Ok, people have been waiting on JSTEW to emerge and get his solo gig and all that seemingly forever. And yesterday, in a game in which JSTEW didn't even play, we had that moment and I hope everyone saw it.
The Panthers showed yesterday that what there team wants to be and is trying to be is highly dependent on JSTEW.
The complete and total willingness to ignore DWIL in the game and the manner in which they tried (and by tried, that is being kind) to use their RBS showed us that JSTEW is going to be the far and away chief beneficiary in this offense going forward.
I KNOW a statement like this absolutely invites pitchforks and burning brooms to come to my door. In the spirit of not going down the road of how a lot of topics go in the SP these days go, I'm just going to say that I'm not going to get into 100 response threads picking nits.
I'm simply just saying I THINK this will be the moment when we look back and say "this is where it turned" for JSTEW because: -I think he has a lot more to offer a this point in the pure running game between the tackles. -I think it appears that the Panthers want a steady screen game, especially where the RBs fein a block and then release and I like Tolbert and JSTEW more in those aspects (but given that DWIL is still on the team, I think JSTEW will get that work and Tolbert will be the victim of simply too many bodies).
So, my two cents: for what it's worth: Buy JSTEW in bulk if you can right now.