Panthers Sign Marcus Hudson
The 2006 sixth round pick out of NC State wasn't tendered by the 49ers. Looks like a one-year deal for the dime corner and special teamer.
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The song remains the same
Value picks who can fill roles while rookies and sophmores grow.
Smart team building
Cat Scratch Reader's resident optimist.
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by James The Aussie on Mar 15, 2010 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, I like it
Give us solid QB play and we are legit…no need to sell the farm for old FAs.
Do or do not. There is no try.
Pretty good choice.
But still, it can be taken to an extreme.
I wish the Panthers had gone for Anquan Boldin, a certain Seahawks receiver, or Antonio Bryant.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Too expensive.
We’re saving money, not trying to win next year.
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
It's impossible to do it if you cut a third of your starters and replace them with castoffs and unproven players.
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Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
So you’re saying there’s not a single proven player in the league that was, at one time, unproven? If not, why is it so far fetched that some of our younger players may “prove” themselves this year?
Of course I'm not.
But I’m also saying that we’re not going to replace a third of our lineup with players who have never started before and expect to contend.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
So six new starters means we will not contend?
Let’s see, RG, #2 WR and SLB were all being played by aging vets. Good but not great players in 2009. I would agree an entire new line-up of DL starters is a concern but we essentially did the same to the o-line before the 2008 season and then went top 10. The pash rush is a concern but I’m willing to see how things shake out before getting too down on this team
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We did?
Our offensive line “reconstruction” was nothing like what we’re doing at DL. We had two players with over 50 starts each for us in Gross and Wharton, players who had played on playoff teams. And in addition to them, we had Ryan Kalil, who not only was viewed as a better future prospect than Johnson and Brown, but had already started more games as a rookie than Johnson and Brown did combined. Was he proven? No, but he was more proven than either of our DEs, and certainly more than any of our DTs as Panthers, and he also had the support of two established veterans who had seen success both in their own performances and the team’s. Brown and Johnson will line up next to players just as unestablished as them, if not more so.
And by the way, I’m not sure how FB+WR+OG+DE+DT+DT+DE+OLB=six.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 17, 2010 5:28 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Boy you jumped all over that didn’t you? MP’s got a point. Besides, when have the Panthers ever made big, splashy FA signings? It’s just not their style.
by The Duke Dude on Mar 16, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
If the "big spenders" were a bit more of annual competitors..
I may be more inclined to believe the “money buys success in the NFL” philosophy. As is, it doesn’t seem like enough players live up to their value to warrant throwing a season away before it has even began for no other reason than the fact that we didn’t make any big FA signings.
Mike Wahle, Ken Lucas, Ma’ake Kemoeatu, Landon Johnson, Stephen Davis, among others.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Then I'm sure you've noticed that Wallace Wright is even higher on that list.
I guess we’ll have PFF’s favorite ST unit ever!
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
According to that Barnidge was our best STeamer
Otherwise known as SouthTunnel. Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.
Well of course!
Didn’t you see him like a demon in kick coverage?
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Make your own list, if you think so little of theirs.
And I’m sure the Browns blog would love to discuss a few things with you. Take your sarcasm somewhere else — it’s gotten old.
No Sarcasm (Really)
At least we can count on special teams not being as shitty next season!
by SouthernPanther on Mar 15, 2010 5:25 PM EDT reply actions
Let's hope...
breaking in a new ST coach doesn’t take too long. It does sound like we got some tacklers. Question is to be we have the blockers?
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Hey we are still going to be a great team
No moves we have made are going to really hurt us; as far as dumping aging vet’s that is something that we should have done after we lost in the NFC Championship in 2006. However every position that we cut a vet from we have great youth, speed, and depth. No reason to hit the paniac button b/c we have not signed a big name b/c we are not going to .
The media said the same thing about our 2003 squad and we were suppose to finish dead last in the NFC South and come nowhere close to making the playoffs let alone the super bowl.
by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Mar 15, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No we weren't.
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey ESPN sucks man
You cannot seriously use ESPN picks or past history as a defense for your case. ESPN is horrific with regard to predictions, blogs, and of course make calls about who is going where, when they are getting drafted etc…
Just take a glance at ESPN’s depth chart for most NFL teams during next season and you will see what I mean.
by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Mar 15, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
So that's an example of this mysterious better source that picked us to finish last?
Easterbrook has been very accurate in his predictions.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Hooray!
Offense and defense…well, I guess we’ll wait and see.
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe we made a mistake cutting him in the first place
It is interesting to see what ex-panther is a the top of that list, Big D.
Good memory there, bhwells29!
Looks like he did it from 2 big games (1 vs Detroit) this year — nothing much last year with Jax. But 6 ST tackles in one game is pretty incredible. (We’re talking about Tim Shaw, guys)
He was a quality player who got caught up in the numbers game when we kept picking up talented LBs.
Sure would have been nice to have him around instead of Landon Johnson, though.
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Replacement for D. Wesley
Well I guess D. Wesley has played his last game for the Cardiac Cats in his career unless injuries arise and he is still un-employeed in the middle of the season. Hudson is actually a better special teamers than wesley and easily a better CB.
Go Panthers.
by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Mar 15, 2010 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
What about M. Douglas
M. Douglas was here in Greensboro this weekend for religionus reasons and I am wondering if anyone has heard anything about the Panthers picking him up for veteran depth since we supposely showed interest a couple of weeks ago and we have heard nothing since.
Anyone heard anything ?
by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Mar 15, 2010 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
If he's interested in signing for peanuts, they'll have him.
Otherwise, he’ll be headed elsewhere. Protect the coffers!
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't go that far.
Hudson’s never been any better as a defensive player than Wesley, and Meeks loved what Wesley contributed in the Joker package.
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by MichaelProcton on Mar 15, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Shouldn't have been greedy
Plus I don’t think Fox and Hurney wanted an aging CB that was nothing more than a special teams player ever in his career. Wesley was solid last year finally but before that who was he ? Seriously he was like CJ Wilson is now for us a nobody and that is why nobody is looking at a aging CB with almost zero speed left in the tank.
Sorry but I am glad Wesley was gone and and Hudson is a better special teams player just look at the chart posted by Bigdavis. Facts are facts and the joker package was only effect in like one or two games last year and wasn’t even used that much.
Boy one breakout game and Wesley gets all this praise as a special teams beast and a great player please with W. Wright and Hudson we are way better off.
You have to admit it is pretty pathetic that we are sitting here comparing which special teamer is better than the other. LOL.
by Holty_Panthers_Fan on Mar 15, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
What?
How can a guy both be “solid” as a contributor on defense and “nothing more than a special teams player” at the same time?
The “chart” posted by BD also says that a TE was our best ST player.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
why does wesley need be replaced?
We can’t have the 3?
Richardson you better not screw this up for me!
by STEVEN 785 on Mar 15, 2010 11:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Because they duplicate each other's skllsets.
Well, at least Wesley and Hudson do.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
is that a bad thing?
I mean 3 great gunners on the roster couldn’t hurt imo. It would be nice to have all of them going down the field on kick offs especially since we lost Lloyd.
Richardson you better not screw this up for me!
by STEVEN 785 on Mar 16, 2010 5:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
At some point, it's a roster management issue.
You can’t keep that many players who don’t contribute on either offense or defense without compromising your flexibility on game days.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
true
Richardson you better not screw this up for me!
by STEVEN 785 on Mar 16, 2010 9:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Procton
I have to say, I appreciate the coureous way you showed you self on this thread. Is it intentional? Are u turning over a new, less abraisive leaf?
Always enjoy your insight either way.
I'm showing myself in the same way I always have.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Mar 16, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
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