Panthers bring back an old friend - Geoff Hangartner, welcome back
The Panthers continued to address their O line problems on Labor day by bringing back Geoff Hangartner. The 29 year old Texas A&M product played for Buffalo the last 2 years, starting 16 games and 12 games respectively. Prior to that, he was a piece of the Panthers O line that blocked for Double Trouble after Travelle Wharton went down, but mostly was a rotational player for CAR during his time here. He saw a lot of action in 2007 when he was part of a line that gave up 33 sacks for 4 different QBs that year and helped produce the second highest total of rushing yards in team history. Hangartner is smaller than MJG at 295 lbs, but is also taller at 6'5". In combination with MJG, we should have improved line play for Cam and the running backs now, and Cam has more time to throw, and our receivers not named Smith will have more time to get separation (a problem during the preseason).Courtesy of the brains at ESPN, here is the scouting report on him:
Hangartner has good size but average strength and athleticism. He is a tough, hard-nosed player with great instincts and technique. He understands angles and how to leverage larger defenders in the run game. He shows good vision to adjust to stunts and twists in pass protection. He can lose some one-on-one battles. He needs help from the guard spots and is best on combination blocks
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Help from the guard spots?
Is that referring to when he plays center/tackle?
I think they will move him around a lot and use him more if MJG isnt working out
MJG is more of a rush blocker than a pass protector, GH tends to do both well but not outstandingly on either. GH is about the same size as Kalil, technique isnt as good. A little undersized for T, he can play any position though which makes him valuable to us. Good to have him back.
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Glad we picked him up
Now Marty if you could go out there and get us a good tall CB and a powerhouse DT
by rscott94 on Sep 5, 2011 12:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I really like Darin Gantt's nickname for Hangartner:
The Notorious P.I.G.! Classic! Haha.
Nice! I dont know if I would say that to GHs face though....
295 pounds of angry pig isnt anything to sneer at!
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Haha, no doubt!
It’s a sweet nickname though!
Haha awesome!
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by KaiserBromley on Sep 5, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
On top of this move
If they are considering trading for a DT or CB…now could be an excellent opportunity. I would claim Quan Sturdivant from the Cardinals and then package Connor in the trade for our DT/CB. Sturdivant could make an excellent backup.
We need Dan Connor
in case Jon Beason isn’t ready to start the season. Trading him would leave a huge hole in my opinion. I’m a little weary of Beason’s injury at the moment.
Dan Connor is indispensable right now.
I don’t like saying it, but considering what we’re hearing about Beast, he could very easily end up on IR at some point.
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by KaiserBromley on Sep 5, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

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