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So who is starting on D next year who is currently on the team?

DE: Charles Johnson

NT: Ron Edwards

UT:

DE: Greg Hardy

SLB: James Anderson

MLB: Jon Beason

WLB:

CB: Chris Gamble

SS: Charles Godfrey

FS:

CB:

That is my vote for returning starters. We will draft a starter on D in the top 10 this year. That leaves three starters we need to find along with depth.

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So who is starting on D next year who is currently on the team?

DE: Charles Johnson

NT:

UT:

DE:

SLB: James Anderson

MLB: Jon Beason

WLB:

CB: Chris Gamble

SS: Charles Godfrey

FS:

CB:

That is my vote for returning starters. We will draft a starter on D in the top 10 this year. That leaves three starters we need to find along with depth.

Fixed!

Everything else is up for grabs.

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Well its really early to make solid predictions. However, this is how I think it should look like:

OFFENSE:

WR1: Steve Smith - David Gettis - Kealoha Pilares

LT: Jordan Gross - Lee Ziemba

LG: Travelle Wharton

C: Ryan Kalil - Zack Williams

RG: Geoff Hangartner - Geoff Schwartz

RT: (FA/DP) - Byron Bell

TE: Greg Olsen - Jeremy Shockey - Gary Barnidge - Ben Hartsock

WR2: Brandon LaFell - Legadu Naanee

QB: Cam Newton - (FA/Anderson)

FB: Richie Brockel

RB: DeAngelo Williams - Jonathan Stewart - Josh Vaughan

DEFENSE:

LE: Greg Hardy- Thomas Keiser

DLT: Terrell McClain - Andre Neblett

DRT: Ron Edwards - (FA/DP) - Sione Fua

RE: Charles Johnson - Antwan Applewhite

SLB: James Anderson - Thomas Williams

MLB: Jon Beason - Omar Gaither

WLB: (FA/DP/Davis) - Jordan Senn - Jason Williams

LCB: Chris Gamble - Darius Butler - Brandon Hogan

RCB: (FA/DP) - Captain Munnerlyn

SS: Charles Godfrey - (FA/DP)

FS: (FA/DP) - (FA/DP/Nelson)

SPECIAL TEAMS:

K: (FA/DP)

P: (FA/DP)

KR: Kealoha Pilares

PR: (FA/DP)

LS: J.J. Jansen

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yeah we're basically looking at having to upgrade 4-6 starting spots on defense with no cap space and only 2 early draft picks

given that you'll probably see hardy keep his starting spot. also I wouldn't be surprised to see the panthers FO just crossing their fingers hoping edwards and davis can both return from injury and more or less just leave those positions as is.

there's only so much you can do in one offseason given the situation. we're not in a position to make a run at any decent FAs and it's highly unlikely some 4th-7th round rookie is going to come in and play at a starting level right away

hopefully we hit big on our first two picks, guys come back healthy and we can at least make some positive moves (restructures/cuts) to get our cap space in order for the future.

theres always moves you can make to improve the team i'm just not going to expect some major overhaul of the roster or a huge influx of talent

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I honestly don't think the secondary is the big problem. Martin has looked bad and we don't have a particularly strong CB corps but the true problem is we get gashed in the run and the line isn't getting to the QB. I still think the DT position has been a huge problem and the injuries at LB made it glaringly obvious.

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OFFENSE:

WR1: Steve Smith - David Gettis - Kealoha Pilares

LT: Jordan Gross - Lee Ziemba

LG: Travelle Wharton

C: Ryan Kalil - Zack Williams

RG: Geoff Hangartner - Geoff Schwartz

RT: (FA/DP) - Byron Bell

TE: Greg Olsen - Jeremy Shockey - Gary Barnidge - Ben Hartsock

WR2: Brandon LaFell - Legadu Naanee

QB: Cam Newton - (FA/Anderson)

FB: Richie Brockel

RB: DeAngelo Williams - Jonathan Stewart - Josh Vaughan

DEFENSE:

LE: Greg Hardy- Thomas Keiser

DLT: Terrell McClain - Andre Neblett

DRT: Ron Edwards - (FA/DP) - Sione Fua

RE: Charles Johnson - Antwan Applewhite

SLB: James Anderson - Thomas Williams

MLB: Jon Beason - Omar Gaither

WLB: (FA/DP/Davis) - Jordan Senn - Jason Williams

LCB: Chris Gamble - Darius Butler - Brandon Hogan

RCB: (FA/DP) - Captain Munnerlyn

SS: Charles Godfrey - (FA/DP)

FS: (FA/DP) - (FA/DP/Nelson)

SPECIAL TEAMS:

K: (FA/DP)

P: (FA/DP)

KR/PR: Kealoha Pilares

LS: J.J. Jansen

Agreed
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Fixed!

Everything else is up for grabs.

Hardy hasn't earnt a starting position?

Adjusted post game stats from ProFootballFocus excluding week 17:

Charles Johnson

10 Sacks

6 Hits

32 Pressures

1 Batted Pass

26 Tackles

26 Defensive Stops

Greg Hardy

4 Sacks

8 Hits

33 Pressures

8 Batted Passes

37 Tackles

29 Defensive Stops

Hardy needs to improve his run play, but I really am confused at why you move Johnson to RE when he was unreal against the run last year.

Comparing the two as pass rushers simply shows that they are just as effective as each other...

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Based off of talent, these are the only players who should have a starting spot.

DE - Johnson

SLB - Anderson

MLB - Beason

CB - Gamble

S - Godfrey

I like Hardy, but he's absolutely horrible in sealing the edge and has no discipline when it comes to defending his gap and responsibility. Which means he's a third down pass rushing specialist.

Now based on probability and so forth

You'll see Johnson, Hardy, Edwards, Anderson, Beason, Gamble, Hogan and Godfrey starting.

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