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After watching Denzel Boston he might be my be my pick for receiver now. But what do I know.

No, I have been consistent. Take the BPA. You don't reach down over a position to take a lower graded player out of a sense of need, or some decidedly arbitrary notion that you can't draft a position three times in a row. That's why I have debated WR. Don't reach down! That reeks of desperation which doesn't lead to the desired results. No one knows how the draft will fall, so all we have to deal with is "ifs." I've consistently said that you follow your board. It's that simple.

This whole "what if WR is the best player available" has quickly changed in to a decree that it will be and acting as if you need to convince fans in order to make it happen. Just say you want a WR. This isnt logical anymore.

I'm really not buying it. And don't think it is worth getting worked up about something so unknown. If I'm wrong, I'll gladly admit it. But I really think this has been a big smokescreen. Panthers aren't taking a WR in R1.

The funny thing is we'll draft KC or whichever WR at 19 and by the fall when our OL is predictably not living up to billing as the highest paid unit in the league for the second consecutive year the same folks in here clamoring for yet another first round pick to not go to the defense will be whailing about getting more help on the OL. You just cannot reason with this insanity. I've never seen anything like this mentality that the QB is never expected to elevate the moving parts around him and instead must be carried by top end talent at all times. Honestly pathetic.

Because maybe, just maybe, a WR is the BPA. I know, it's simple, but it's a long-standing philosophy. The first round has several solid options. If there is a run on tackles (which there probably will be at the top), then you have to pivot.

Well unfortunately that conversation opens a can of worms that few of us want to grapple with. This team runs through LaMelo Ball. He's the superstar the supermax guy. But much more often than not he is a complete non factor in the paint and at times can be downright dreadful. Yes he will go off for 30+ some games making insane off balance threes from damn near half court. But that's never going to take us on a playoff run. It is what it is.

Freakin Kon. Taking a break for a few days after this one

Thanks Bro.

STOP HURTING MY FEELINGS!!!

Yeah, I just really enjoy this time of year and all the tea leaf reading, etc. Some attack any idea that is not consistent with their own--I knew the critics would emerge because that is what they do--much easier to critique than create, but this really is based on what I was able to round up--I tried to take it from the angle that if we are going to draft a T, and we probably all agree that is a need, these are the items on the shelf and here are the "buyer beware" warnings. These are good players, no doubt.

You're clearly high on your own supply.

Understood. Based on information I have been reading. Not really my thoughts--but a synthesis of comments--some may be poker comments and some may be a result of over analysis, but it is what it is.

thanks for letting us know hear that everyone? Shut it down, turns out our discussion doesn’t mean everything

You would have stopped reading anyway. It was long and the lexile level was up there (way high). They will give him a shot at T, but many project him to guard.

I mean there are other guys who are technically regarded as better but yeah, I get the appeal. josh Norris pointed out he’s two inches taller and 15 lbs heavier than Jaylen waddle was coming out. He plays inside out, gives us juice, but is still different enough of a profile that Legette and Horn don’t become obsolete. I think he’s a good option. Better than a safety or a guard or whatever especially.

We got abused in the paint. 62 to 40. Need to address that this off-season

So why would he draft a WR?

We needed this. Many Huddlers are going to disagree to varied extents, but the 2026 OT class has more question marks than exclamation points. There is a higher than normal chance that someone is going to overdrafted. But, if you have conviction that the guy will be a starter this year at the position you are drafting him for, you have to pull the trigger. It's possible, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's likely. It's going to depend upon the guy. Canales basically said that we're not going to draft for depth in the first round (and he said it with what I consider was low-key disdain).

I feel like you approach this as if the decision on what position to draft is made in stone before draft day. They decide based on their assessments and who is actually available in real time, not whats predicted to happen.

The only WR that makes sense in the first is KC Concepcion. He fills multiple roles in the offense and is a PR specialist.

That depends upon what happens with receiver this year and what happens with free agency next year. Hopefully we'll be good by addressing receiver this year (regardless of whether we snag one in the first round or not). If we don't and are unlucky enough for to Coker get hurt (and X solidifies his bust status, and JAGs be JAGing), then we may be fùçked! But I assume that Dan Morgan and company will feel compelled to look for answers in free agency and use that to set up the draft just like this offseason. Reality is not as simple as we drafted this position X times in a row in the first. If you're suggesting that we could draft a position in the first four times in a row, that's not likely. At some point probability has to be taken into account. I mean, how many years in a row can you be unlucky with one position? As I've said at times before, you try and plan for the long term personnel-wise and cap-wise of course, but things happen so, in a sense, you still must look at each season--each "team" if you will--unto itself each season. So many things can happen between now and then. A major industry can profoundly impact the bigger picture (like this year), someone could offer you a trade proposal that you can't resist, players might not have progressed to your expectations--you know, things like that. Moreover, you have to be aware of the dynamics of each draft class, including the fact that there could be unexpected draft risers and fallers during the college season. That's a lot. As of today, we expect the 2027 draft to have more exclamations than question marks at OT and the QB class and WR group is expected to be exceptionally strong. We'll have a clearer picture of whatever we'll have to focus on next year at this time. Lastly, keep in mind that there's always more than one way to get you to where you want to go. The yearly puzzle is not static, it's dynamic and complex.

I'm fine with Thieneman or McNeil-Warren.. Rodriguez won't last until 51 so they would have to trade up, he may end up being a late first round selection. Anthony Hill Jr. is more likely to be available. I don't expect defense in the first round now after the murmurings of finding another weapon for Bryce.

Proctor/Trotter is my ideal duo. Since I think Proctor is gone by our pick, give me KC/Trotter as my realistic duo.

best write up I've read across any platform this draft season, thanks