I find this article by Mike Florio pretty funny.

[philw5289]

ryan matthews is made out of glass lol. And Dwill is worth way more than a 3rd rounder

[Carolinaboy1979]

bath salts at 630 am?

That's hilarious!

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

tauren poole for a first

We can't trade TP, more upside than Williams

[thefuzz]

so?

i swear people talk like that's something to be embarrassed about or like it's a bad thing. it's an incredible strength (one of several) of this team that is being built around, as it should.

Actually it is a little embarrassing when you discuss football with educated fans of other teams.

When they ask this question. Why when it has not proven to be a successful model in Carolina does your GM continue to invest so much into the running back position?

Logical question, that you cannot back up with wins.

[rayzor]

Actually it is a little embarrassing when you discuss football with educated fans of other teams.

When they ask this question. Why when it has not proven to be a successful model in Carolina does your GM continue to invest so much into the running back position?

Logical question, that you cannot back up with wins.

when have they had a QB that could be relied on the way cam is? when have they spent so much attention on the passing game? how many WRs do they have on the roster right now?

it hasn't worked because we didn't have a coach that believed in a balanced offense the way we do right now.

to some, the way to create balance is to take away from the strength of one area so that another can be built up. i don't see that as being necessary. in fact i see that as being detrimental. we have an elite RB corps and what looks like could become the best running game in the history of the league and the fact that this is a "passing league" now doesn't matter. defenses are trying to focus their efforts and personnel decisions on stopping the passing game leaving them exposed to power run games...but that's aside from the point i'm making.

my solution to making the team balanced is to raise up other areas to the level the run game is. i'm thinking that they have pretty close to the WR corps they need to have just as effective and as much as this is turning/has turned into a passing league, it's also becoming a spread offense league. if you look at the model of the spread offenses that are succeeding, they are doing it by consistently spreading the ball out to several players. you can do more with more options. you don't need to have elite players catching the ball the way you might with the run game. you just need to have solid targets that can get open, catch the ball, and a QB and scheme that gets them all involved.

having that balance also involves being better on defense and special teams. i am a believer that you don't have to take away from one area to build another. you draft right and develop players. you get the defense built up the same way the offense was.

i'm also believing that much of the reason we didn't have the success we should have had was because of the coaching staff. they were far too loyal to older players and didn't allow for a lot of competition. they were also inflexible in the way they managed games. they weren't able to adapt to changes in teams or in the league or even in games. a probably bigger one was in their complacency. they were comfortable just being ok or just better than average. there was no desire to be the best. i have to admit that in the last few fox years i was a bit embarrassed because of how the team was being run. those days are over now.

back on topic, though, williams and stewart is here. might as well keep them and keep the RB corps at the level they are. so they added tolbert. dude just fell into the teams lap and it's not like he cost them much and it's not like they are just expecting him to play FB. he is a FB, but he's also doing much more than that and just provides the offense with more options. they took advantage of an opportunity that they would have been foolish to pass up.

[thefuzz]

I think that you are missing the point I am making about balance.

That is a word that you used quite a bit in that last post.

We are out of balance. Having this many draft picks and this much money tied up at the RB position puts us out of balance.

I don't think that many of you understand this.

[panther4life]

I think that you are missing the point I am making about balance.

That is a word that you used quite a bit in that last post.

We are out of balance. Having this many draft picks and this much money tied up at the RB position puts us out of balance.

I don't think that many of you understand this.

When we drafted Stewart nobody said it was a dumb idea, him and Williams carried us through that season(our last time in the playoffs btw).

He was drafted under a total different mind set and offensive strategy. Fox loved to run the ball so we got 2 horses to do so.

Fast foward to when we re-signed D-will it made plenty of since, as I stated earlier here...

Heres some distrubing facts for some of you. Please keep in mind hindsight is 20/20

When we signed D-will nobody-

1nobody had a clue that Cam would be the passing threat that he is.

2.Steve Smith was not commited to being on this team at that point either

3.Greg Olsen was not on the team

4.There was no gurantee Lafell would step up the way he did.

(these points are made to show you that we had no gurantee of being such a passing threat of a team and wanted insurance in such case)

5.Mike Tolbert was not on this team, nor did we know he'd sign so cheap.

These can't be proved as a fact but any reasonable minds would agree

-When we signed D-will, no free agents worth a poo wanted to come here and we would have had to grossly overpay those that already got overpaid in free agency to join this team.

-Nobody knows if Stewart will re-sign or what he will cost either.

[thefuzz]

I have no problem in the world re-signing DWill.

He should have been signed for much less money though.

He is paid like a top 5 back, and used as a backup.

You guys are almost too homerish to talk to.

Secondly, I like Stew, and DWill, but drafting as many RB's and LB's as Hurney has since he has been here is utterly foolish.

[csx]

When we drafted Stewart nobody said it was a dumb idea, him and Williams carried us through that season(our last time in the playoffs btw).

He was drafted under a total different mind set and offensive strategy. Fox loved to run the ball so we got 2 horses to do so.

Fast foward to when we re-signed D-will it made plenty of since, as I stated earlier here...

Yes they did. A lot of people did. It has nothing to do with not liking Stewart.

[panther4life]

Yes they did. A lot of people did. It has nothing to do with not liking Stewart.

Well I am happy and glad we have all 3 of them on the team, at whatever cost that mayb be. Sorry you can't be as well.

[thefuzz]

Well I am happy and glad we have all 3 of them on the team, at whatever cost that mayb be. Sorry you can't be as well.

I am stoked that we have 3 Left Guards on the team that are high price/first rounders......DEPTH....Superbowl.....to hell with the defense....you win by scoring points.....i like runningbacks on my fantasy team......Cam cam cam cam cam cam.....

[panther4life]

I am stoked that we have 3 Left Guards on the team that are high price/first rounders......DEPTH....Superbowl.....to hell with the defense....you win by scoring points.....i like runningbacks on my fantasy team......Cam cam cam cam cam cam.....

LOL

Yes because LG'S are comparable to RB'S in the way they rotate. Your sarcasm and your argument are both equally as weak. I really do hate it for you that your own team makes you so miserable. As a fellow fan I did my duty to help you see the light and the reasoning behind these personel moves but your much happier being miserable.

[MasterAwesome]

The Chargers aren't going to spend that much money trading for a franchise running back when they already have one on the roster. They'll most likely just try to get by with what they have until Mathews comes back...or maybe sign a serviceable free agent. We're probably the only team in the league with two featured backs on the roster (maybe Houston too, but I wouldn't consider Tate quite proven yet). If Mathews proves he just can't stay healthy then they'll probably address the running back position in the draft, but I don't see them doing anything drastic this year.

[DawgzLife]

Glad we locked JStew up, so the dumb comments don't continue from these 'experts' that think we'll trade him every time a RB gets hurt.