Which Free Agent Addition Will Prove To Be The Best?

[panther4life]

my ranking

1.Mike Tolbert-FB from San Diego

2.Mike Pollack-Guard from Indy

3.Reggie Smith S-from San Fransico

4.Haruki Nakumara S- from Baltimore

5.Kenny Onatolu LB- from Minnesota

6.Chris Manno-WR from AFL??

Heres my take

Tolbert is the most recognizable name and best producer of the bunch, but don't know how much he'll see the field, but i'm sure Chud will come up with some good ideas.

Pollack adds good depth at guard and insurance if Silatolu can't start right away. Was probably signed with the intention of being a starter if we did not draft a guard.

Reggie Smith may be able to challenge Martin for the starting spot, at least take away Pugh's playing time.

Nakumara is hard to judge, he was stuck behind Ed Reed on the Ravens depth chart, but Rivera's latest remarks on him make him seem like more of a special teams addition.

Kenny Onatolu was signed for his special teams prowess. Only problem is we are stacked at LB, with Beason,Davis,Anderson,Kuechly,Senn,and Jason williams who was our top tackler on special teams last year. Do we go with lb's this year?

Manno-I just can't see him making the team at this point, but he will get his chance to shine in preseason and training camp.

[KillerKat]

1. Smith: Will take Martin's spot

2. Tolbert: Plays multiple positions and will start

3. Nakumara: Will rotate with the starters and improve ST

4. Onatolu: Will improve ST

5. Pollack: Will be good depth

Hoping Medlock gets added to this.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Should Edwards be included in this bunch? Kinda like a mulligan. I mean he didn't get to show what he's bringing to the table last year for obvious reasons.

[JawnyBlaze]

I pretty much agree with KK's list. I think Tolbert is the better player but Smith has a very good shot at starting, which automatically makes it a bigger impact signing in my opinion.

[XClown1986]

Nakamura will prove to be a better player than Reggie Smith. Bank on it.

[Marguide]

I like Smith a lot, and expect him to start.

Tolbert should do well in limited action.

[LinvilleGorge]

One of the safeties, I hope. We have to find someone better than Martin.

[PhillyB]

Nakamura will prove to be a better player than Reggie Smith. Bank on it.

is this your arbitrarily supported opinion or do you have concrete evidence or some sort of metric that suggests otherwise?

[PantherPhann89]

Hard to tell right now. Maybe we'll have a better guess after OTA's or/and Preseason.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

is this your arbitrarily supported opinion or do you have concrete evidence or some sort of metric that suggests otherwise?

Please find me concrete evidence of a prediction. Also, buy me some lotto tickets

[CatMan72]

I'd say Smith or Nakamura, only because our need at safety is so great.

I think Tolbert will have a great year, but the most noticeable improvement will be through the addition of Smith/Nakamura.

[Guest]

tolbert owns but while he'll prob be the best player from that group i'm thinking smith is going to have the biggest impact

[TopCat]

I see Manno being our hidden gem. Him and Cam already have great chemistry

Oh, and Medlock will start at kicker.

[Brokenbad]

Would anyone be opposed to seeing Luke K line up at safety for a few plays a game to help against the run? If Davis, Beason, and Anderson are all effective I would have no problem with it.