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Damn, this is a good fall back plan for a great number. Drafting another LT is still not out of the question, although we may not need to use a 1st for it, now.

surprised one of your normal sources did not break this: Seymour Buttz, Mike Hunt, Dick Bangs...

So far, post FA additions, the Panthers for the first time in a long time are in a position where they can move around their first round pick. Here's what it could look like if Dan wants to use this year to grab additional picks. Using the classic Jimmy Johnson Valuation Model, here are three possible options (assuming the players are still there): Scenario 1: The "Small Slide" (Trading with a team in the mid-20s) If a team like the Green Bay Packers (#23) or Minnesota Vikings (#24) wants to jump up for a specific player, the Panthers could net an extra 3rd-round pick. Panthers give: #19 (875 pts) Panthers receive: #24 (740 pts) + #87 (155 pts) Total Return: 895 pts (The Panthers "win" by 20 points, a common "tax" for moving up). Possible Picks: Pick #24: Makai Lemon (WR, USC) or Kenyon Sadiq (TE, Oregon)- Pick #87: Josiah Trotter (LB, Missouri) Scenario 2: The "Big Move" (Trading to the end of Round 1) If a team like the Detroit Lions (#28) or Washington Commanders (#29) wants to get back into the top 20, the Panthers could demand a high 2nd-round pick. Panthers give: #19 (875 pts) Panthers receive: #29 (640 pts) + #61 (292 pts) Total Return: 932 pts (A significant profit for moving back 10 spots). Possible Picks: Pick #29: Akheem Mesidor (Edge, Miami) or Zion Young (Edge, Missouri) - Pick #61: Spencer Fano (OT, Utah) or Logan Jones (C, Iowa) Scenario 3: The "Draft Capital Haul" (Trading out of the 1st Round) If the Panthers decide they want multiple "bites at the apple" in the second day of the draft, they could trade with a team at the top of Round 2, like the Cleveland Browns (#33). Panthers give: #19 (875 pts) Panthers receive: #33 (580 pts) + #67 (255 pts) + #104 (86 pts) Total Return: 921 pts (This gives Carolina three picks in the top 105). Possible Picks: Pick #33: Cashius Howell (Edge, Texas A&M) - Pick #67: Kevin "KC" Concepcion (WR, Texas A&M) - Pick #104: Jalen Stroman (S, Notre Dame) or Jake Slaughter (C, Florida)

I'm on board.

Who are you benching? You don't take a nickel corner there, surely that's probably the one position on defense where you can't find a starter on base defense

Ickey's not a sure thing to be back week 1 in 2027 IMO. I would love to be wrong about that but really doubt it.

Starting to feel like the stench of panther bad luck is wearing off. Right time right place with walker. Everything aligned perfectly

I'm thinking corner now at 19

the draft is stacked with OL this year, teams may have decided to draft rather than dump a bunch a money into a FA

which franchise?

I saw something a couple of pages back I really had to restrain myself from replying to, on that front. I typed paragraphs of rebuttal stuff and did not hit send.

Complete nonsense.

So was Murray. So was tua

It certainly gives you options. Walker is by reputation pretty good against speed rushers, something Icky sometimes struggled with.

Wow he actually pretends to consider week 1 for Icky as realistic? That is highly questionable judgement right there.

the people preaching wait and see are not arguing in good faith but i guess we shouldn't be talking about that player in this thread so i apologize for that

I personally would like to have a security blanket (Sadiq) over another potential #1 receiver in Makai Lemon. Makai is a more complete receiver/prospect than Tet was coming into the draft according to his NFL.com Draft grade so there might be some butting of heads if they played on the same team. I would like to keep the offense in Tet's hands.

that's a marketing a choice. I wouldn't argue that. He's undoubtedly the most replaceable player on the offense. That's the opposite of "franchise." unless franchise just means to you the guy they trot out for fluff interviews

There is the Norfolk Canyon bottom, and then there is the Mariana Trench. But whatever, I just wanted them to remove the big excuses of a bad OL like we saw happen after 2023. They have given this kid or tried to give him everything you could ask for. We don’t need to be feeling like we need yet another year of wait and see after 2026. We need to see, now.

This is insane. How is Dan doing it

Good signing by the Panthers to take advantage of the market dropping out on Packers LT Rasheed Walker. Gives them a very high-end insurance policy for Ickey Ekwonu, who's not a sure thing to be back for Week 1, as he rehabs a torn patellar tendon. https://x.com/albertbreer/status/2032574477658149033?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

IMO the @Panthers have had one of the best first weeks of FA. https://x.com/tonypauline/status/2032561225024844183?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Claude was knocking dicks in the dirt for us in spot duty. Glad he’s back. Claude>Wallace. Sorry, not sorry.

He is the face of this franchise whether you care to admit it or not.

I have been listening to analysts, and receiver is surely in the mix (as well as it should be). X appears to be a bust, and people outside of the Huddle aren't looking at Coker as a sure-fire WR2. I think we're going BPA (and that's exactly what we should be doing).