47]

being drafted number 1 doesn't make you the face of the franchise.....

Russell

Long

Smith

Carr

list goes on, and on.... being number 1 overall just means more people are going to say " I told you so " when they are a bust, hopefully that's not us.

Are you talking about Jake Long??

[brandon_87]

Are you talking about Jake Long??

yes, he may not be a bust, but he is not the face of the franchise

[C47]

yes, he may not be a bust, but he is not the face of the franchise

Hard for an OT to be a face of the franchise but I would say he's one of the top 5 LTS in the game. Definitely part of the core....

[brandon_87]

Hard for an OT to be a face of the franchise but I would say he's one of the top 5 LTS in the game. Definitely part of the core....

point is that dude said taking him at number 1 makes his the face of the franchise......:hurray:

[brandon_87]

I would say for now Smitty is the face of the franchise, Newton has to prove himself, I hope he does because I am a huge fan on mobile qb's

[C47]

point is that dude said taking him at number 1 makes his the face of the franchise......:hurray:

Well he is going to be the guy doing all the commercials and whose on all the billboards, that's for sure. But he will have to perform before he's considered the face of the franchise....that honor would belong to either Beason or Smitty atm. If he does perform though Cam will find himself in that spot sooner rather then later and he will certainly be part of the core. One step at a time though....