Another important signing...

Quote :

"The Panthers also have agreed to terms with Tennessee center Justin Hartwig, according to several league sources. Terms were not immediately available. Hartwig could be crucial to a smooth transition on the offensive line. At 27, he’s younger than veteran Jeff Mitchell, whose time with the Panthers appears to be over. Hartwig has been a starter the past three seasons, and has developed into a technically-sound blocker. Adding an experienced player will be helpful, because the Panthers are planning to start second-year pro Evan Mathis at right guard. "

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/14076446.htm

This guy looks like he's going to be a solid starter and somewhat of an upgrade over Jeff Mitchell. If the cost wasn't too much I'd say this was another great offseason move for the Panthers.

3/12/2006 2:28:46 AM

mccree signs with the chargers...

3/12/2006 4:11:11 AM

So, with all the QB shuffle around the league, the draft is also getting shuffled.

Lendale White is sliding down the boards, and our chances of landing him are increasing. I've even seen a few mock drafts from the "experts" showing that he is down to our neck of the draft.

That would be bad ass.

3/15/2006 4:29:07 PM

id be really happy if we could get lendale white somehow...

we need a back with fresh legs and i think he'll enter the league with a chip on his shoulder because he's still not really a big name...

He would definitely be a good counter with Deshaun Foster and that would move that fat ass from Louisville into a third string role and he could be fresh when Foster invariably hits the DL midseason.

3/15/2006 4:33:43 PM

i've heard eric shelton has beefed up a lot over the last 8 months or so?

3/15/2006 4:44:14 PM

^^Lets keep our fingers crossed.

[Edited on March 15, 2006 at 4:45 PM. Reason : slow]

3/15/2006 4:44:50 PM

^^yea, he is probably a fat ass now, he hasn't really played in like a year and a half.

3/15/2006 4:46:56 PM

no, i heard he beefed up in a good way, like muscle...like he's diesel now...which would be great since Stephen Davis is gone

3/15/2006 4:57:45 PM

Quote :

"Panthers sign safety Williams March 14, 2006 Panthers.com The Carolina Panthers have signed unrestricted free agent safety Shaun Williams from the New York Giants, the team announced Tuesday. Williams has played in 92 career regular season contests with 60 starts and has produced 413 tackles, 13 interceptions and 4.5 sacks in eight NFL seasons, all with the Giants. In 2005, Williams , 29, appeared in eight games prior to being placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. He finished the year with 16 tackles and two interceptions. After being selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, Williams (6-2, 218 pounds) spent his first two seasons at nickel back and the next two at free safety before moving to strong safety in 2002. He started 58 consecutive games from 2000-2003 and made at least 85 tackles each year from 2000-2002, including a career-high 108 in 2002. Williams helped the Giants reach Super Bowl XXXV following the 2000 season when he started all 19 regular season and postseason contests. He was named All-Pro by Sports Illustrated after registering 85 tackles and establishing career bests with three interceptions and 13 passes defensed. A native of Los Angeles, Williams played at UCLA where he earned first-team All-Pac 10 honors as a senior. "

another one added to the defense

3/15/2006 5:04:54 PM

keyshawn is becoming a possibility for the cats

3/15/2006 5:10:12 PM

wow, big signing.

We are stacked if we add a RB and WR now.

3/15/2006 5:12:41 PM

shaun isnt a big signing

3/15/2006 5:13:44 PM

d-backs want to play behind THE BEST DEFENSIVE LINE IN THE NFL

3/15/2006 5:23:03 PM

Quote :

" What do you say to the people who are obsessed with the team having a receiving tight end? Derek, Raleigh, NC I think what people might not understand is that there are five eligible receivers in the game. By virtue of the way we move people around, the tight end gets into one of the receiving spots sometimes, but his major job is as a blocker in pass protection. He still has to be effective for us in certain downs and distances and field positions, though. Our tight ends have been that way. When they have gotten down in the red zone, they have been much more effective. We don't feature one in particular, but our tight ends usually end up with about 45-50 catches between them. I think we do a pretty good job. We just don't have one who is going to catch 90 balls because we're not set up that way. There are teams in the League who have tight ends who catch that many, but if you look closely, you'll see they don't have a wide receiver who catches that many. If our tight end was the guy who was best suited to make big plays down the field, then we'd give it to him. Our best asset was Steve Smith last year, Muhsin Muhammad the year before, and Stephen Davis the year before that. We're going to give them the ball. "

q and a with Dan Henning.

This makes it seem like the panthers aren't even thinking about a TE in the draft.

3/23/2006 3:07:14 PM

get keyshawn

3/23/2006 3:09:01 PM

Quote :

"If you could lay a nasty stiff arm on any defensive player in the League on national television, who would it be? Zod, Charlotte, NC Deshaun Foster: Ricky Manning, Jr. (laughs) "

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 11:10 PM. Reason : http://www.panthers.com/news/newsroomNewsDetail.jsp?id=23924]

3/23/2006 11:09:02 PM

yup..the deal is almost done..keyshawn should be announced a panther tomorrow..

3/24/2006 12:10:30 AM

Quote :

"Panthers officials told FOXSports.com that they have agreed to terms on a four-year, $14 million contract with wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson."

3/24/2006 12:46:27 AM

Only 3.2 mil per year for one of the best possession recievers in the game.

Thats a steal if you ask me.

Quote :

"i've heard eric shelton has beefed up a lot over the last 8 months or so?"

I'm not sure that you'd want a RB who was listed at 245+ coming out of college to beef up much more.

Hopefully Shelton can stay healthy and run between the tackles without getting knocked on his ass the way Foster does. If not, then we need a true inside runner in a big way.

[Edited on March 24, 2006 at 1:27 AM. Reason : 2]

3/24/2006 1:26:29 AM

I think Keyshawn is gonna help us big next year. Fox is a great coach and the Panthers will be great to watch for years to come.

3/24/2006 1:51:43 AM

more great signings:
Punter- Jason Baker
CB- Reggie Howard (he played with us his 1st 4 seasons, hes a decent DB)

ATTN: does anybody know what the status is on LB Mark Fields??? is he gonna be ready to play this season???

3/29/2006 12:08:02 AM

good to get Jason Baker back, he is so solid, it makes me almost forget about that fuck-up Saurbraun

3/29/2006 12:11:52 AM

Quote :

"ATTN: does anybody know what the status is on LB Mark Fields??? is he gonna be ready to play this season???"

3/29/2006 11:00:45 PM

I heard Ricky Proehl is now byebye?

I'm Ron Burgundy?

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 11:01 PM. Reason : hfdj]

3/29/2006 11:01:15 PM

^^Mark Fields is not coming back. Ricky Proehl is not coming back either.

3/29/2006 11:07:35 PM

ricky might. don't say no on him until august comes around. speaking of which our pre season schedule is announced.... Buffalo at the panthers week 1, at jacksonville week 2, august 24th vrs Miami on national tv fox 8pm. and week four at the steelers on august 31st a thursday as well. really random i just realized that is all afc teams.

[Edited on March 30, 2006 at 1:23 AM. Reason : schedule]

3/30/2006 1:21:18 AM

any ideas on what yall think about the pre season games?

3/31/2006 6:27:38 PM

they have no relevance at all.

3/31/2006 8:02:19 PM

seems to play the jaguars and steelers every year in preseason.. I'm surprised we're not playing the redskins this year.

3/31/2006 9:56:16 PM

does it really matter who we play?!?!?! panthers are gonna dominate some shit!!!

4/1/2006 12:23:51 AM

Not a Panthers fan, but here is the schedule:

Sep 10 Atlanta 1:00pm
Sep 17 @Minnesota 1:00pm
Sep 24 @Tampa Bay 1:00pm
Oct 1 New Orleans 1:00pm
Oct 8 Cleveland 1:00pm
Oct 15 @Baltimore 1:00pm
Oct 22 @Cincinnati 1:00pm
Oct 29 Dallas 8:15pm
Week 9 BYE
Nov 13 Tampa Bay 8:30pm
Nov 19 St. Louis 1:00pm
Nov 26 @Washington 1:00pm
Dec 4 @Philadelphia 8:30pm
Dec 10 N.Y. Giants 1:00pm
Dec 17 Pittsburgh 1:00pm
Dec 24 @Atlanta 1:00pm
Dec 31 @New Orleans 1:00pm

Two monday nighters and a sunday nighter

I'll be at the Bengals game to root against yall

4/6/2006 2:20:47 PM

You better hope Carson comes to play healthy cause our D line is sicknasty. Yeah that will be a good game to watch live though I bet.

Smitty vs. Chad Johnson!

Guaranteed to see some fines issued for end zone celebrations in that one!

4/6/2006 2:31:08 PM

Quote :

"Two monday nighters and at least a sunday nighter "

could be more or i guess if we suck ass we might not have a sunday nighter at all haha

4/6/2006 2:52:32 PM

The Dallas one is week 8, so yeah, you'll at least have that one. The flex-scheduling only applies week 10-15 and week 17

4/6/2006 2:57:50 PM

it sorta sucks that the last few sunday night games aren't set. it will be harder to go to a panthers game on those weekends if they suddenly switch it.

How much lead time are they supposed to give before they make the decision?

4/6/2006 2:59:16 PM

^I heard 12 days

4/6/2006 3:00:32 PM

i guess that would be enough time to plan accordingly.

4/6/2006 3:01:58 PM

anyone want to try and get group tickets for a few games? its alot cheaper, but they stick you in the corner of the upper deck.

[Edited on April 6, 2006 at 3:18 PM. Reason : ?]

4/6/2006 3:18:32 PM

how sick would it be if the panthers nabbed arrington? i don't think they are even trying to but if we got him it would be a guaranteed trip to the superbowl.

4/12/2006 3:55:25 PM

lendale white..enough said

4/12/2006 4:01:21 PM

i'm more worried about our LB situation than RB. but hell yeah lets snag the fucker if he is still around at 27th

4/12/2006 4:02:35 PM

theres gotta be a good reason why white's stock has dropped so much

draft an OLB in the first round

4/12/2006 4:03:37 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/don_banks/04/04/mock.draft4.part3/index.html

this dude thinks the panthers are gonna take Laurence Maroney

Quote :

"Don't make the mistake of assuming that by re-signing DeShaun Foster the Panthers are out of the running for a first-round running back. Foster's injury history demands the position receive more attention. Maroney looks like a steal this low in the first round."

the whole mock draft is interesting to see what he is predicting other teams will do.

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8289755 - this guy says maroney too

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8289753 - lendale white

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8303830 -Gabe Watson, DT, Michigan

i guess i am the only person worried about LB's

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 4:47 PM. Reason : .]

4/12/2006 4:37:36 PM

SLB is important too. I'm guessing either Carpenter or Howard would be the pick if the Panthers go with SLB.

4/12/2006 4:55:51 PM

Carpenter had a season ending injury last season

I am iffy as hell about him

4/12/2006 5:06:51 PM

^ I agree.

4/12/2006 7:48:44 PM

id be up for group tickets...when do tickets go on sale btw?

4/12/2006 8:28:31 PM

^good luck getting tickets. Individual tickets are usually nosebleed seats.

4/12/2006 9:30:11 PM

panthers just signed Keith Adams. This guy is very underrated IMO.

4/13/2006 4:54:13 PM

^i dont know a lot about adams except he was great at Clemson

but the pick makes me feel a lot more comfortable about the draft...now if theres a stud OLB at our pick we can take him or take a stud RB if he's there

also he's good insurance for potential Morgan injuries

did Philly play a 4-3 last year like the Panthers? or does he have to adjust from 3-4 to 4-3?

4/13/2006 7:53:43 PM