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Panthers pick up another CB

rayzor

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rayzor Grand Master

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a 6'2 218lb rookie from Johnson C Smith named Reggie Sullivan.

what? never heard of him? neither have i. doesn't matter much that i can tell. got him just before OTAs start wednesday morning.

gantt had a little article about him and he didn't know much about him either but gantt did make one very interesting observation....

He's the 29th rookie on the roster, which is believed to be most the team has carried since the first two years of franchise history. The roster currently stands at 79 signed players, which doesn't include Peppers or any of the seven draft picks.

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2 things:

1) first time there has been this many rookies on the roster since the franchise started...new day? or just an odd one?

2) 79 signed players. we have room for 83, right? are we going to bring more in, it looks like there is room for a couple more. and how do we have 79 signed?

oh yeah, if you know anything about this guy, sullivan, that got brought in feel free to let us know. i don't think i have even heard of the school that he went to. johnson c smith?

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He's another versatile player that plays WR/DB, not sure on KR. Has a couple YouTube videos, in which his results are better or just in top compared to players at combine. Mostly likely what had gotten the panthers attention.

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http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=j32messing&view=videos

Also he was either signed or played Arena Football for Tennessee Valley Vipers

http://www.af2.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3525&ATCLID=3636547&ISWIDE=1

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When you don't have a great deal of money to play with, you have to widen your net a bit. Maybe the Peppers contract situation turns out to be a blessing in disguise and we find a few diamonds in the rough because of it.

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This has to be a thrill for this kid. The local NFL team has given him a chance. He gets to wear an official jersey, bang pads with real NFL stars over the summer plus get several thousand dollars to boot. You gotta love it for him.

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This has to be a thrill for this kid. The local NFL team has given him a chance. He gets to wear an official jersey, bang pads with real NFL stars over the summer plus get several thousand dollars to boot. You gotta love it for him.
true...he's gotten further than most people who want to play football. pretty cool for him.

RUDY! RUDY!

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Never heard of him, but after watching some of his vids on youtube, the guy certainly looks very athletic. 6'2", 220lb range with 4.3 speed to boot....he would be a HUGE CB/Safety if he can make it. Aren't most in the league aroun 6' or so?

Heart + guts + athletic ability is a good recipe to have when you wanna earn a job on an NFL team.

I wish him the best. I like what I see.

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man there are some good CB vets on the market..everybody knows how fox likes his vets..this just shows are cap situation

So very true but like another poster said, maybe we have found a couple of future stars that no one else has spotted.

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man there are some good CB vets on the market..everybody knows how fox likes his vets..this just shows are cap situation
he likes his vets, not necessarily other people's vets. by far most of the starters on the panthers are people they drafted unlike most teams in the league. with the exception of QB, fox prefers to build through the draft and, apparently, though rookie FAs.

don't read too much more into this than what there really is. i don't think that they think they found a star in the making or that they are necessarily hoping for that. they needed an extra body for drills and OTAs. if you can go cheap, why wouldn't you?

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THis is great from the standpoint of finding lots of talent and then culling out the chaff from the wheat. Best of all is that whoever we sign will be cheap.

I know the cap has something to do with it but it also seems to be an extention of how they are now doing business. Last year we stockpiled OL and found Vincent. This year we are stockpiling WR/DBs in hopes of finding a few good men to return kicks and run to the ball. The emphasis seems to be on increasing team speed first. I guess Meeks figures he can teach technique but he can't teach speed and athleticism.

I like the idea of bringing in lots of cheap players instead of high priced free agents who don't always pan out.

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