Rotoworld Team Needs and Roster Rankings

[Cary Kollins]

Nice article breaking down team needs.

DB: Carolina masked its secondary flaws with a dominant front seven throughout 2013, but GM Dave Gettleman can't view that as a bankable long-term approach. He needs better players in the back end, and it doesn't help that CBs Drayton Florence and Captain Munnerlyn, as well as FS Mike Mitchell and SS Quintin Mikell are all free agents. With limited salary cap room, look for Gettleman to invest multiple draft picks on defensive backs. Munnerlyn would be a strong re-sign.

OL: Left tackle Jordan Gross and left guard Travelle Wharton's contracts are both expiring, while RG Nate Chandler was a liability down the stretch. RT Byron Bell is a restricted free agent, leaving C Ryan Kalil as Carolina's only stable starting offensive lineman. Getting back Amini Silatolu (ACL surgery) will help, but the Panthers enter the offseason with at least three line jobs up in the air.

WR: The Panthers have a lot of needs for a team that finished 12-4, earning a first-round bye. If OC Mike Shula is going to expand the offense in his second year as coordinator, he'll need an alpha receiver. Cam Newton's accuracy is his biggest deficiency as a passer, so a wideout with a large catching radius could go a long way toward Cam taking a statistical leap. Someone like Anquan Boldin could paper over the hole for a year, but Carolina needs more speed outside. Steve Smith is slowing down going on age 35. Brandon LaFell and Ted Ginn are free agents.

DE: This only becomes a need if free agent Greg Hardy departs, although I anticipate Gettleman slapping him with the franchise tag. The Panthers also have solid depth behind entrenched LE Charles Johnson, with Frank Alexander, Mario Addison, and Wes Horton all making 2013 contributions. Still, Gettleman comes from the Giants, and is a believer that you can never have too many pass rushers.

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/46154/59/team-needs--and--roster-rankings

[Panther_Brotherhood]

I feel 8 is generous

[davos]

Gross should be here another year but it's pretty accurate.  Getting the 12-4 record opened people's eyes and our needs our pretty obvious at a big scale this offseason.  

[Evengelion]

We need to get out of our comfort zone drafting on defense every year and take a chance on the offense. We need pass catchers.

[El Chingon]

Pretty good write up

[Man Strength]

Would be interesting to see a list of likely cap casualties based on that article. I don't have the time to do it now but an interesting names to me were santonio Holmes and the fa boldin. Those names could be added to fa list

He also said d line was the deepest position in free agency. Could bode well for hardy's price tag or that of a replacement.

Kind of scary his mention off Allen, peppers and Tillman in Tampa