How Panther Fans Feel About the Trade....

[SpikedLemonade]

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/topic/143340-panthers-just-traded-kb-to-buffalo-for-2018-3rd-and-7th-round-picks/?page=42


It looks like the vast majority of Panther fans do NOT like the deal and think their GM is incompetent.

The only positives for the trade are:

(a) KB gained too much weight in the off-season and despite his size plays "small".

(b) KB and Funchess were redundant and the Panthers needed more WR speed on the field.

(c) Newton's best year was in 2015 when KB was injured all season so KB is NOT really a difference maker.

(d) KB would have wanted too much money coming off his rookie contract to fit under the Panther's salary cap.

[swiper]

All reasons they let him go. He's going to have to prove himself all over again. Few players land on their second team and produce like what made them known on their first. We'll see.

[coastal]

Superbowl!!!

[Skooby]

When’s the last time we had a WR this size ??

[SpikedLemonade]

When’s the last time we had a WR this size ??

James Hardy?

[Skooby]

James Hardy?

James Hardy ran like Frankenstein man, he wasn’t smooth.

[SpikedLemonade]

James Hardy ran like Frankenstein man, he wasn’t smooth.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/james-hardy?id=1024


http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/kelvin-benjamin?id=2543471

There is your Combine comparison.

[Mr. Miyagi]

(a) KB gained too much weight in the off-season and despite his size plays "small".
I don't know how much of this is sour grapes, but from all the games and highlights I ever saw, Benjamin has a big catch radius and doesn't play small.

[BertSquirtgum]

Anybody that isn't happy and excited about this trade is ******ed.

[Forward_Lateral]

Panthers fans are idiots. Seriously. I have a few on my facebook (not sure why), and their football knowledge is low, as well as their IQ

[Arm of Harm]

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/james-hardy?id=1024


http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/kelvin-benjamin?id=2543471

There is your Combine comparison.

James Hardy's combine numbers were better than Benjamin's, across the board! Not what I would have expected.

[SpikedLemonade]

James Hardy's combine numbers were better than Benjamin's, across the board! Not what I would have expected.

I could NOT find Hardy's 40 Combine time.

Maybe he did NOT run it?

[DraftBoy]

I could NOT find Hardy's 40 Combine time.

Maybe he did NOT run it?

James Hardy
Ht - 6053
Wt - 217
40 - 4.49
20 split - 2.58
10 split - 1.56
Bench - 18 reps
Vertical - 31.5"
Broad - 10'05"
SS - 4.2
3 Cone - 6.84

Kelvin Benjamin
Ht - 6050
Wt - 240
40 - 4.61
20 split - 2.73
10 split - 1.67
Bench - 13 reps
Vertical - 32.5"
Broad - 09'11"
SS - 4.39
3 Cone - 7.33

[SpikedLemonade]

James Hardy
Ht - 6053
Wt - 217
40 - 4.49
20 split - 2.58
10 split - 1.56
Bench - 18 reps
Vertical - 31.5"
Broad - 10'05"
SS - 4.2
3 Cone - 6.84

Kelvin Benjamin
Ht - 6050
Wt - 240
40 - 4.61
20 split - 2.73
10 split - 1.67
Bench - 13 reps
Vertical - 32.5"
Broad - 09'11"
SS - 4.39
3 Cone - 7.33

So Hardy was taller, faster, stronger and more agile than Kelvin at the Combine.

Hardy only went to Indiana whereas Kelvin was part of that Championship team at FSU.

Hardy really messed up his life off the field.

[The Beef]

Hardy couldn't run routes coming into the league, had a plethora of personal issues and got his knee shredded.

He was a monster at Indiana but he was literally just running go routes againat B1G DB's. Which works vs the majority of the conference save OSU and MSU depending on the year.

[Bill Cody]

240? :shocked:This guy is a biscuit away from TE weight

[jwenger]

All reasons they let him go. He's going to have to prove himself all over again. Few players land on their second team and produce like what made them known on their first. We'll see.

Hogan