Please Reassure Me Our Fo Is Gonna Trade J.stew

[Arnie]

I wish people would get off this trade Stewart nonsense.

Yes, Tolbert can play RB but he will most likely be used as the Fullback.

The holes can be filled without getting rid of Stewart.

A-Muthafuggin-Men!!

[pantherclaw]

Find it amazing how people want to sbip off our best runningback.

Xojmt me as one that hopes that Stew remains a Panther.

[Disinfranchised]

The Panthers need to keep Stewart. The offense is good. Don't fug wid it.

[MadHatter]

Find it amazing how people want to sbip off our best runningback.

Xojmt me as one that hopes that Stew remains a Panther.

I don't think anyone on here WANTS to get rid of Stew. We just look at the situation and realize that it is not likely to sign him long-term after the DWill contract. We can debate whether DWill should have gotten that contract.....and most would say no.

But, that ship has sailed and we are where we are.

I personally would take Stew over DWilll in a heartbeat. However, I am also in the camp that says signing him long-term at the end of the season is not likely and quite frankly would not be smart.

This is a passing league now and tying up $16-20M of cap space (15% of the Cap) in the RB position is not wise.

If we can get a 2nd for him, we should ABSOLUTELY make the trade. A 3rd and it is a more difficult decision.

[WilmyWood]

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[j2sgam]

Why would we trade one of the top 5 weapons in our offense? Tolbert could be a top 10 weapon, but he hasnt earned top 5 here yet. it just doesnt make sense...

2x 2nds maybe, but just a 2nd for Stew? Ludacris, and Im not talkin about the rapper...

Can we get all these 'trade Stew' threads merged, please?

[csx]

The browns need a RB and we need the #4 spot to get clairborne. Hopefully the FO can connect the dots

The first dot says that such a trade is not remotely realistic.

[csx]

Why would we trade one of the top 5 weapons in our offense? Tolbert could be a top 10 weapon, but he hasnt earned top 5 here yet. it just doesnt make sense...

2x 2nds maybe, but just a 2nd for Stew? Ludacris, and Im not talkin about the rapper...

Can we get all these 'trade Stew' threads merged, please?

I certainly hope that Tolbert would rank higher than more than one of our offensive linemen as a weapon.

[rayzor]

we now have the most lethal backfield in the NFL. could end up being the most lethal ever.

build around what we have. get a defense that doesn't suck and keep building our WR corps and improve the Oline as needed and there won't be many teams who could stand in the panthers way.

build on and around your strengths.

[CRA]

Tolbert was signed as a FB and the only way you trade Stewart is if he isnt going to sign a long term deal.

P.S. whole=/=hole

Tolbert can do more things in this offense than DeAngelo. Williams

is a better runner.....Tolbert with his overall skill set is pretty dang good. Tolbert is not Brad Hoover

and won't be used as such.

Stewart will sign a big fat deal.....not a matter of will he do it. Carolina will try to get him to take less and that is why they have been trying to talk.....Stewart wont talk bc he wants his big payday and that doesn't set itself up until after this year. He is better than Williams in this offense....and he and his agent know to wait until after this season to talk and they will talk big dollars

[MadHatter]

we now have the most lethal backfield in the NFL. could end up being the most lethal ever.

build around what we have. get a defense that doesn't suck and keep building our WR corps and improve the Oline as needed and there won't be many teams who could stand in the panthers way.

build on and around your strengths.

Hard to "build" in all of those areas when you tie up 15% of your total Cap Space in the RB postion....that is the issue.

Under a salary cap, hard decisions must be made. Sometimes you have to sacrifice in an area of great strength to improve in other areas.

[pantherclaw]

Let me know when that happens.

[CRA]

we now have the most lethal backfield in the NFL. could end up being the most lethal ever.

build around what we have. get a defense that doesn't suck and keep building our WR corps and improve the Oline as needed and there won't be many teams who could stand in the panthers way.

build on and around your strengths.

Impossible to be awesome everywhere.....so if you choose to build an uber backfield you accept the fact you won't be ideally strong somewhere. What positions do you think in today's NFL we can be weak at and still win consistently.

[csx]

I wonder if the same people who are talking about building the greatest running team of blah blah blah are the same that claimed early last season that it's a passing league and you don't need a strong running game to win.

It's like whatever the Panther have is the secret to winning despite the pesky fact that we aren't winning yet.