Navy_football

Nah. In college, Ted Ginn was twitchy, elusive and had world class speed. Like "they thought he would go to the olympics" speed.

Dan and Dave have both said they want to draft an impact player in the first round. The most impactful rookie positions are WR and RB. On defense it's Edge and CB. Can't see a RB at 19. So Edge rusher, CB or WR are the likely options. Oline and DT absolutely are needs. But they wouldn't be impactful this season.

Nah the cleats. You always, always blame the cleats.

Let's be honest here. We have one WR on this team that would be in the top 3 of ANY other team. And he was a rookie last year. I love Coker but he is an often injured UDFA. He wouldn't have even gotten a chance on other teams. The rookie injury would have bounced him around the league for the next 5 years until he stopped trying to make a roster. It's a numbers game for most teams and he would have (at best) been on some team's practice squad. But Carolina has been so devoid of talent at the position, that we didn't have much of a choice. Bryce leaves a lot of questions but to say he hasn't elevated anyone isn't true. No WR has left Carolina since he's started and did better on another team. Not one. And there are several to choose from. Coincidence? Maybe. Probably not.

If they have a 2015 defense and BY leads them to a top 10 pick, his days would be numbered. But no QB is going out there making perfect passes and reads every play. Can't expect to win a lot of games when every TD takes 15+ plays. Gotta have some explosive players on offense.

Yeah... right play, bad execution.

Think you guys are missing the point here. Don't think anyone is saying that a WR has to definitely be drafted at 19. I think we all are saying they shouldn't remove the position as an option if he's BPA, since it really is a position of need. As much as backup OT, backup DT, or FS. And technically XL was a 2nd and 5th. They traded up from 33 to 32 for the 5th year option. They gave up 33 and 141 for 32 (XL) and 200. Made sense at the time. They just picked the wrong WR.

Ok. But that was only because of injury. They already had Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan (not to mention Bucky). They drafted Egbuka and Tez last year. Carolina currently has TMac and Coker. After that there's XL, David Moore, Jimmy Horn and Tremayne. Coker is injured as much or more than Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.

In year 1 and 2? Yes. There is no real speed on this team offensively. Not saying anyone is slow. But they're more "fast enough" than actually fast. Plus 3 of the last 5 OROYs have been WRs. They were all 1st rounders. Remember who was neck and neck with TMac for OROY last season? Egbuka. He was WR3 for the Bucs.

I don't think that's realistic. Carolina ain't San Francisco (scheme and playcalling), Minnesota (WRs), or Seattle (all of the above, plus an insane defense). Just play consistently well. Command the offense with hot routes, smart audibles and protection adjustments. Take more deep shots when they're there. Make less foolish plays, particularly fumbles on your own side of the field. The rest of the team has to catch up with SF, MIN and SEA before we can expect much more.

I'm with you. Get the best player on your board at a position of need, where he'll start or have opportunities to make significant contributions to the team - this season. Same for second round. Third round is where you can maybe start to think about projects for the future. Kind of like Princely last year. Can't believe everyone is so against a WR in the first because of Xavier Legette. He was the 32nd pick (the last pick of the first) and really not a first round talent. So if they waited until the 33rd pick, then it would be ok? Now if they would have drafted McConkey, then this wouldn't make sense. Then again, it wouldn't be a position of need.

Lol. Any reason to throw digs at this guy. I didn't say he was built to do it. I said he was successful every time he's tried. That means he can do it. That's the opposite of fantasy. That's reality. Steve Smith wasn't built to be a jump ball WR either. But he did it at a high clip. For the record, I'm not saying BY is the level of QB as Smitty was as a WR. Just an example of size not being the only component.

The point is you're saying he can't. He did and was successful every attempt.

Isn't Bryce like 2 for 2 on QB sneaks.

Attitude aside, Makai would be BPA at 19. There's no question.