The 2014 Panthers defense will be better than the 2013 one

[TheNewStandard]

Yep. If we can sign Cromartie and/or Thomas, we'll be set at CB for 2014.

???

Do you think we can afford this? Is this a joke?

[tondi]

Don't forget that we usually add a camp casualty or two every summer. I could see us grabbing a quality offensive lineman, WR or DB on the cheap who would be an instant upgrade over what we already have.

[CarolinaNCSU]

My one worry will be if the offense can control and sustain drives again next season, so to not tire out the defense. Our defense has proven itself and has even greater potential next season, but if it's on the field for 3/4 of the game, it's going to suffer. 

[CollegePanther]

I think or secondary will be just fine. Our front 7 made our secondary last year so we can basically just plug in whoever. We had a top 10 pass D but they were in no way top 10 talent. 

[CRA]

Our front 7 had about as healthy of a year as you can hope for.....I expect he law averages to give us some hurdles this year

[TheNewStandard]

Are you a joke?

If you think Cromartie is gonna get paid, then you're a moron. Antonio is gonna be 30 years before the start of the new season. Unless a desperate team overpays him, he'll be lucky to get a 2 year 15 million contract.

And you think we have 7 million to give to an aging corner? I'm not gonna be mean here. You're a real tough guy behind that Computer aren't you?

[IGSaint]

Our front 7 had about as healthy of a year as you can hope for.....I expect he law averages to give us some hurdles this year

 

Not really. CJ was injured for two games. And he is as vital to the front line as anyone. 

[TheNewStandard]

So, tell me how much you think we could get him for. Instead of calling someone a name. The deal you said he would be lucky to get is about 6 million per season out of our price range.

[davos]

Our secondary has come together a little bit:

 

CB

Melvin White

Antoine Cason

(FA/Draft?)

James Dockery 

Josh Norman/Thomas

 

FS

Harper

Jones

 

SS

Godfrey

Lester

 

I think if we wind up drafting a good SS then end up dropping Godfrey and spending money post-draft on some FAs elsewhere. 

[rayzor]

with shula running the offense and apparently us relying on rookies to protect cam at LT and rookie WRs, we're gonna have to have a better D because we sure won't be putting more points in the board.

[TheRumGone]

Our ball control offense really really helped out our defense. It's a juggling act.

That said, the middle of the dline should make another jump. We'll see.

[rayzor]

Our ball control offense really really helped out our defense. It's a juggling act.

That said, the middle of the dline should make another jump. We'll see.

we need points. i know we were efficient, but with very limited possessions/scoring opportunities, we have to be. we have to make the most out of every possession. that said, we need to improve in that area. we need to do more with less chances. what we did wasn't good enough for sustained success.

and right now we don't have have the tools we need to achieve what we did last year.

[Montsta]

Our front 7 had about as healthy of a year as you can hope for.....I expect he law averages to give us some hurdles this year

The law of averages has been fuging us for about 8 years now, we need about 6 more seasons of perfect health before I figure we are square with the injury bug.

[The Huddler]

Still time though

Edit: ---> rayzor