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10 Players The Panthers Can't Afford To Lose


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10 players the Panthers can't afford to lose

By Darin Gantt

Updated 07/30/09 - 9:28 AM

The Carolina Panthers will report to training camp Sunday, at which point they'll start holding their breath.

It's that way every training camp, but when you have top-shelf talent and not much depth, your concern about injuries grows each day. So as solid as the Panthers' roster appears to be, there are several guys they simply can't do without — or won't do very well without.

Here is a look at the 10 (actually 11) players the Panthers can least afford to lose for any reason this year, in order of importance. Some are clear, and some are higher or lower on the list than you'd think based on what's around them.

You can read the full story online at:

http://www.heraldonline.com/247/story/1504939.html?story_link=email_msg

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before i read it i'm gonna say

1.Steve Smith

2.Chris Gamble

3.Deangelo Williams

4.Jake Delhomme

5.Julius Peppers

6.Jon Beason

7.Ryan kalil

8.Travelle Wharton

9.Kemo

10.Chris Harris

thats the order they came in my head..now im gonna check the link to see how bad i did

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before i read it i'm gonna say

1.Steve Smith

2.Chris Gamble

3.Deangelo Williams

4.Jake Delhomme

5.Julius Peppers

6.Jon Beason

7.Ryan kalil

8.Travelle Wharton

9.Kemo

10.Chris Harris

thats the order they came in my head..now im gonna check the link to see how bad i did

You were in the ballpark! :)

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before i read it i'm gonna say

1.Steve Smith

2.Chris Gamble

3.Deangelo Williams

4.Jake Delhomme

5.Julius Peppers

6.Jon Beason

7.Ryan kalil

8.Travelle Wharton

9.Kemo

10.Chris Harris

thats the order they came in my head..now im gonna check the link to see how bad i did

Pretty close to what he had. Though you had D-Will too high, he's great but we've still got Stewart/Goodson/Fiammetta

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huh? Goodson and Fiammetta have done what in the NFL already?

Stewart starts, Goodson and Fiammetta fill in for breathers. Yeah they're not going to entire replace the Stewart/DWill combo, but RB's translate to the NFL better than most positions, and it is our position with the most depth.

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Mine would be:

Otah - Cause Schwartz is unproven

Gross - Cause Cadogan is unproven

Wharton - Our best interior offensive lineman

Williams - Cause our run game is the bread and butter of the offense.

Stewart - Same as above

Smith - One of the best WRs in the league

Kemo - DT is already our weakest link on defense

Peppers - Our interior defensive line is already sketchy. Without him our line would be even more questionable.

Beason - One of the best LBs in the league

Harris - One of the best hitters in the league and the backups are questionable

(Honorable Mention) Kalil - The backup center is unproven

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