Antonio Garay on Boomer and Carton this AM..

[Ivan The Awesome]

Seems players want to come here now. Wish we had more money for sure. He's in my wants list.

[Actionman0z]

I wonder when we are going to start trying to re-do deals to get under the cap, so we can at least compete and not hamstring ourselves into doing something stupid at #9.

[rayzor]

Garray would be nice...if we didn't already essentially have him in Ron Edwards.

seems like garay is more of a UT in a NT's body. they are pretty different. edwards is more of the run stuffer/lane clogger while garay seems to be the guy who can put pressure on the QB. in fact he was one of the best DTs at getting pressure on the QB the last couple years. he's kind of like a jay ratliff type NT who can get to the QB regularly. not just a run stuffer or a guy that eats up blockers. he penetrates gaps and gets to the QB.

In 2010, Garay finally won a starting job. He played NT for the Chargers for the entire year, racking up 48 tackles and 5.5 sacks. He kept his job in 2011, chipping in 57 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

Our friends at Pro Football Focus graded Garay at +4.0 overall on the 2011 season. He received a +1.5 run defense grade and a +7.3 pass rushing grade. PFF also credited him for three sacks, six QB hits and 20 QB pressures. He missed four tackles on the season and was credited for 23 stops.

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in 2010 (with rivera) he had an even better year. he had 5.5 sacks and twice as many QB pressures as he had in '11.

of all the DL in '10 that had more than 40 tackles, garay was one of four (along with jared allen, vince wilfork, and sione pouha) with no broken tackles.

btw...i'm thinking we need some of this guy's attitude and flair on D.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I dunno if Castillo can play the 4-3 DT as much as I think Garay can.

For a good price this makes too much sense.

Um, I was under the impression that Castillo is a DE?

Also, anyone have a link to this interview? I've been looking and can't find jack.

[Clicheking]

Johnson, Garay, Edwards, Hardy. Add in Keiser, Mcclain, Fua, Neblitt, and a draft pick like Ingram or Coples in the 1st or Curry in the 2nd and I'm going to need some new underwear.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Found it.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/audio-on-demand/boomer-carton/#

Scroll down a bit. It's there.

[Dpantherman]

If he's cheap it doesn't matter. Low risk

[rayzor]

If he's cheap it doesn't matter. Low risk

the way it sounds the market and demand for him was going to be pretty small anyway. no one is expecting him to be all that expensive. it sounds like he just wants an opportunity to start or at least get a lot of PT and a legit shot at starting. he also sounds like he really wants to get back with rivera so he'd probably be pretty agreeable to any respectable contract offer. he's not someone that will require us breaking the bank for.

[mick eye]

If it happens i think it would be a good thing. Honestly would much rather have Edwards and Garay starting for us than our young guys or even our number 1 draft pick. Would love to concentrate our picks on upgrades for Capt, Sherrod and Hardy.

[Catweisers]

A decent pass rush would greatly improve the secondary IMO!! We got Hogan, he should be healthy too but he is more run stuffer than a coverage guy from what I have read bout him.

Sounds like Garay can get into back field and from the looks of him would invoke fear in the hearts of QB's every where!!!

GeterDone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jtnc]

Carton is such a douche.

[CRA]

didn't realize he had both the Chicago and Chargers ties. Might as well call him a Panther now.

[Icege]

They should offer him a contract where the team takes care of the Hello Kitty mobile, but he has to paint her Panthers colors

[CatMan72]

Like rayzor said, Garray is more of a UT while Edwards is an NT, so they could compliment each other nicely.

McClain and/or Fua may turn out to be great, but right now they are still unknown commodities and the rest of the guys we have are at best decent rotational players, so we need to keep an eye out for a another vet like this to get us over the hump while we continue to develop our young guys. Even if we draft a DT with the # 9 pick, you have to give the kid at least a year to get a clue, so we need vets like Garray (at a reasonable price) to span the gap.