Panthers Top 5 Offensive Line? PFF

[rayzor]

If we can solidify the right side in the offseason we should be in really good shape for the near future.

yep. for this coming offseason, make sure we have gross and wharton coming back and silatolu healthy and then focus on solidifying that right side in draft and FA. the next year focus on replacing gross.

 

of cross add top end WR and another pass catching TE would be in order as well this year.

 

i would love for our first three picks this coming year to be some order of RT, WR, and RG.

 

[SZ James (banned)]

Most of the grade comes from run blocking. The line does a much, much better job in that phase.

 

What are we ranked in pass blocking only?

[bleys]

Chandler was terrible sunday. i think he's better suited as a tackle. I'll cut him some slack because it was first game though.

Oh, so Nate Chandler will never be good?? Just wait until I get to say I told you so..

[Captain Morgan]

some of this credit should go to Shula's use of the players he has left.

[carolina-chuck]

I clearly didnt see it coming early on in the season but with the last 4-5 games I sure did. I thought we were more top10, not top5, but I'll gladly take it.

 

Wharton has been HUGE for us. He came in and step right in where he left off. I think he's the main reason to why our oline is playing this well. Chandler made some great blocks in last week win over the 40whiners too.

[ed bell]

Always loved Travelle...I'll never forget when he recovered a fumble like 40 yards down field... A Simpsonville, SC native

[Mr. Scot]

Most of Chandler's mistakes were mental rather than physical, he missed a few pickups on blitzes and stunts. That's actually encouraging, you can fix those much quicker than technique and athletic issues.

He had a critical kick out block on DeAngelo's touchdown run.

[MichaelNewtonII]

 

 The more worrying aspect is the right side of the line, where Byron Bell is barely adequate and converted defensive lineman Nate Chandler is experiencing many of the same problems J.R. Sweezy has.

 

 

any time I see the name J.R. Sweezy I think about J.R. Smith for some reason

[Jmac]

Chandler may turn out to be a good move with some more seasoning.....looks like he has the physical tools for the job and once he gets the mental aspects down of the position...could be solid.

[ctrcat]

IF Kugbila can get healthy we may not even have to draft a guard in this draft.  What a luxury that would be.  I still think tackle is priority #1, but maybe only one instead of two in this draft.  Congrats to all responsible for this impressive and unforeseen ranking. 

[PantherWake]

Always loved Travelle...I'll never forget when he recovered a fumble like 40 yards down field... A Simpsonville, SC native

 

Hell yeah! Gamecock through and through

[wine-o and cheese-doodle]

Rivera said that Hangman played 8 or 9 snaps with Chandler playing the rest. Hangardner will shore up that right side a good bit.

[Tom]

Carolina is 11th in PFF's Pass block efficiency stat.  From the site: The Pro Football Focus "Pass Blocking Efficiency" rating measures pressure allowed on a per-snap basis with weighting toward sacks allowed.)

 

That's of course a different sort of measurement than the individual grades. Gross, Wharton, Kalil, and Bell all have positive overall individual grades for Pass blocking. Scott was barely negative. Chandler had a positive PB grade for the ATL game but had a pretty low PB grade against SF.

 

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[IamSoClutch]

our only weakness is the RT position in my eyes for the future. like someone else said find our LT in 2015 and sign gross for one more year. we need explosion on offense bad. we need to get Cam weapons. that is top priority over everything in my eyes