The official "Could be a Panther in 09" thread

Berry re-ups with the Cards

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-cardinals-berry&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

Heard on Sirius this morning -- Michigan State QB Bryan Hoyer was worked out yesterday by Carolina OC Jeff Davidson.

 

Somebody's going to read too much into it:


Carolina coodinator runs show at qb's workout

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas

Here's one for everyone who likes to take every pre-draft tidbit and turn it into a huge deal -- and aren't we all guilty of that? Anyway, Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Jeff Davidson ran the workout for quarterback Brian Hoyer at Michigan State's pro day Wednesday.

Yep, go ahead and start thinking about the Panthers drafting Hoyer to be the eventual replacement for Jake Delhomme. There's logic here. Delhomme's getting older and Hoyer is a prospect. He didn't have a great senior season in a run-first offense. But he's been climbing up the charts with good showings in the East-West Shrine Game, the scouting combine and at Wednesday's workout. He has decent size (6-foot-2 and 215 pounds), a good arm and some intangibles. Sounds like a young Delhomme.

Can't you just see Hoyer getting picked by the Panthers in the middle rounds, sitting behind Delhomme for a year and, then, taking over as Carolina's next franchise quarterback?

Hey, it's nice to dream and don't rule out the possibility of Hoyer landing with the Panthers. But don't read too much into who's at what workouts or what players make pre-draft visits to what teams. Everybody's watching workouts and going through the visiting process. It's all part of the routine.

Davidson as the front man for Hoyer's workout doesn't mean all that much. A lot of times, those things happen because a college coach knows a pro coach or all the coaches show up and somebody says, "All right, who wants to run this workout?" and somebody volunteers. There's not a lot of rhyme or reason in these things.

But go ahead and think about this one a bit. Davidson was running Hoyer's workout. Do the math. Two and two can come to four. But, at this time of year, it sometimes can add up to five or nothing.

 

No, I can't.

 

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Davidson isn't even a quarterbacks guy.

 

mike mackenzie released by saints according to espn's nfc south blog

 

we could use that

 

His knees are shot aren't they. Do you think a 1 year vet minimum would even be worth it on this guy?

 

the Ravens are looking at him to play RT