Rush-to-Judgment after Week One

[PantherFanForLife]

If Deangelo is untradable due to his contract, then yes, I would part with Stewart and think Carolina should part with him in a heart beat if they have the opportunity to exchange for a great O-man, either through a straight trade or use the cash to straight up buy one.

I believe that would improve this run game the most.

PS: I'm not sure what you're debating there. I'm not debating contract extensions or made any mention of Jake.

[CRA]

Yeah we can,. We can get bigger, ideally younger, less injury prone guys to replace a couple of ours.

Getting bigger and younger won't change the numbers being thrown at our OL.

Still too early to give up on Otah. He is too good when on the field. Gotta give him this season still IMO to show up. I don't think Rivera is going to let guys milk injuries. I think that is why he specifically praised Otah after the game.

[CRA]

If Deangelo is untradable due to his contract, then yes, I would part with him and think Carolina should part with him in a heart beat if they have the opportunity to exchange for a great O-man, either through a straight trade or use the cash to straight up buy one.

I believe that would improve this run game the most.

PS: I'm not sure what you're debating there. I'm not debating contract extensions or made any mention of Jake.

I don't follow....if Williams is untradeable you would trade him?

The think that will improve our run game.....is to develop an effective passing attack and have defenses change the numbers they devote to stopping the run.

GB will run on us Sunday. They won't run on us b/c we suck at stopping it. They will run with their average RBs on us with there average run blocking OL....b/c we can't devote more numbers to stopping like they can to us.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

it's possible that the shortened offseason hurt williams more than it helped, and he may need a few games to get into the groove...

...but as an avid stewart fan, from what i've seen from his body language and patience on sunday, the kid is primed and ready.

carolina needs to take advantage of it.

[rodeo]

If we trade one there is a 100% chance that the one we kept will get injured.

[PantherFanForLife]

I don't follow....if Williams is untradeable you would trade him?

The think that will improve our run game.....is to develop an effective passing attack and have defenses change the numbers they devote to stopping the run.

GB will run on us Sunday. They won't run on us b/c we suck at stopping it. They will run with their average RBs on us with there average run blocking OL....b/c we can't devote more numbers to stopping like they can to us.

No. I'm saying if Williams is untradeable I would then have no choice but to trade Stew. Common sense, no?

[PantherFanForLife]

If we trade one there is a 100% chance that the one we kept will get injured.

There's 100% chance Otah is already hurt. I gave this team 3 games for one of our O-men to get hurt this year. Turns out that was being generous.

No way they stay healthy for the remainder of the season either, and we have nada as far as depth. Nothing.

[MaineManPanther]

In 2009 Stewart gave up seven Qb disruptions (sacks, hits, pressures) as opposed to Williams four ,while playing less snaps.

In 2010 you can't really compare as Williams had much fewer snaps compared to Stewart. Jonathan gave up six and was once again in the lower half in pass blocking.

Stewart did perform better then Williams last week. But has never showed he is clearly the better blocker or even a general good one. Maybe that has changed this year, but one game is not enough to base a opinion on.

[CRA]

If we trade one there is a 100% chance that the one we kept will get injured.

we have taken the risk of having 1 WR in passing league for years now......

we have been playing with no names and simply bad players on the DL for years now with no signifcant attempts to improve there.....

I think we have been gambling in a lots of places that are far more risky personally.

[PantherFanForLife]

we have taken the risk of having 1 WR in passing league for years now......

we have been playing with no names and simply bad players on the DL for years now with no signifcant attempts to improve there.....

I think we have been gambling in a lots of places that are far more risky personally.

Agreed.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

Stewart did perform better then Williams last week. But has never showed he is clearly the better blocker or even a general good one. Maybe that has changed this year, but one game is not enough to base a opinion on.

it was enough to convince the coaching staff to use stewart more than williams in pass protection as the game went on.

[MaineManPanther]

it was enough to convince the coaching staff to use stewart more than williams in pass protection as the game went on.

Of course, they went with who was finding more success in that specific game. Stewart was, but thats not necessarily indicative of their overall opinion of them as pass blockers.

[Carolina Fan]

Williams legs look alot smaller than previous years iv noticed.... but hes still a pro-bowl running back

[panthers55]

Arizona stacked the box and blitzed making newton beat them with the pass. Green Bay will play all kind of funky zones which are best attacked with the run. Expect both backs to get plenty of carries on Sunday. Before saying we need to get rid of one or the other back, how many times have we gone through a season with both of them totally healthy. What happened with Arizona will not be the norm but the exception.

Williams is very good in space once he clears the line. Stewart is better running between the tackles. But lets not forget that Williams has averaged 5 yards a rush in his career and 8 yards a reception. Not too shabby.