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Rebuilding the Carolina Panthers with CAMolinaFTW

CAMolinaFTW — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:24:50 -0000

Sadly, we are talking about the off season already. A sign of where our team is going

The Panthers clearly need to change the team up. So... Put me in charge, how much worse could it be then what we're at right now?

To start... Fire Rivera, Chud, and McDermott. Hire a high energy HC, a 4-3 DC that plays man coverage, and a pass first OC that doesn't abandon the running game.

Pretty clear our coaching staff is quite terrible, and our team has taken a step back so remove them all. Rivera looks blank all the time. Chud calls college gimmicks, and McDermott had/has a very talented defense, but doesn't know how to use them.

Sadly, we are talking about the off season already. A sign of where our team is going

The Panthers clearly need to change the team up. So... Put me in charge, how much worse could it be then what we're at right now?

To start... Fire Rivera, Chud, and McDermott. Hire a high energy HC, a 4-3 DC that plays man coverage, and a pass first OC that doesn't abandon the running game.

Cut/Trade:

Jordan Gross, LT - He's getting up in age and our OL is a mess right now, but it's not his fault. But he isn't as good as he once was.

Jon Beason, LB - Beason has been hurt two years in a row and has missed a long period of time. Kuechly has played very well in his place (averaging out his tackles when starting at MLB, he'd be on pace for 192) and our LB corp is fine without him and his LARGE contract.

DeAngelo Williams, RB - Large contract, getting six carries a game in the last six games, and only has a 3.4 YPA this year. We'll be fine without Williams.

Geoff Hangartner, RG/C - Due $4 million in the next two seasons (2013 & 2014), 'Piggy' can leave and we can find a Free Agent to replace him. Maybe bring in a 33 year old Brandon Moore for one season and then draft a guard in 2014.

Ron Edwards, NT - We have been playing a front of (from right to left): Alexander, Dwan Edwards, Hardy, and Johnson a lot as of late, so why even both keep a very old NT? We can either find a new FA on the market or land a NT in the draft (very deep at NT).

Garry Williams, OL - Can we all agree that he stinks?

Jimmy Clausen, QB - Bye bye Pickles.

Let them walk:

Derek Anderson, QB - if we can't find a better/cheaper vet then keep him

Gary Barnidge, TE

Ben Hartsock, TE

Sherrod Martin, FS

Louis Murphy, WR

Mike Pollak, OG

Jeremy Bridges, OL

Re-sign:

Antwan Applewhite, DE/OLB

Dwan Edwards, UT

Captain Munnerlyn, CB

Jordan Senn, STer

2013 NFL Draft:

1st - Luke Joeckel, LT

2nd - Terrance Williams, WR

4th - Bacarri Rambo, FS

5th - Will Sutton, UT

6th - Back up guard

7th - Back up TE

Free Agency:

Sign a starting RG and NT, and sign a veteran back up QB. Bring up Armond Smith from the PS and put Poole on the PS. Sign a QB as UDFA.

2013 Roster:

Offense

QB – Cam Newton, Vet/DA, & UDFA

RB – Stewart, Tolbert, A. Smith

WR – Smith, Williams, LaFell, Gettis, Pilares, Adams

TE – Olsen, FA, 7th rounder

LT – Joeckel, Campbell

LG – Silatolu, Zack Williams/FA

C – Kalil, Jeff Byers

RG – FA, 6th rounder

RT – Bell, Campbell

Defense

RE – Hardy, Alexander

UT – Dwan Edwards, Sutton

NT – FA, Nate Chandler/FA/Kearse

LE – Johnson, Applewhite

SLB – Anderson, Phillips

MLB – Kuechly, Phillips

WLB – Davis, Phillips

CB1 – Gamble

CB2 – Norman, Thomas

Slot – Munnerlyn

FS – Rambo, Godfrey, D.J. Campbell

SS – Godfrey, D.J. Campbell, Nakamura

Special Teams

K - Justin Medlock

P - Brad Nortman

LS - J.J. Jansen

KR - Pilares

PR - Adams

I'm building for the future, not now. I don't think we have what it takes to win next year, so building for 2014 or later.

Poll

Thoughts?

Time to hire you!

4 votes

Team imporoves

10 votes

Minor improvement

11 votes

No change

3 votes

We get worse

12 votes

I miss Marty

3 votes

43 votes | Poll has closed

Carolina's Absurd Offensive Splits

CAMolinaFTW — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:35:45 -0000

Carolina's Absurd Offensive Splits

Interesting article.

Pretty obvious the offensive play calling is a huge problem.

Charles Johnson fined 7k for Facemask

CAMolinaFTW — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:16:27 -0000

Charles Johnson fined 7k for Facemask

charles johnson
@randywattson

So a little birdie just told me that I got fined 7k for the face mask call against Matt Ryan #appeal

Chris Gamble is the Most Underrated Player in the NFL

CAMolinaFTW — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:24:31 -0000

"Who?"

That's what most non-Panther fans would say if you said Chris Gamble's name. Because they don't know him, not many people do except for people who watch Panther games. He's not a guy who is going to lead the league in interceptions muiltple years (although he was third one year) and get hype, he is not a great cornerback on a large-market team. He is Chris Gamble, a great cornerback playing for our Carolina Panthers.

via cdn1.sbnation.com

How often do you hear anyone from the media say Chris Gamble's name? Not very often. Chris Gamble is a top seven cornerback in the NFL, yet you never hear anyone say it. You hear about Darrelle Revis, Nnamdi Asomugha, Asante Samuel, Charles Woodson, and Patrick Peterson, but that's about it when it comes to cornerbacks.

They all but one play for big market teams, the one that doesn't returned f o u r punts to the house (see the word four for each return), in his rookie season, Patrick Peterson. Revis deserves all the credit, he is the best cornerback in the league right now. Asomugha had an off-season, but is still top three without consideration. Samuel is a good cornerback, he deserves most of the attention. Woodson as well, even thought he plays more of a strong safety type spot rather than cornerback. Patrick Peterson deserves every bit of attention; if he was only a punt returner. But he plays cornerback too, poorly I might add, allowing the third most yards in the NFL. In his defense, he was targeted the fifth most times in the NFL.

BleacherReport's Matt Miller made a list of the top 100 CBs in the NFL, Chris Gamble comes in at #18. Behind the likes of Dunta Robinson, Brandon Carr, Charles Tillman, Richard Marshall, Ike Taylor, and Carlos Rogers

In ProFootballFocus' top 101 players in the NFL, Chris Gamble made the list at #101. Gamble was behind cornerbacks like Richard Sherman, Asante Samuel, Carlos Rogers, Brent Grimes, and Jonathan Joseph.

In last years Pro Bowl, Charles Woodson, Brandon Browner, Carlos Rogers, and Charles Tillman made the Pro Bowl over Gamble. Gamble deserves to be there, even though the Pro Bowl is a popularity contest that doesn't mean much to me.

Pat Yasinskas is ranking the top 25 players in the NFC South, and Chris Gamble missed the list. We will be seeing Jabari Greer and Brent Grimes on the list, but not Gamble (who came in at 26)

If he is any good, he can clearly be underrated from the above. But is he good? Find out why he is after the jump.

"Who?"

via cdn1.sbnation.com

Pat Yasinskas is ranking the top 25 players in the NFC South, and Chris Gamble missed the list. We will be seeing Jabari Greer and Brent Grimes on the list, but not Gamble (who came in at 26)

If he is any good, he can clearly be underrated from the above. But is he good? Find out why he is after the jump.

James Dator linked us to a FootballOutsiders article. That article tells us that Chris Gamble had the 5th best Success Rate (higher the number, the more passing attempts at that player that were not successful) in the NFL, at 66%. Gamble allowed a 6.2 yards per pass attempt and a 2.9 yards after catch average. Those are some pretty good numbers, but, as James points out, Gamble had a better Success Rate than Darrelle Revis. That's right, Chris Gamble, someone you never hear the ESPN or NFLN mention, had a better season than the most talked about cornerback in the NFL. Surprising, huh?

BW Smith wrote this article on Chris Gamble and Captain Munnerlyn, and how one (Gamble) rocked the NFL and one (Munnerlyn) was rocked by the NFL. Gamble allowed a reception every 18.1 coverage snaps. When quarterbacks threw to Gamble, they had a completion percentage of 45% and a passer rating of 53.3. Top five in both, behind Darrelle Revis, Ike Taylor, and Brent Grimes in completion percentage and behind only Revis and Asante Samuel in passer rating.

ProFootballFocus put Gamble at number 101 on their top 101 players of 2011. They said in that post that Gamble allowed 27 receptions for 338 receiving yards all season long. That's great numbers.

Tell someone who doesn't know Gamble, to just watch him play. Watch Chris Gamble play football, and you will see how good he is.

He is an excellent corner, no one can question that and say they've watched him.

Now, I've been talking about how good Gamble has been, but what about his help? Did he have a great pass rush, a good cornerback opposite of him, or really good safety help? No, Gamble didn't have any of that.

The Panthers pass rush in 2011 was very poor, Thomas Keiser, an undraftedrookie free agent, playing in eight games, was tied for second on the team in sacks with four. Our top sack getters in 2011:
Charles Johnson - 9
Greg Hardy - 4
Thomas Keiser - 4
Jason Shirley (no longer on team) - 2.5
Andre Neblett - 2.5
Antwan Applewhite - 2
and Captain Munnerlyn, our cornerback - 2

We totaled 31 sacks last year, seventh worst in the league. That number should improve next year, but that is not the point of this post.

Captain Munnerlyn didn't give Gamble much help. Having some of the worst numbers in the league last year. Munnerlyn getting stats like:

From FootballOutsiders:
Success Rate: 43% (eleventh worst in the NFL)
Charted Targets: 54
Yards per pass attempt: 10.7 (fifth worst in NFL)
Yards after catch average: 6.4. (second worst in NFL)

From ProFootballFocus:
Completion percentage: 73.8% (worst in the NFL by a CB)
Passer Rating: 126.9 (second worst in the NFL by a CB)

Ouch. Pretty painful numbers.

Well, no good pass rush or to help Gamble, what about safety help? Was there any?

Not really, our safeties played pretty bad last year, both of them. Sherrod Martin (82nd) and Charles Godfrey (77th) were both in the bottom twenty in tackling stats according to ProFootballFocus. According to PFF, safety was our biggest need this off-season. PFF also states that Godfrey had the highest yards yards per play by a safety in 2011. FootballOutsiders say Godfrey and Martin let up 23 tackles between the two.

Not many stats out there for the two of them, but most Panther fans know Martin was awful last year, and Godfrey was bad. As you probably remember, Martin, Godfrey, and Darius Butler all missed their tackles letting Reggie Wayne score a touchdown week 12 vs the Colts. The play was awful, Godfrey and Butler both miss the tackle, Wayne trots down field with Martin looking like he was afraid to hug Wayne, letting him get into the end-zone. 6.5% of plays in Carolina, the opposing team had a broken tackle.

CAUTION: You will remember just how bad our defense was last year by watching this video, watch at your own risk.

Chris Gamble had very little help, and he played like an Pro Bowler, and didn't make the Pro Bowl. If he was on the Packers or Patriots I guarantee Gamble would of been in the Pro Bowl last year.

Stewart wants to stay in Carolina

CAMolinaFTW — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:11:12 -0000

Stewart wants to stay in Carolina

"I definitely hope things work out," Stewart told Steve Reed of the Associated Press. "I want to be back. I think we have a lot of weapons on offense and we can be a dangerous team."

I really like this news.

Playing Devil's Advocate

CAMolinaFTW — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:22:32 -0000

Now, I want to get this out first: I think we can make the playoffs and I am only trying to put out the possibilities that would prevent us from doing so, because they are not talked about much here and I'd like to discuss them.

#1. What if our guys can't stay healthy? Beason's injury is not an easy injury, it is a bad one. He will not be 100%, so what if he gets re-aggravates the injury? Than we lose our all-pro MLB. Luke Kuechly than comes in to play MLB, which means more snaps for Thomas Davis, which means more chances of him getting hurt, which would surprise no one. Than we lose our start WLB as well. Who will our starting linebackers be? James Anderson, Luke Kuechly, and Jason Phillips or Jordan Senn. Than there is Otah, who, like Davis, would surprise no one if he got hurt. We'd have Bruce Campbell or Gary Williams starting at right tackle with Otah down.

#2. What if our DTs play poorly, again? So if Ron Edwards, Sione Fua, Terrell McClain, Andre Neblett, Frank Kearse, and ~~Jason Shirley~~ all play sub-par, and we have no pressure in the middle, what do we do? I have no idea, except hope Jon Beason (if healthy) and Clark Kent save the day. Remember the Chicago game? Matt Forte running over us all day long, that could happen again if our defensive tackles continue to play poorly.

#3. We beat very weak teams last season. Only counting the games we won, we played against starting QBs of: Blaine Gabbert, John Beck, Curtis Painter, Josh Johnson, T.J. Yates, and Josh Freeman. Not very hard opponents. Maybe our team was even worse than our record showed last year, because of the teams we defeated.

#4. What if our defensive backs play poorly? Outside of Chris Gamble, this was a big reason our defense was so bad. Charles Godfrey and Sherrod Martin both had very poor seasons tackling the ball carrier. Martin is a popular punching bag here at CSR, with just reason. He was very bad in coverage and tackling. Than there is our corners, Munnerlynn will most likely move back to nickel corner, but will he be the same player he was in 2010? Let's all hope so. But what about the guy opposite of Gamble? Who will it be? Most likely Brandon Hogan, a fourth round rookie from the Cam Newton draft (2011) who played less than half of the season due to a torn ACL. Will he play well enough to be a number two guy? A question that can't be answered until the season. We can get destroyed by Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Josh Freeman, Jay Cutler, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Tony Romo, Michael Vick, and maybe Robert Griffin III with a bad secondary. That will make things a lot harder for the offense.

#5. Our division is extremely tough. Saints might of gotten hit by Goodell, but their offense isn't much different, aside from losing Robert Meachem and Carl Nicks. Their offense is still good enough to put up 40 against a lot of teams. The Falcons have a good team, one that was the number one seed in the NFC playoffs in 2010, and they have added one big thing since than: Julio Jones, someone I feel is going to have a great season next year, and will be a force to be reckoned with. They have added Ray Edwards, who has been a free agency bust, replaced Curtis Lofton with Lofa Tatupu, and added Asante Samuel. The Buccaneers have added a everydown RB that doesn't fumble, a all-pro guard, a Pro-Bowl wide-out, and the seventh overall pick Mark Barron. They have improved drastically and with what they have added to the offense, Josh Freeman should have a bounce back year, as should Mike Williams, who will get second string coverage. This is anyones division, anyone can finish in any spot.

#6. Will the Sophomore Slump Strike? Plenty of quarterbacks have had the Sophomore slump and struggled their next season. Well Cam Newton is heading into year two, coming off a season that will be hard to top, even for veterans with years of experience. Every quarterback is different, one might have a great second year (see Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger, etc.), and one might have a really bad season (Sam Bradford, Matt Stafford, etc). If Cam plays bad, our team fails. It is that simple, look no farther than the 2010 season for proof. We went from the worst offense in the league to a top five offense after drafting Newton.

Let's see what you have to say. Post any concerns or arguements against my points.

Poll

Which of my points concerns you the most?

#1. What if our guys can't stay healthy?

73 votes

#2. What if our DTs play poorly, again?

9 votes

#3. We beat very weak teams last season.

11 votes

#4. What if our defensive backs play poorly?

7 votes

#5. Our division is extremely tough.

17 votes

#6. Will the Sophomore Slump Strike?

4 votes

121 votes | Poll has closed

Greg Cosell Mock Draft

CAMolinaFTW — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:01:11 -0000

Greg Cosell Mock Draft

Different to say the least. You should read it.

Green Bay Packers Mock Draft at CSR

CAMolinaFTW — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:09:29 -0000

Hey there Acme Packing Company, over at Cat Scratch Reader, the Panthers SB Nation blog, we did a community mock draft and I represented the Packers. I want your opinion on my draft.

I didn't make any trades, here's my picks:

1.28 pick was Courtny Upshaw, rush linebacker, Alabama

I was surprised he fell to me. The Packers let up a lot of a passing yards last year and a big reason was the lack of pass rush, drafting Upshaw will help Clay Matthews and the Packers corner backs.
Players I took Upshaw over: Devon Still, Peter Konz, and Coby Fleener

2.27 pick was Jared Crick, defensive end, Nebraska

Another player to help out the pass rush. Jared Crick will make Matthews and Upshaw's jobs easier. I believe Crick is best suited to be a 3-4 end so another plus.
Players I took Crick over: George Iloka, Mychal Kendricks, Billy Winn, Ronnell Lewis, Brandon Brooks, and Kelechi Oseleme.

3.28 pick was Brandon Washington, offensive guard, Miami Florida

Pure BPA pick. Washington is expected to be an early third round pick by most and was the best player left on my board. Gives the Packers great guard depth and a compition for a starting guard spot.
Players I took Washington over: Nigel Bradham, Dwight Bentley, Michael Brewster, Sean Spence, and Trenton Robinson

4.28 pick was Ben Jones, center, Georgia

This pick was a best of both worlds pick. He was the BPA and he fills a need. The Packers get their starting center of the future for the price of a fourth round pick.
Players I took Jones over: Michael Egnew, Matt McCants, Coryall Judie, and Travis Lewis

4.37 pick was Malik Jackson, defensive end, Tennessee

I saw that the Packers GM in Mocking the Draft Live picked Jackson in the third round. So I pounced on him with my pick here. Jackson is another defensive lineman that will make Matthews' and Upshaw's jobs easier, while making Jay Cutler's even harder.
See the next pick to see who I took Jackson over.

4.38 pick was Tom Compton, offensive tackle, South Dakota

I got some great offensive line depth and possible starters early in the draft. With Chad Clifton most likely to be cut, the Packers will be thin on tackle depth, Compton will come in and try to fix that. Compton was probably my least favorite pick in the draft, I rushed it slightly. But offensive line depth is never a bad thing.
Players I took Jackson and Compton over: Marcus Forston, Janzen Jackson, DeQuan Menzie, Shaun Prater, and Ryan Steed

5.28 pick was Deangelo Peterson, tight end, LSU

Yet another BPA pick. Peterson is expected to be a fourth rounder by most people, and he falls to the bottom of the fifth. I really like this pick, one of my favorites of the draft. Peterson has some very high upside and can develop into a starting tight end.
Players I took Peterson over: Asa Jackson, Robert Turbin, Bernard Pierce, Omar Bolden, and Oliver Vernon

6.28 pick was Christian Thompson, free saftey, South Carolina State

I was pretty suprised he made it to me here. Thompson is a projected fourth or fifth rounder by CBSSports.com. Thompson will also provide a solid backup to Nick Collins, and if the Packers are lucky his future replacement.
Players I took Thompson over: Kyle Wilber, James Hanna, Jeff Fuller, and Miles Burris

7.17 pick was B.J. Coleman, quarterback, Chattooga

I really like B.J. Coleman, I think he could be a huge steal in this draft. Getting him in the seventh round is a steal to me. Matt Flynn is gone, time to find someone that to backup Rodgers and hopefully get something for him (Coleman).
Players I took Coleman over: Matt Reynolds, Junior Hemmingway, and Chandler Harnish

7.28 pick was Chris Galippo, inside linebacker, Southern California

Galippo will be inside linebacker depth.
Players I took Galippo over: Adrian Hamilton, Desmond Wynn, and Travain Robertson

7.34 pick was Terrence Frederick, corner back, Texas A&M

Gave up a lot of yards through the air, corner depth can't do anything but help.
Player I took Frederick over: Lamarr Holmes

7.36 pick was Dan Herron, running back, Ohio State

I really like Dan Herron, I think he can be very good if all goes well. The Packers didn't have much of a running game in 2012, did they really need one anyway? Couldn't hurt taking a little pressure off of Rodgers, give him four different guys he can hand the ball off to.
Players I took Herron over: Chase Ford, Jack Crawford, Garrett Celek, Tim Benford, and all the undrafted free agents

We were allowed three undrafted free agents, here are mine:

George Bryan, tight end, North Carolina State

Lance Lewis, wide receiver, East Carolina

Brandon Lindsey, rush linebacker, Pittsburgh

Here is the Google Docs Draft Tracker for anyone who wants to see it.

Thoughts?

Poll

If this was the Packers real draft, what would you think of it?

Amazing draft

4 votes

Great draft

18 votes

Really good draft

27 votes

Good draft

20 votes

Average draft

12 votes

Bad draft

3 votes

Terrible draft

0 votes

I'd rather have Matt Millen as my GM than you.

3 votes

87 votes | Poll has closed

Cam Newton ESPN Chat

CAMolinaFTW — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:41:11 -0000

Cam Newton ESPN Chat

Incase anyone wants to ask him a question or read his answers to some people's questions. It starts at 3:00 PM eastern time.

CAMolinaFTW's Three Round Mock Draft

CAMolinaFTW — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:33:17 -0000

This is my first mock draft I have posted on MtD. Constructive criticism is appreciated. Tell me what you think. I do have trades in my mock draft, I did not use any draft value chart as I use future picks, because no Draft Pick Value Chart has future picks. Tell me what you think of the format (tell me if it is too hard to read. I'll try to make it better next time so bear with me please).

I forgot about the Demeco Ryans trade, and have now fixed the mock draft with the trade.

FIRST ROUND

Reasoning for pick and trades

1 -

Indianapolis Colts

Andrew Luck

Stanford

Easy one here. Peyton era ends, the Luck era starts.

2 -

Washington Redskins

Robert Griffin III

Baylor

Washington breaks the bank for the second best QB in the draft.

3 -

Minnesota Vikings

Matt Kalil

USC

Vikings get a guy who might be the top pick in some drafts.

4 -

Jacksonville Jaguars

Justin Blackmon

OKST

TRADE: JAX 1st, 2nd, & 2013 2nd for CLE 1st - Jags move up for Blackmon

5 -

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Morris Claiborne

LSU

Claiborne is probably the best defensive player in the draft, Bucs get him to help their poor pass D

6 -

Saint Louis Rams

Riley Reiff

Iowa

Gotta keep Bradford up, Reiff can do just that.

7 -

Cleveland Browns

Trent Richardson

Alabama

TRADE: JAX 1st, 2nd, & 2013 2nd for CLE 1st - Browns trade down, take who they would of at four, and get two more second round picks.

8 -

Miami Dolphins

Ryan Tannehill

Texas A&M

Mike Sherman compared Tannehill to Andy Dalton with a better arm, Mike Sherman was the HC at Texas A&M, now he is the Phins OC now.

9 -

Carolina Panthers

Quinton Coples

UNC

Coplesis a perfect fit for the Panthers, if he reaches his upside we get a elite pass rusher and a top notch run-stopper, when we need both.

10 -

Buffalo Bills

Jonathan Martin

Stanford

Buffalo is hoping that Fitzy has a good year with nice LT blocking for him. Would of went with Ingram here, but I feel he is a much better OLB than DE

11 -

Kansas City Chiefs

David DeCastro

Stanford

Fill one of their biggest needs. DeCastro will start right away to block for Charles and Hillis (and maybe their new QB?)

12 -

Seattle Seahawks

Luke Kuechly

MLB

Boston College

Seattle takes the best LB in the draft, hoping to make their run defense top notch

13 -

Arizona Cardinals

Melvin Ingram

OLB

South Carolina

They need two things: Pass rush and OL. They get one when the other is gone.

14 -

Tennessee Titans

Fletcher Cox

Mississippi State

TRADE: DAL 1st for TEN 1st & 2nd - Titans move up for the best DT in the draft

15 -

Cleveland Browns

Michael Floyd

Notre Dame

TRADE: CLE 1st (via ATL) & 2nd (via MIA) for PHI 1st & 4th - Browns trade again, and grab WR that will hopefully fix their awful WR corp

16 -

New York Jets

Courtny Upshaw

OLB

Alabama

Rex Ryan gets one of the best pass rushing OLBs in the draft. A position of need and BPA (IMO)

17 -

Cincinnati Bengals

Cordy Glenn

Georgia

Cincy needs two guards, they get the second best guard in the draft.

18 -

San Diego Chargers

Nick Perry

OLB

USC

Pass rush was not a bright spot for the Bolts last year, hopefully USC's very own Nick Perry can fix that.

19 -

Chicago Bears

Kendall Wright

Baylor

The Bears need two different WRs, a tall one and a deep threat. Marshall is the tall WR and Wright is the deep threat. Bears offense will be scary if they get a good OL-men

20 -

Dallas Cowboys

Peter Konz

Wisconsin

TRADE: DAL 1st for TEN 1st & 2nd - Dallas trades down and takes the best center in the draft

21 -

Cincinnati Bengals

Janoris Jenkins

Florida

Jenkins, from a talent standpoint, is a top ten pick. But he has so many off-the-field issues it should keep him out of the top fifteen. Bengals need a CB and Jenkins is there guy.

22 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Alshon Jeffrey

South Carolina

TRADE: CLE 1st (via ATL) & 2nd (via MIA) for PHI 1st & 4th - Eagles trade down so they can get a good end-zone threat and jump up from their 4th to Miami's 2nd. Jeffery is expected to be a first rounder after his pro-day

23 -

Detroit Lions

Stehpon Gilmore

South Carolina

Jeffery wasn't the only Gamecock at South Carolina's pro-day, Gilmore looked really good at the pro-day and, according to Mick Mayock, became the second best CB in the draft. Passed on Kirkpatrick because I feel he is slightly overrated.

24 -

Pittsburgh Steelers

Dont'a Hightower

ILB

Alabama

Steelers get Hightower who should start right away at ILB. Great for both sides because Highotwer played ILB in Alabama's 3-4 defense

25 -

Denver Broncos

Michael Brockers

LSU

Most will view Brockers falling here as a steal. DT is a big need for Denver so this shouldn't require much thought.

26 -

Houston Texans

Shephen Hill

Georgia Tech

Houston makes sure you don't only focus on Foster and AJ, now they bring in a good tall deep threat.

27 -

New England Patriots

Whitney Mercilus

Illinois

Patriots need pass rush, badly. 20 of their sacks came from two DEs that are over the age of 30, and both are FAs (one left for elsewhere other is still un-signed).

28 -

Green Bay Packers

Dre Kirkpatrick

Alabama

Packers take the BPA and fill a need at CB

29 -

Baltimore Ravens

Mark Barron

Alabama

Baltimore gets youth on the defense and their future star saftey

30 -

San Francisco 49ers

Rueben Randle

LSU

49ers signed Mario Manningham and Randy Moss, yet they still need another WR. Moss will be the 4th stringer.

31 -

Indianapolis Colts

Coby Fleener

Stanford

TRADE: IND 2nd & 2013 3rd for NEP 1st - Colts trade up to keep the Luck-to-Fleener connection going.

32 -

New York Giants

Devon Still

Penn State

Giants love taking defensive line, not many would expect Still to fall this far, but the Giants take him and are very happy.

SECOND ROUND

TRADES

1 -

Saint Louis Rams

Jerel Worthy

Michagin State

2 -

New England Patriots

Andre Branch

Clemson

IND 2nd & 2013 3rd for NEP 1st

3 -

Minnesota Vikings

Alfonzo Dennard

Nebraska

4 -

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Zach Brown

OLB

UNC

5 -

Cleveland Browns

Zerbie Sanders

Florida State

6 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Dontari Poe

Memphis

TRADE: JAX 1st, 2nd, & 2013 2nd for CLE 1st - TRADE #2: CLE 1st (via ATL) & 2nd (via JAX) for PHI 1st & 4th

7 -

Chicago Bears

Vinny Curry

Marshall

STL 2nd (via WAS) for CHI 2nd & 3rd

8 -

Denver Broncos

David Wilson

DEN 2nd, 3rd, & 6th for CAR 2nd

9 -

Buffalo Bills

Jayron Hosley

10 -

Miami Dolphins

Mike Adams

Ohio State

11 -

Seattle Seahawks

Kelechi Osemele

Iowa State

12 -

Kansas City Chiefs

Alameda Ta'amu

Florida State

13 -

Dallas Cowboys

Harrison Smith

Notre Dame

14 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Lavonte David

OLB

Nebraska

15 -

New York Jets

Doug Martin

Boise State

16 -

New England Patriots

Chase Minnnfield

Virginia

17 -

San Diego Chargers

Brandon Brooks

Miami (OH)

18 -

Saint Louis Rams

Mohamed Sanu

Rutgers

STL 2nd (via WAS) for CHI 2nd & 3rd

19 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Mychal Kendricks

MLB

California

20 -

Dallas Cowboys

Brandon Thompson

Clemson

DAL 1st for TEN 1st & 2nd

21 -

Cincinnati Bengals

Lamarr Miller

Miami (FL)

22 -

Detroit Lions

Juron Criner

Arizona

23 -

Atlanta Falcons

Cam Johnson

Virginia

24 -

Pittsburgh Steelers

Kevin Zeitler

Wisconsin

25 -

Carolina Panthers

Josh Robinson

UCF

DEN 2nd, 3rd, & 6th for CAR 2nd

26 -

Houston Texans

Shea McClellin

OLB

Boise State

New Orleans Saints

[Pick Lost - Bounty Scandal]

27 -

Green Bay Packers

Jared Crick

Nebraska

28 -

Baltimore Ravens

Amini Silatolu

Midwestern State

29 -

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

LaMichael James

Oregon

TBB 3rd & 5th for SF 2nd

30 -

New England Patriots

Billy Winn

DE/DT

Boise State

31 -

New York Giants

Dwayne Allen

Clemson

THIRD ROUND

TRADES

1 -

Indianapolis Colts

Brandon Boykin

Georiga

2 -

Saint Louis Rams

Bobby Wagner

OLB

Utah State

3 -

Minnesota Vikings

Nick Toon

Wisconsin

4 -

Cleveland Browns

Brandon Washington

Miami (FL)

5 -

San Francisco 49ers

Senio Kelemete

Washington

TBB 3rd & 5th for SF 2nd

6 -

Washington Redskins

Mitchell Schwartz

California

7 -

Jacksonville Jaguars

Brandon Mosley

Auburn

8 -

Buffalo Bills

Chandler Jones

Syracuse

9 -

Miami Dolphins

George Iloka

Boise State

10 -

Miami Dolphins

Ronnell Lewis

DE/OLB

Oklahoma

11 -

Kansas City Chiefs

Brock Osweiler

ASU

12 -

Seattle Seahawks

Bruce Irvin

DE/OLB

West Virginia

13 -

Houston Texans

James Brown

Troy

14 -

New York Jets

Bobby Massie

Mississippi

15* -

~~Oakland Raiders~~

Terrelle Pryor

[Pick used in 2011 Supplemental Draft]

16 -

San Diego Chargers

Jamell Fleming

Oklahoma

17 -

Saint Louis Rams

Robert Turbin

Utah State

STL 2nd (via WAS) for CHI 2nd & 3rd

18 -

Arizona Cardinals

Matt McCants

UAB

19 -

Cleveland Browns

Brandon Weeden

OKST

CLE 4th & 5th for DAL 3rd

20 -

Tennessee Titans

Ben Jones

Georgia

21 -

Cinncannati Bengals

Tommy Streeter

Miami (FL)

22 -

Atlanta Falcons

Orson Charles

Georgia

23 -

Detroit Lions

Michael Brewster

Ohio State

24 -

Pittsburgh Steelers

Isaiah Pead

Cincinnati

25 -

Carolina Panthers

Nigel Bradham

OLB

Florida State

DEN 2nd, 3rd, & 6th for CAR 2nd

26 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Tony Bergstrom

Illinois

27 -

Buffalo Bills

Chris Givens

Wake Forest

BUF 4th & 5th for NOS 3rd

28 -

Green Bay Packers

Jonathan Massaquoi

OLB

Troy

29 -

Baltimore Ravens

Brian Quick

Appalachian State

30 -

San Francisco 49ers

Dwight Bentely

Louisiana-Lafayette

31 -

Philadelphia Eagles

Russell Wilson

Wisconsin

PHI 4th (via TBB) & 5th for NEP 3rd

32 -

New York Giants

Chris Polk

Washington

33 -

Oakland Raiders

Nate Potter

Boise State

Compensation pick

Sean Payton will appeal suspension

CAMolinaFTW — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:27:13 -0000

Sean Payton will appeal suspension

What do you think Goodell does? I think the suspsension for Payton will stay the same.

CSR Conensus Draft Board

CAMolinaFTW — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:16:02 -0000

Everyone on CSR has different opinions on who we should take. I am interested in seeing the consensus draft board from CSR. Post your board in comments, and I'll add up the rankings of all of our draft boards (see how it is added up after the jump).

CURRENT CSR CONSENSUS DRAFT BOARD:

1. Matt Kalil - OT USC - Total Score: 513
2. Morris Claiborne - CB LSU - Total Score: 439
3. Justin Blackmon - WR Oklahoma St. - Total Score: 276
4. Quinton Coples - DE UNC - Total Score: 229.5
5. Fletcher Cox - DT Mississippi St. - Total Score: 182.5
6. Luke Kuechly - LB Boston College - Total Score: 131
7. Melvin Ingram - DE/OLB South Carolina - Total Score: 102.5
8. David DeCastro - OG Stanford - Total Score: 83
9. Michael Brockers - DT LSU - Total Score: 60.5
10. Dre Kirkpatrick - CB Alabama - Total Score: 46
11 Alshon Jeffery - WR South Carolina - Total Score: 24
12. Janoris Jenkins - CB North Alabama - Total Score: 23
13. Riley Reiff - OT Iowa - Total Score: 16
14. Trent Richardson - RB Alabama - Total Score: 10
t15. Courtney Upshaw - DE/OLB Alabama - Total Score: 5
t15. Dontari Poe - NT Memphis - Total Score: 5
t15. Jonathan Martin - OT Stanford - Total Score: 5
t15. Michael Floyd - WR Notre Dame - Total Score: 5
t15. Whitney Mercilus - DE Illionois - Total Score: 5
20. Mark Barron - SS Alabama - Total Score: 3
21. Andre Branch - DE/OLB Clemson - Total Score: 2
22. Kendall Wright - WR Baylor - Total Score: 2
t23. Devon Still - DT Penn State - Total Score: 1
t23. Brandon Thompson - DT Clemson - Total Score: 1

CURRENT CSR CONSENSUS DRAFT BOARD:

Last user's board added: NX75649

Please rank your top nine players and post them in comments.

After you post your draft board, I will give each player you ranked a score depending upon their rank. Top player on your board gets 15 points, next player gets 13, next gets 10. Then the fourth highest rated gets 7 points, next gets 6, next gets 5. Seventh ranked players gets 3, eighth gets 2, and ninth gets 1.

Panthers sign Manny Lawson - False Alarm

CAMolinaFTW — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:14:28 -0000

The Carolina Panthers have signed OLB Manny Lawson to a two year deal. Formally on the Bengals.

More info to follow. And more about Lawson after the jump.

The Carolina Panthers have signed OLB Manny Lawson to a two year deal. Formally on the Bengals.

More info to follow. And more about Lawson after the jump.

Lawson has played with the 49ers and Bengals and was the 22nd pick in the first round by the 49ers in 2006.

Career Stats more
Season	Team			Tackles					Interceptions						Fumbles
		G	GS	Comb	Total	Ast	Sck	SFTY	PDef	Int	Yds	Avg	Lng	TDs	FF
2011	Cincinnati Bengals	16	15	52	31	21	1.5	--	4	--	--	0.0	--	--	0

2010	San Francisco 49ers	16	16	59	48	11	2.5	--	6	1	0	0.0	0	0	2

2009	San Francisco 49ers	16	16	68	51	17	6.5	--	2	--	--	0.0	--	--	3

2008	San Francisco 49ers	14	10	45	33	12	3.0	--	3	--	--	0.0	--	--	1

2007	San Francisco 49ers	2	2	11	8	3	0.0	--	1	--	--	0.0	--	--	0

2006	San Francisco 49ers	16	12	57	47	10	2.5	--	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0

TOTAL				292	218	74	16.0	0	17	2	0	--	0	0	6

Jonathan Stewart

CAMolinaFTW — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:00:18 -0000

First I'd like to say I am new here and this is my first post. Big time Panthers fan, love Jonathan Stewart and Cam Newton.

I think Jonathan Stewart is madly underrated. I have seen opinions differ, from being worth a late first to being an worth a 5th or 6th round pick. I think Stewart can be a top five RB in the NFL if given the chance (yes, I know I sound a bit homer-ish). Highlights

Stewart also has some pretty crazy stats that I have researched and crunched myself, that no one has said before (as far as I know). Here are some (remember, I am human so I might be wrong):
Jonathan Stewart has a career yards per touch average (CYPTA) of 5.2. Adrian Peterson has a CYPTA of 5.2. Barry Sanders has a CYPTA of 5.3.
Jonathan Stewart was behind only the Saints Darren Sproles in YPTA last year.
ProFootballFocus says Stewart was the most elusive back 2008-2010.

As you all know we signed Mike Tolbert today. Tolbert is a lot like Stewart, can break tackles, good goal-line back, and can catch the ball well. Tolbert also played FB in college.

So speculation of trading Jonathan Stewart will start. I'd HATE it if we traded him for anything less than a first, heck I'd hate it if we traded him for just a first. I really hope we can re-sign Stewart to a deal. Best case for me is we sign Stewart to a deal, keep Williams and Tolbert, and cut Goodson. Then either get rid of Williams the next year or see if he is willing to take a pay-cut to stay in Carolina and with his buddy Stewart.

So what are your thoughts on what we should do with our RBs?

First I'd like to say I am new here and this is my first post. Big time Panthers fan, love Jonathan Stewart and Cam Newton. I think Jonathan Stewart is madly underrated. I have seen opinions differ, from being worth a late first to being an worth a 5th or 6th round pick. I think Stewart can be a top five RB in the NFL if given the chance (yes, I know I sound a bit homer-ish). Highlights Stewart also has some pretty crazy stats that I have researched and crunched myself, that no one has said before (as far as I know). Here are some (remember, I am human so I might be wrong): Jonathan Stewart has a career yards per touch average (CYPTA) of 5.2. Adrian Peterson has a CYPTA of 5.2. Barry Sanders has a CYPTA of 5.3. Jonathan Stewart was behind only the Saints Darren Sproles in YPTA last year. ProFootballFocus says Stewart was the most elusive back 2008-2010. As you all know we signed Mike Tolbert today. Tolbert is a lot like Stewart, can break tackles, good goal-line back, and can catch the ball well. Tolbert also played FB in college. So speculation of trading Jonathan Stewart will start. I'd HATE it if we traded him for anything less than a first, heck I'd hate it if we traded him for just a first. I really hope we can re-sign Stewart to a deal. Best case for me is we sign Stewart to a deal, keep Williams and Tolbert, and cut Goodson. Then either get rid of Williams the next year or see if he is willing to take a pay-cut to stay in Carolina and with his buddy Stewart. So what are your thoughts on what we should do with our RBs?

Poll

What should we do with our RBs?

Trade Stewart for at least a first round pick

20 votes

Trade Stewart for at least a second round pick

5 votes

Trade Stewart for at least a third round pick

4 votes

Keep Stewart, Williams, and Tolbert (moves to FB/3DRB) and cut Goodson

93 votes

Keep Stewart and Tolbert (moves to FB/3DRB), trade Williams in 2013, and cut Goodson this year

33 votes

155 votes | Poll has closed