What Injured Player From 2011 Will Have The Biggest Impact In 2012?

[bLACKpANTHER]

What injured player from 2011 will have the biggest impact in 2012?

[Keep Pounding]

Beason, Edwards, Gettis, Davis, and then Otah.. that is my rankings for each selection......

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Beason. Do not count out Gettis, Otah, and Hogan, however.

[mwright350]

Beason - easy. Our D overall was terrible last year but all of the surrounding units were made worse than they would have been by the carnage at LB (easily our strongest defensive unit when healthy IMO).

Getting Beason back (who I trust more than TD to actually come back from his injury) will go lightyears towards solidifying the middle of the field...which will have an effect on the entire defensive unit.

[firstdayfan]

If he stays healthy all year then it's Otah...the offensive line is much better with him.

[CRA]

Ron Edwards and Beason are probably a tie. Beason won't be 100% and DT was so bad Ron's decent play should be glaring.

[HeatCheck]

Either Beason or Gettis. I voted Gettis but I could see both having an equal impact, just cautious about Beason. You know if Gettis performs like he did his rookie season coupled with the fact that he is playing with Cam, will only increase his impact.

I don't trust Otah and don't see how much more of an impact he could make. The OL mistakes at times gets covered up by Newton's ability to extend plays.

Edwards, I am sure, will make a difference but I think DTs rotate so much that I couldn't vote him.

Davis is just too much of a question mark for me but I am sure everyone hopes he can at least stay on the field.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

It is easily Otah..he would make the like deep and offer a Pro Bowl run destroyer which would make us even more dominant on offense.

Gettis would have to exceed the Legadu stats which I think Lafell will get..Hopefully Gettis is ready to go.

i just dont see Thomas Davis making it...after game 1 i was so excited and then heartbroken seeing him carted off.

Edwards is a close second...we need all the help up the middle.

[SuperMan]

It is easily Otah..he would make the like deep and offer a Pro Bowl run destroyer which would make us even more dominant on offense.

Gettis would have to exceed the Legadu stats which I think Lafell will get..Hopefully Gettis is ready to go.

i just dont see Thomas Davis making it...after game 1 i was so excited and then heartbroken seeing him carted off.

Edwards is a close second...we need all the help up the middle.

The injury TD suffered vs GB was a contact injury, it was different that the first two tears, he also had a different style of surgery this time.

[panthers55]

If he is healthy and motivated in a contract year it would be Otah. I would give Beason the nod if I thought it was going to be the old Beason but I am resigned that it will take at least this year for him to adjust to his achilles injury.

[caatfan]

The injury TD suffered vs GB was a contact injury, it was different that the first two tears, he also had a different style of surgery this time.

Don't get my hopes up man.

[CRA]

The injury TD suffered vs GB was a contact injury, it was different that the first two tears, he also had a different style of surgery this time.

Which makes his knee even worse.... odds much worse

[SuperMan]

I didn't say I think he will stay healthy just that I hope so, I want Zach Brown as Insurance.

[KittyLover]

I hope at the end of the season we can all say Thomas Davis. If I have to watch that man go down in a game again I will lose it. Tough to watch. Most likely it will be Beason. Good Luck TD!