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Good question, you know im feeling good about leaving Hangartner where he is. While he may have blundered a few blitz pickups like mags pointed out thats an awefully comlicated front 7 that switches from 4-3 to 3-4 on the fly.

Any possibilty of Hartwig at RT ?

 

As mentioned above, I think bye week is the time to put him back in. Wondering if they'll do it sooner though, or not.

 

I would leave it alone until the bye week. You want to get Hartwig on the field though since we paid so much for him and he is supposedly very talented.

 

Hartwig worries me actually. This O-Line group has started to gel a little, and while there's no question in my mind that Hartwig as an individual will be an upgrade, Hartwid added to a gelled group may throw a wrench into the gears. Because of this IMO there's no question that he doesn't return to the starting lineup until after the Bye. Hopefully he practices with the starters before then and builds some chemistry of his own. If not the line could possibly regress. It may only be a short term regression of 2-3 weeks but that could cost 2-3 games and thats not something I'll be happy with.

 

That brings up an interesting point, Brain. How much of an upgrade is Hartwig over Hangartner, really?

 

HArtwig = highest paid center ever.

 

what??

 

I saw Hangartner laying on the ground on a lot of running plays. While he's better than we thought, and not a liability on pass plays, I don't think he's that good on run plays.

 

I swear I think there are people in the press that regularly read here.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/15776815.htm

 

I've thought that, too. A lot of our comments that we make on here seem to show up in articles in various publications within a day or two.