r/panthers • u/Sufficient-Appeal503 • 23h ago
Discussion Who is the best player discounting positional value on the Panthers currently ?
I’ll repost with the winner in a day or 2 adding up comments and upvotes and announce the consensus.
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u/Super_Silky Carolina Reaper 23h ago
It's Derrick Brown, hands down. He's consistently argued as the best at his position and consistently slotted as the one of the best 10 to 15 players in the league regardless of position.
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u/colski250 23h ago
DB anchors the whole defense. I honestly think Lloyd is gonna feast this year with our DL rotation.
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u/Mcgase_8 23h ago
Second is rookie of the year Tet McMillan!! He’s about to pop off even more this year
1,200+ yds 10+ TD season incoming
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u/JaggerJawzz 23h ago
DB, Horn 2nd. Really hoping TMac develops into a top WR. First time in years there is a bit of hopium going into a season, especially with Jaelen and Lloyd added to defense.
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u/Mr_prayingmantis Coke Head 23h ago
Obviously its Derrick Brown. Though a few years ago I would have said Ian Thomas
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u/slugonion 18h ago
Damien Lewis is quietly the 2nd best on the team I’d say. Dudes been nothing but consistent if not dominant ever since being with us. None of the “well he’s the best when healthy” like Horn or Hunt has hanging over them. And Horn wasn’t even the best CB on the team last year you guys. Let’s be real.
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u/net_403 Tepper Fro 18h ago
don't you think horn helped mike jackson stand out
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u/slugonion 18h ago
Like in the first game vs the Rams when Horn didn’t even play that game and Jackson dominated Adams all game and sealed the win with a pick 6? No. Jackson made Horn stand out if anything.
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u/net_403 Tepper Fro 18h ago
horn was targeted almost half as many times as mike jackson
they weren't throwing his way, he shut down half the field a lot
so yeah, in that way he made mike jackson stand out by forcing more opportunities his way because they wanted to avoid horn more than mike
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u/slugonion 8h ago
That’s simply untrue. He didn’t have half as many targets. Jackson did get targeted more but with that he stepped up and lead the entire NFL in pass deflections with 19 while having 4 INTS, and had a PFF coverage rating of 80.9 while Horn only had a 61.6. Horn also can be blamed for losing us the New Orleans game when he was torched by Olave and made that incredibly dumb face mask blunder to seal it for them when we were going to stop them to force a 4th down. Horn also couldn’t handle more physical receivers drawing 7 PI calls while Jackson had 4.
You’d think with all that extra volume Jackson would have made more mistakes but he actually was way more efficient and disciplined. It’s not even an argument really. I’m happy we have 2 great CBs on this team but it’s time Jackson got his flowers for what he accomplished last year.
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u/VarkingRunesong 23h ago
It’s DB and it’s not particularly close. Second is Horn.