Keep or Cut: LB Landon Johnson

With no salary cap next year, there’s no need to cut anyone for money reasons. In fact, I don’t think that they should cut anyone before the mandatory cuts to trim the roster. He was the first back-up to replace TD so the coaching staff still believes that he can play.

i dont think it would be a good idea for him to here because all he is for is a special teamer really. sure he got in every now and then on defence but not enough ro make an impact. i hope he does leave so he can get a chance to start else where. I’ll always remeber that FF on the last game of the 08 season on the kickoff.

I don’t blame anyone L. Johnson, Hurney, Fox, or even Richardson for going after Johnson b/c he seem as if he was on his way to being a breakout player in the NFL. Granted Johnson was never going to be a T. Davis or a J. Beason but he should have beaten out N. Diggs and didn’t the past two training camps for the SLB job. Simply put we got burned on the free agent market and hey it happens.

However with the above being said I voted “CUT” b/c Johnson has just simply not gotten it done. Johnson has underperformed and I watched him play in a couple of games and he is not any faster than Diggs, cannot tackle near as well, and in coverage I consider both equal as well. N. Diggs was a great player for us down the stretch in 2009 season and without him we would have had alot of problems and surely wouldn’t have went 4-1 down the stretch either.

Simply put it was a good move by our front office at the time but just didn’t work out. I wish Johnson all the best but their is no way he is going to be back in 2010 with the Panthers anyway b/c we have bigger needs such as what to do again with Peppers drama, QB position (although we should just let Moore be that “C” of the ship, and of course WR position needs the biggest upgrade and figuring out what to do with KEMO and the DT spot is another big need b/c we need to get younger in the DT position quick.

James Anderson finally proved he belonged and could start if needed and J. Senn did nicely on special teams so where does Johnson belong on our team the answer is simple he doesn’t.

Go Panthers ~

I can’t recall a single impact play he’s made. If he’s due to make about the same as Keydrick Vincent, who was the subject of the first Keep/Cut thread, there’s no comparison in their relative value or contributions. Vincent plays in what, 50 or more snaps a game; Johnson in half that at best?

There are at least 5 other LBs on the team that exceed his contributions, when you factor in ST tackles, which he hardly makes, even when he’s on the field.

I don’t know how we all missed it, but Johnson is only under contract foer next season because he reworked his old one last year to help the team with the salary cap. The Panthers would NEVER pay him back by cutting him just to save money.

there’s no savings by cutting him. If They save money and LJ gets screwed, they’ll have trouble getting anyone to restucture in the future. I say the only way he gets cut is if he can’t make the roster based on what he (and his compitition) do on the field.

He reportedly saved them $1M on the restructure. Therefore I would think that he would be guaranteed at least that much this year.