Huddle opinion....who agrees with the complete overhaul we are seeing

[PanthersBigD]

I was okay with it and kept telling myself ..."at least we have the draft."

 

Problem is, every other team gets draft picks too. 

 

That's actually part of the strategy I believe. After the draft, once teams have locked down the players they wanted in the draft, some of them will have a glut of good players at a position and they'll have to make some painful cuts. We're going to have to shop from the bargain bin for a little while longer, but I believe in Gettleman's ability to evaluate talent and get us what we need to make us competitive.

[Mother Grabber]

everyone who left is getting overpaid, let them go.  we'll replace them with equal talent for less $$.  Ginn's value as a returnman >>>>> his value as a receiver.  That will be hard to replace.

[TheMaulClaw]

Hardy wasn't worth all of this. We need to trade the guy for a high pick because we aren't going to be able to afford 2 premier long term contracts at the DE position at once.

 

Then we lose them all in vain.

[Ruff]

The thing that pisses me off the most, is the fact that Josh Norman will somehow still not play during the regular season despite grabbing 5 INTs in preseason yet we will witness Josh Thomas get burned over and over again and do stupid ish constantly if we do not upgrade at CB.

Dude. Josh Norman is garbage.

[LA_Panther]

Only moves I didn't like are letting Ginn Walk and not aggressively going after Collins

[Matthias]

There's definitely going to be tons of pressure on Cam this season.  I hope he's ready for it.

[EightyNine]

I believe in Dave Gettleman even though many of you think I'm crazy or naive or stupid. He is going to stick to his principles and I can respect that. Making unpopular decisions isn't easy, but sometimes you have to do it. I do not like the situation we are in, but if we continue to draft well and find cheap talent, which he has done so far, we will be a good team.

We still have our most important pieces.. we have the best pass rush in the NFL and the best middle linebacker. Cam needs to make the same type of improvement from year 3 to 4 as he did from year 2 to 3. Our coaching needs to continue to improve like they have been as well.

[pantherphan96]

Dude. Josh Norman is garbage.

 

People thought the same damn thing about Nortman after his awful first year. Norman can improve, and I sure as hell would rather see him on the field over Thomas. Besides getting burned that game in Buffalo, he never really got a chance to play. Would have liked to see him late in SF instead of Thomas. He at least would not have drawn a 15 yard penalty for throwing a punch.

[Jackofalltrades]

Only moves I didn't like are letting Ginn Walk and not aggressively going after Collins

Ginn is very replaceable and we did go after Collins. We have no clue how aggressively we pursued him.

[Jon Snow]

I agree that it needed an infusion of talent at the WR and OL positions. I'm glad we are letting all of them walk because they sure wasn't worth the money they got. I'm glad Gettleman is being patient and not overpaying out of panic. There is a lot of time and options out there before the first game of 2014 is played. Sent from my Nexus 7 using CarolinaHuddle mobile app

[stirs]

We retooled the D a bit last season, now to the offense.

 

The Oline hurt us because they were injured and underperforming and then one of our mainstays left.  I am sure Gman tried to get him to go one more season, but Gross is happy not being in football.  He lives for his family and not ours, I am fine with that, but the timing hurts.

 

The WR's were weak as a group, very weak.  "cam has on weapons" was a year long mantra here.

 

The only thing I wish we could do further is to flush the RB's also, but, that cannot be done at this time.  One next year and then one after that.  Just in time to maybe squeeze in Cams extension and then Keeks.

 

Or, we can load up on the same old tired Ginns and Caps and pay them a lot more than they were being paid when we hated them and watch our O and D leaders ride off into the sunset.  Now, who would you rather lose?

[pantherphan96]

Ginn is very replaceable and we did go after Collins. We have no clue how aggressively we pursued him.

 

Apparently (according to Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer, I believe) we offered Collins a similar (in the same ballpark) type deal as the Bucs did, but he went to the Bucs for more $$ (probably more guaranteed $$) and more years.

[intangiblejohnny]

Gettlegrade (so far) D-

[rko396]

This is also the guy who traded away a future first round pick for Everette Brown and a future second rounder for Armanti Edwards.

To be fair, the jury's still out on those guys. Could still turn out to be great deals for us.