The time has come to trade Deangelo Williams next season. (It hurts, i know.)

Actually, only one is really necessary for this scheme, being that we are going to give RBs about 12-15 carries a game max, and put the game on the QBs shoulders. If this is the system that RR wants to run, then yes we should trade DeAngello. This seems to be the case, and ultimately it is doing us no good to us having that much money and talent ride the bench. So, yes I hear you Panthertrain, it is time for us to move DW and get some return on him.

I love DW as much as anyone else, however it ultimately would be best for us if we could get something for him IMO.

“DWILL IS BACK”, and then 1 week later, everyone is like “TRADE DWILL”…

They each have a unique skill set that can help the offense in different ways. DeAngelo is the shifty back that has the potential to break a big run at any moment. Stewart is the bruising back and is better on passing downs. Both are having success this year (DWill 5.2 YPC and Stew 4.8 YPC). And as others have said, having two premiere backs extends the careers of both of them.

cause no team is going to pick up that check. I’m happy to have him on the team cause he’s a great role model for the young guys, but we should have offered him less $ or let him walk.

If I remember correctly this is the same system that LT DOMINATED in for quite some time. I don’t think we have a full grasp on what this system will turn out to be. Systems evolve over time to the talent on the team. Chud will find a way to use them, it’s just going to take some time.

Considering we just extended Williams, this logic would apply more to Stewart.

But they needed a good run game to help Cam transition and they didn’t trust Stewarts durability. I was kinda mad when they re-signed him… I really wanted Stew to get a new deal and keep Sutton.

Call it a hunch, but I think part of the reason they’re passing so much is to throw Cam to the wolves and take this year to teach his as much as they possibly can.

a conscious decision by the coaching staff to force Cam to mature as a passer. The article is over at the Observer website (I can hear you all sigh with contempt now, since the Observer is not our favorite source of articles), but the point is that Rivera has said that:
“We’ve got to establish a quarterback,” coach Ron Rivera said. “You come out and run, run, run early, you’re taking away the opportunity for (Newton) to develop. Again, there is a big picture.” (‘Double Trouble not troubled by lighter rushing workload’).

I think that, (I am getting tired of and hate this phrase) Next Year, will be much different and we will see our offense as more of a 60/40 to 70/30 distribution of pass/rush.

Yeah that would be really smart.

From a financial standpoint, specifically.

you failed to say who would want him and why and what they would give up, on top of his now-large contract. I think he’s here for a couple more years.

Also, running backs rarely have 10 years in them when drafted so I hope that bit about BeefStew was intentional hyperbole.

but reason for keeping double trouble this year was to get pressure off of cam in his rookie year. i can bet that no one in the organization expected cam to be this good this early. i cant say who should stay or who should go, but as value goes, stew is younger and hasnt been signed to an extention yet. we cant afford to keep two elite backs and whoever goes, we do need to work on the more glaring needs in this team.

JR didn’t just pay D-Will for his future performance that he hopes to gain by resigning him. He could have signed him for MUCH less. He REWARDED Deangelo Williams for his past performance and to show the team and fanbase that if you play here and play at a high level, you will get rewarded, not traded. I think this part of the equation is often overlooked.
Even if he was only given an average contract, I’d still like to see D-Will stay with the Panthers until he retires. He is a Carolina Panther. He’s been one since he was drafted and I hope he decides to hang around until he decides he’s had enough.

But I think JStew will have the higher trade value at the end of the year and could be the one more likely to be traded. If you think about it, If this is all we intend to run, why not trade him for the 1st rd pick he’s worth. Let DWill finish his deal out and draft an eventual replacement. Mean while you use the extra 1st rd pick to fill a hole on either of the lines or even at linebacker. I personally love Stewart and was of the opinion we should have let Williams go and use the money elsewhere but that’s not what happened. With that contract he’s less attractive than Stewart, not to mention the fact that Stew is so much younger.