Ranking the NFC South offenses by postion groups for 2012

[panther4life]

QB'S

1.New Orleans(Brees)

2.Carolina(Cam)

3.Atlanta(Ryan)

4.Tampa(Freeman)

HB'S

1.Carolina(Stewart, Williams, Tolbert)

2.New Orleans(Sproles,Pierre Thomas, and Ingram)

3.Tampa (Leblount and Doug Martin)

4.Atlanta (Turner and Jacquizz Rodgers)

W.R'S.

1.Atlanata(Roddy White, Julio Jones, Henry Douglas, Eric Weems)

2.Tampa(V-JAX,Mike Williams, Preston Parker,Benn,and Briscoe)

3.New Orleans(Colston, Devery Henderson,and Lance Moore)

4.Carolina(Smith,Lafell,Gettis,Pilares, Adams, and Armanti)

T.E

1.New Orleans(Jimmy Graham)

2Atlanta(Tony Gonzales)

3.Carolina(Greg Olsen)

4.Tampa(Dallas Clark)

*2 and 3 could flip flop this year and for our sake I hope they do

O-line(Listed form left to right)

1.Carolina(Gross, Amini, Kalil,Hangman,Otah/Bell)

2.Tampa Bay(Penn,Nicks,Zuttah,Davin Joseph,Jeremy Youngblood)

3.New Orleans(Jermon Bushrod,Grubbs,,Brian Folkerts,Jahri Evans,Jamal Brown)

4. Atlanta (Sam Baker,Blalock/Manuai/Mcclure/Peter Konz/Tyson Clabo)

Hardest postion groups to try to predict at this point are W.R., Offensive Line.

W.R. was very tough because ATL does not have much depth behind White and Jones

Tampa's looks fierce now if Mike WIlliams can play as well as he did last year and the addition of V-

Jax. Plus Parker quietly did well for them last year too.

Outside of Smith what he have is largely uknown. Lafell is looking promising and then what do we have??

O-line is tough because I don't pay a ton of attention to other teams lines but I felt safe listing Atlana's last. New Orleans center and only one I saw listed on their website may kill them, and I believe Gross is the best LT in the division and same for Kalil at Center.

[CarolinaCatBrigade]

Anyone want to roll one up and smoke?

[Gallagher]

I think when you factor in Chris Ivory as well, NO might have a better stable of RBs than us, mostly because of Sproles. Also, I think WRs should go 1. ATL 2. NO 3. CAR 4. TB, even with V-Jax.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Don't worry, being last place in the division at WR is just an illusion (sarcastic overtone)

[GolfRasta]

I think when you factor in Chris Ivory as well, NO might have a better stable of RBs than us, mostly because of Sproles.

I call BS!! We have the best stable in the NFL....Hands down! I've heard an argument for Houston, but come on...Tolbert added to the mix? We'll be able to eat the hell out of the clock late in games. Keep Pounding!!

[Gallagher]

I call BS!! We have the best stable in the NFL....Hands down! I've heard an argument for Houston, but come on...Tolbert added to the mix? We'll be able to eat the hell out of the clock late in games. Keep Pounding!!

Not even. Homerism aside, I've got to hand it to SF. Frank Gore, Brandon Jacobs, Kendall Hunter and LaMichael James?! Then I'd put NO at 2 with Sproles, Thomas, Ivory and Ingram and then us at 3 with Williams, Stewart and Tolbert.

This is just RBs mind you. If you're talking about overall rushing attack including our QB, :cam:, then I'd say we're #1.

[Argus Plexus]

Not even. Homerism aside, I've got to hand it to SF. Frank Gore, Brandon Jacobs, Kendall Hunter and LaMichael James?! Then I'd put NO at 2 with Sproles, Thomas, Ivory and Ingram and then us at 3 with Williams, Stewart and Tolbert.

This is just RBs mind you. If you're talking about overall rushing attack including our QB, :cam:, then I'd say we're #1.

Yeah got to side with you there.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Not even. Homerism aside, I've got to hand it to SF. Frank Gore, Brandon Jacobs, Kendall Hunter and LaMichael James?! Then I'd put NO at 2 with Sproles, Thomas, Ivory and Ingram and then us at 3 with Williams, Stewart and Tolbert.

This is just RBs mind you. If you're talking about overall rushing attack including our QB, :cam:, then I'd say we're #1.

I would rather our situation or Houston over San Fran. Gore is amazing, and Hunter compliments him well, but Brandon Jacobs has been a dog baby as of late. I would take Williams/Stewart or Foster/Tate over Gore/Hunter because I don't think Hunter could be a feature back if Gore went down.

[GolfRasta]

I'm trying to put homerism to the side...but the way I look at it...D-Lo > Hunter, Tolbert > Jacobs, and I compare Gore and Stewart to one another giving the edge to Gore right now, but Stewart is younger and I don't even think we've seen the best of him yet. Gore is getting old. I think you may just be looking at fantasy stats here. I say comparing our 3 to their 3 (L. James aside)...I'd rather have our stable. Not to mention, you think we'll see all 3 of those SF backs on the field at the same time? Maybe they should, but our 3 backs on the field = dangerous!

As far as the NO argument...BS...maybe deeper? But not more talent.

Okay so maybe there is some homerism in my statement, but I can't help it damnit! I still believe we've got the strongest stable of backs!

[Gallagher]

I'm trying to put homerism to the side...but the way I look at it...D-Lo > Hunter, Tolbert > Jacobs, and I compare Gore and Stewart to one another giving the edge to Gore right now, but Stewart is younger and I don't even think we've seen the best of him yet. Gore is getting old. I think you may just be looking at fantasy stats here. I say comparing our 3 to their 3 (L. James aside)...I'd rather have our stable. Not to mention, you think we'll see all 3 of those SF backs on the field at the same time? Maybe they should, but our 3 backs on the field = dangerous!

As far as the NO argument...BS...maybe deeper? But not more talent.

Okay so maybe there is some homerism in my statement, but I can't help it damnit! I still believe we've got the strongest stable of backs!

See the weakest part of your argument is "LaMichael James aside". Maybe I'm biased as a PAC 12 fan, but I think that kid is going to be great. Plus he, like Sproles, is a legit Scat Back which we don't have unless we put Joe Adams in the backfield or use Smitty on the end-around.

[jtnc]

Not even. Homerism aside, I've got to hand it to SF. Frank Gore, Brandon Jacobs, Kendall Hunter and LaMichael James?! Then I'd put NO at 2 with Sproles, Thomas, Ivory and Ingram and then us at 3 with Williams, Stewart and Tolbert.

This is just RBs mind you. If you're talking about overall rushing attack including our QB, :cam:, then I'd say we're #1.

Ingram is unproven and he has shown nothing except he's injury prone.

[rodeo]

Not even. Homerism aside, I've got to hand it to SF. Frank Gore, Brandon Jacobs, Kendall Hunter and LaMichael James?! Then I'd put NO at 2 with Sproles, Thomas, Ivory and Ingram and then us at 3 with Williams, Stewart and Tolbert.

This is just RBs mind you. If you're talking about overall rushing attack including our QB, :cam:, then I'd say we're #1.

How many NFL records does the Saints* RB stable hold?

Homerism has the opposite of the stated affect on Panther fans opinions of our backfield. People don't want the label so they underestimate, when statistically our RBs rank with the greatest hall of famers of all time.

[PhillyB]

not going to attempt to rank our RB stable until we see tolbert in action.

if he turns out to be phenomenal then we'll probably be number one.

[rodeo]

Our backfield is better than the Saints* without him.