Dominant Secondary

[Cpt slay a ho]

Godfrey sucks.....Panther fans have had this weird campaign trying to convince themselves he doesn't for years now

When he goes out....we have always improved

 

i have yet to see anyone stick up for the guy IMO, as of the last couple of years he's been solid. Guys said the same thing about gamble last year

[pantherclaw]

While a strong front seven helps the backend,

The seconday still has to do their job, or the front seven doesn't hit home.

[TNPanther]

How much of a cap penalty does Godfrey have if he is cut at season's end?

At this point it's clear that the trio of Lester/Mikell/Mitchell gets the job done much, much better.

Sent from my SGH-T999

[wine-o and cheese-doodle]

The Bills dink and dunked their way to victory over us and on the last drive they did it by repeating the same play. That was pitiful.

[MadHatter]

You guys are hilarious.

huddle complains when the media says negative things about the panthers...then complains when the write positive things about the panthers.

[CarolinaCoolin]

Not to be a bummer but we haven't played any good passing offenses outside of Seattle, so I think it's hard to judge how good this secondary is. But we're going to see SF, NE and ATL soon enough, by then we'll have a great idea where they stand.

Seattle and SF are run first teams. We have faced passing offenses in NYG and ARI. ATL won't be a big deal because they don't have their two receivers.

[CelticCat]

http://q.usatoday.com/2013/10/18/best-secondaries-nfl/

Lol. I had to post it.

They've played well overall but it has a lot more to do with the 7 guys in front of them. Good to see them, and the team, get some recognition.

 

So basically all our points given up are being given up by the secondary. no rushing scores allowed.

 

Carolina is #1 in total yards given up, #2 in points given up (KC 65) and #2 in points given up per game.

 

If we keep that up and don't make the playoffs I'll be a little PO'd.

[CRA]

i have yet to see anyone stick up for the guy IMO, as of the last couple of years he's been solid. Guys said the same thing about gamble last year

People have been claiming he was a good S for some time...

Gamble was good CB.

[CRA]

The Bills dink and dunked their way to victory over us and on the last drive they did it by repeating the same play. That was pitiful.

Out scheme in general gives teams the dink

and dunk.....and we greatly give it up in prevent.

We are suppose to limit the dinks and hope they gamble.....you could argue we did just that against Buff and the refs screwed us. We got the pick. Ticky tack call IMO

[MaineManPanther]

The Giants were the #1 passing offense when we faced them. Held Eli to 120 yards.

Giants. Giants have the 8th ranked passing O....

We lowered them

True, but given the fact that Eli only had 23 attempts and was heavily pressured on roughly half those, I think it's safe to say our secondary wasn't really tested.

Also with a 53 comp percentage, 64 Qb rating, league high 15 ints, and a pedestrian 7.5 yd/ attempt I wouldn't consider them a good passing team. There is reason great sites like Football Outsiders and Advanced Nfl Statisics have the NYG ranked so low in pass offence, there simply not that good.

[MaineManPanther]

Seattle and SF are run first teams. We have faced passing offenses in NYG and ARI. ATL won't be a big deal because they don't have their two receivers.

I don't think run first teams equates to bad or average passing offenses and I don't think passing first equate to good passing offenses.

However Sf is doing worse then I initially thought, though they might be getting Mannigham back by the time we play them.

Didn't know that ATL was missing White too, that's great news for us.

[Jackofalltrades]

So basically all our points given up are being given up by the secondary. no rushing scores allowed.

Carolina is #1 in total yards given up, #2 in points given up (KC 65) and #2 in points given up per game.

If we keep that up and don't make the playoffs I'll be a little PO'd.

We've only surrendered 2 rushing TD's.

[Cpt slay a ho]

People have been claiming he was a good S for some time...

Gamble was good CB.

 

Good never, but he's solid starter IMO though he woud have a career year if not for the injury, hes gotten better every season.

[Marguide]

Good never, but he's solid starter IMO though he woud have a career year if not for the injury, hes gotten better every season.

 

So let's assume for a minute that he's not quite good and is just an adequate or solid starter. 

 

Godfrey is scheduled to make something like 8 million next year (too lazy to look up the actual number). Guys with the level of play demonstrated by Godfrey, and playing a non-premium position, do not deserve anywhere near that kind of money. Maybe 3 to 3.5 million max per year is more in line with his true value.

 

I think it's about 90% likely he's played his last game as a Panther.

 

Edit: I just found his contract on Rotoworld. It appears his cap hit next year is around 6.1 million. But here's the ugly part...it also looks like some or all of his salary is guaranteed for next year, so we would take a pretty big hit if we cut him. Thanks again, Marty.