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Tried to get a different gif, but this just can't be beat


Never forget

1/6/2011 10:24:13 AM

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" On top of that, our general manager Hurney is a bonehead who has proven over and over during the last couple of years that he will sacrifice talent in order to save a buck (i.e. picking Armanti Edwards last year instead of Jacoby Ford, knowing that Edwards would be nothing more than a special team player who wouldnt get paid more than the nfl base salary throughout his career)."

I agree that Ford would have been a better pick (although not as good as not trading away our 2nd rounder in this year's draft in the first place), but how does taking taking Edwards over Ford save us money?

Oh, nevermind, its a DROD post.





And

Quote :

" Citing "folks up and down the building," Darin Gantt of the Rock Hill Herald reports that Giants DC Perry Fewell is a very serious candidate for the Panthers' head coaching job, "and possibly a favorite." Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is targeting "leaders, not celebrities," and Fewell fits the bill as a Tom Coughlin protege who's paid his dues as a 13-year NFL assistant. Fewell, 48, is considered a terrific communicator -- a quality valued highly in head coaches. The Panthers' lone interview so far has been with in-limbo Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. Jan. 6 - 9:19 am et"

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 10:49 AM. Reason : x]

1/6/2011 10:28:39 AM

Quote :

"(i.e. picking Armanti Edwards last year instead of Jacoby Ford, knowing that Edwards would be nothing more than a special team player who wouldnt get paid more than the nfl base salary throughout his career)"

hurney is an idiot, but if you think this is why we picked edwards over ford, i don't know what to tell you

1/6/2011 11:01:44 AM

I said why he would save us money in the very sentence you quoted

Instead of taking a potentially starting WR with the pick (i.e. someone who could demand a fairly substantial salary after a couple years in the league) we took a lifetime special teams returnman (i.e. someone who will never get paid more than $500,000 a year in all likelihood). Plus on top of that we traded away another pick to take Armanti, which saves us the money that we would have to pay to whoever we got with that pick

^I'm not the only one who thinks that. This topic was discussed ad nauseum yesterday by Adam Gold and Joe Ovies - they were actually the people who brought up the idea, which makes sense when you think about it.

why do you think hurney picked Edwards over Ford? Because Edwards played for App State and will bring in more fans? Because he truly believed Edwards would project into a better NFL WR than Ford? Edwards wasnt even a WR coming into the draft, so he is a project to say the least. Ford is an accomplished WR AND returnman. I think Ford returned more kicks/punts this year than Edwards did, so even if he was targeting an explosive returner with the draft pick, Ford would make more sense from that perspective



[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 11:19 AM. Reason : asdf]

1/6/2011 11:14:30 AM

Ford fell to what, the 4th round? So every team passed on him three times. If he were a guaranteed home run hitter like you're saying, he would've gone much earlier.

Also, playing WR in college is not a prerequisite for being a decent WR in the pros.

Hines Ward and Antwaan Randel El are living proof of that, as well as a host of other bums like Matt Jones, Ronald Curry and Arnaz Battle

1/6/2011 11:26:19 AM

there are far more successful WRs in the league who were also WRs in college than QBs in college, if thats what youre trying to say

we could go back and forth about this all day, I just think Ford is/was more likely to be a starting WR in the league than Armanti Edwards

1/6/2011 12:15:22 PM

anybody catch Phil Simms ripping on Luck this morning on the Mac Attack? http://wfnz.cbslocal.com/2011/01/06/mac-a-phil-simms/

Also some dude emailed in and said his daughter dates some guy at Stanford who is good friends with Luck, and that Luck is calling a press conference this afternoon to announce that he's staying in school

I don't buy it

1/6/2011 12:19:09 PM

also



haha he actually drew this during the presser? i just heard the audio



[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 1:01 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2011 12:53:14 PM

I never really loved Jimmy Clausen I just thought he was a good pick for where we drafted him. Certainly nothing like the hype for Luck.

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 1:03 PM. Reason : Phil Sims doesn't seem to have that good of a point]

1/6/2011 1:02:50 PM

i'd have invited her to come sit in the front row too

1/6/2011 1:33:28 PM

Let me be the first to say

HAHA

1/6/2011 2:32:48 PM

Luck staying.

Whoops.

1/6/2011 2:33:37 PM

1/6/2011 2:34:50 PM

Are you serious?

Fuck.

1/6/2011 2:35:45 PM

"Looks like you're stuck with me, boys!"

1/6/2011 2:36:19 PM

here's to hoping for a lockout

1/6/2011 2:36:26 PM

1/6/2011 2:37:18 PM

i wish our helmets would go back to saying PACK instead of ACC

1/6/2011 2:38:18 PM

i see you made it big, dweedle, for emphasis

/that's what she said

but for real, now what? grab Bowers? Go after a WR? Trade down?

This blows.

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 2:40 PM. Reason : ]

1/6/2011 2:38:49 PM

you implying im a grower not a shower

1/6/2011 2:40:18 PM

at first i was like



but now i'm like

1/6/2011 2:40:18 PM

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

1/6/2011 2:41:16 PM

MALLETT TIME

1/6/2011 2:41:25 PM

2-14

for nothing

1/6/2011 2:41:33 PM

Why is Ernie not a panthers fan again

He's live in NC most of his life, correct?

1/6/2011 2:41:38 PM

I've been an NFL fan since before 1995

I went Pack and I never went back

1/6/2011 2:42:33 PM

I like your resolve

Most 10 year olds are easily swayed

1/6/2011 2:43:22 PM

If Clausen is the starting QB next year, I have a feeling 1-15 or 2-14 is still a big possibility.

We should just trade down, get two studs for the o-line, and draft Luck first next year.

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2011 2:43:38 PM

2-14 again next year! We can do it!

if there's no lockout

plz for lockout?

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 2:44 PM. Reason : quick edit is quick]

1/6/2011 2:43:48 PM

Quote :

"Also some dude emailed in and said his daughter dates some guy at Stanford who is good friends with Luck, and that Luck is calling a press conference this afternoon to announce that he's staying in school I don't buy it"

1/6/2011 2:43:56 PM

Bert Faaarve rubbed him the right way

1/6/2011 2:44:10 PM

I still have an inaugural season schedule poster rolled up somewhere

Never went on the wall cause I don't play that shit

1/6/2011 2:44:42 PM

Come on, relax. There are still several stud-possible QB's coming into the draft this year, let's trade down, get some beastly O linemen, pick up a defensive tackle, get another of the big QB's coming in, pick up some WR's and see if we can't turn this shit around without him.

And if that plan fails... Let's draft Luck first next year.



Explain to me what fuckin sense it makes to stay in school another year KNOWING you will be the #1 overall pick?

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 2:46 PM. Reason : ]

1/6/2011 2:45:33 PM

depending on the CBA, he might've just cost himself about $30 million

gg Luck

1/6/2011 2:47:07 PM

man I have a feeling we're going to be the worst franchise in the league now for the next 2-3 yrs or until richardson croaks or retires, I don't even see how we can trade down when there are no quarterbacks, at least if we get bowers he probably won't be a bust like a rb or qb could

1/6/2011 2:47:12 PM

Andrew Luck is all like

1/6/2011 2:47:55 PM

Panthers Rule.........






















The Shitter! Again





Though i am now fully on board the Andy Dalton train! lol

1/6/2011 2:48:02 PM

1/6/2011 2:48:21 PM

FYI

OWNERS DON'T RETIRE

1/6/2011 2:48:44 PM

1/6/2011 2:49:04 PM

i have that masochistic grin on my face because TWW is fun when shit goes down like this

1/6/2011 2:49:05 PM

well anyhow, if richardson runs off/refuses to sign all these guys in the off season to make a point about business/labor agreement then expect to be the cleveland browns of the new decade

1/6/2011 2:49:59 PM

wonder if Harbaugh stays now

1/6/2011 2:50:23 PM

Quote :

"let's trade down, get some beastly O linemen, pick up a defensive tackle, get another of the big QB's coming in, pick up some WR's and see if we can't turn this shit around without him."

We're gonna get raped now if we want out of the pick. I can't wait to see how badly Hurney fails again given these circumstances.

1/6/2011 2:51:13 PM

Trade this years first and third for next years second and fourth

1/6/2011 2:51:50 PM

Probably going to overpay Da'Quan Bowers now.

1/6/2011 2:51:52 PM

Applies here, too.

1/6/2011 2:52:59 PM

Theres bound to be a franchise out there willing to make an absurd trade for the #1 pick, like another top 10 pick this year, a 2nd rounder, and a future 1st round pick or something

1/6/2011 2:53:08 PM

What an idiot.

1/6/2011 2:53:53 PM

1/6/2011 2:53:56 PM