Brandon Lafell - Sign, Tender, or Waive Goodbye

[TN05]

I've always been big on Brandon LaFell, from his rookie year (when I thought he was better and had more potential than David Gettis, which turned out to be true) to now (when I view him as a solid #3 receiver and a great blocker), so I'd love to see him come back for a reasonable price. That said, he hasn't nearly progressed to be anything close to a #2 receiver and he's proven to be very inconsistent as a starter. So, I think we have a few scenarios: 

*If we can re-sign Tedd Ginn to a long-term deal and bring in Hakeem Nicks or another legitimate receiver, I'd be fine with letting him walk. Ginn is much more useful as a #3 guy than Brandon LaFell would be and it makes no sense to carry a guy as the #4 when we have guys with good potential like Marvin McNutt and Tavarres King.
*If we can re-sign Ginn to a long-term deal but cannot sign another wide receiver, we need to consider signing him to a short-term, 1 or 2 year deal.
*If we cannot sign Ginn at all and he walks, we must bring back Brandon LaFell for the next few seasons.

Overall, it just depends on what happens in free agency. LaFell is a decent player, but is expendable.

[gakonline]

See you later Lafell.  Would rather have Hixon and give the young guys a shot.  I have a buddy who graduated from Georgia and attends all Georgia games.  Said Tavarres King is a great wide receiver and surprised he is not on our active roster.  Draft a WR early in the draft.

[CPF4LIFE]

Crazy thing is i have heard Kings name come up from a lot of people i have talked too. I want to see what he can do next year and we got him for cheap.

[Creepster]

If Smitty doesnt come back next year and we dont sign a vet number one this organisation is in deep doo doo

[panthers55]

Smith has already said he is coming back and we bring in vets every year like we did with Ginn and Hixon. So good news, we aren't in deep doo doo after all.

[Clicheking]

if your best trait as a wr is your blocking, that tells me all I need to know.....buh bye

[Marguide]

Agree with previous posters - isn't he a UFA since this was his 4th year?  If not, how is Hardy a UFA but not LaFell?  Same draft.

 

 

Hardy was a late rounder.

Sent from the Carolina Huddle App

 

The round drafted makes no difference as to whether a player is a RFA or UFA, just credited years.

[carolina-chuck]

GET THE HELL OUTTA CHARLOTTE!!!!!!

[carolina-chuck]

Turn LaFail into a "blocking TE"??????

[Cpt slay a ho]

buh bye...........dude plays when he wants, is solely responsible for at least 4 or 5 ints.

 

can get a guy to match is production and more for less, fug if he's a good blocker the dude isn't a good fit here anymore

[General_Purr]

trade him for a round pick

[BigBoss]

He blocks REALLY good and that does count for something.... keep.

[CPF4LIFE]

trade him for a round pick

 

LOL

[Ken]

Can somebody who has the time go and see how many of Cam's interceptions came when Lafell was the intended target? I'm willing to be at least 90%

 

I know you are joking but this year, 5 of Cam's 15 INTs were targeted to LaFell. 4 for Smitty, 3 for Ginn, 1 for Olsen, 1 for Hixon.