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8 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Sanders, Beck and Ewers will be top 10 picks, if healthy.  I'm thinking probably two more will go mid-to-late first round.  Still, not the draft like this year.  Seen some of Leonard since he played in the ACC. Not being lazy because they were to the same school, but I think Leonard is a Daniel Jones type of QB.  Middling starter, but a quality backup.   I haven't seen enough of Ward yet.  He decided to stay in college when I was studying guys, so I didn't waste my time with his film.  in my very limited time on his tape, his comp would be a hybrid of Tyrod Taylor and DeShaun Watson (now, not 5 years ago).

The rest of the mid round guys are a wide variety of styles and sizes.  You have the tall pocket guys (Howard and Ulagalelei).  There's the shorter and more mobile QBs with moxie (not running threats though) with Dart, McCall and Rogers.  I would definitely take one of these dudes in the mid-rounds.

Again, I'm not sure if Milroe comes out.  Depending on his season, he could be a late first rounder.

 

Milroe would fly up draft boards with a good year as a passer. I could easily see him go #1 overall if he makes a jump.

1 hour ago, CRA said:

the Rams don't give a rip about draft picks. 

this draft aside, McVay has never had a 1st round pick in his career and paired that with missing his 2nd a couple years on top of no 1st.  They got 2 NFC Championships and Super Bowl during that window.   Under valuing them has at least worked for them overall. 

Yes, but also, their best player the last few year was drafted: Aaron Donald 

32 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Local espn and sports talk shows are roasting this pick today. All said Wilson, Butkus award winner should have been the pick. Even Luke endorsed the kid.  
 

This reeks of DJ Johnson last year.  

Are you saying the local sports radio guys wanted the local guy

I think he was flagged as a major injury risk by a lot of teams.

1 hour ago, Bear Hands said:

https://theathletic.com/5413234/2024/04/13/miami-football-spring-game-cam-ward/

Ward could fly up the rankings with a good year.

42 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Grades are subjective at best. Anyone can slap a grade on it, even me. Is it accurate? Hell no. It won't be official for a couple of seasons. 

I think grades are fun, but they are extremely subjective. They player might be great, but the “grader” wanted a different position and vice versa. 

I wasn’t looking for a RB, but Brooks is really really good, he is a complete back, he can run, catch and pass block. He is heads and shoulders above our current guys. He’s also close to 220 lbs., so he’s not a small guy 

57 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Here is what I do--you might want to put Brooks on the IR to start the season--that means he misses the first 4 to 7 games.  He can use the time learning the offense better and strengthening the knee.  Meanwhile, running behind the new OL, Hubbard and Sanders can hold it down.  After four games, the Panthers have a 21-day window to activate Brooks.  We could put Sanders on the block during that time, trying to get a trade for him.  If not, after week 7, put him the bench (inactive) then cut him June 2, 2025 and the cap hit is only $1,475,000 per year.  If Brooks enters the lineup on Week 8, for example, we'd get a fresh RB on a stronger knee midseason.  Not the best situation, but we can take a negative situation (Sanders not working out; Brooks' rehab) and make it work to our benefit more than cutting him outright.

From what I heard it was a clean ACL break, and not a tear, so it should heal relatively quick. He has already started running and cutting, so he should be 100% ready to go by training camp. So I expect him to be a day 1 starter.

1 hour ago, Panthero said:

Does that not seem odd? Robinson is the known better talent for that position. Was there a logic given? Seems a real head scratcher to me. Not to mention that Brown and Robinson both weigh more than Tuttle. The smallest starter is at Nose?! 

From what I understand he’s supposed to be very very good as a 3-4 end, I personally really like it (but I couldn’t be further from an expert). What surprised me the most is that we didn’t try to get a real NT and use Tuttle as the first backup end. 

1 hour ago, Panthero said:

I read somewhere Ashawn Robinson was told he isn't playing NT. Can anyone confirm or deny? Not sure where I heard that. Seems his natural position, so it came as a shock to me. 

Yes it was confirmed that Tuttle is the NT. 

Didn’t know that much about him, but some of his highlights are pretty darn impressive. I feel really good about our additions to WR, RB (we got an elite talent) and TE. Still very doubtful about Bryce, but I’m excited to see what our offense can do this year.

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I am willing to have an open mind, but after not having a good draft in God knows how many years and with the same structure is in place, he kindof has a point.  Being blindly optimistic is pretty nuts at this point

I agree, somewhere in the middle makes a lot more sense. But proclaiming someone a bust immediately after they are picked in one of the later rounds is wild

1 hour ago, *FreeFua* said:

Anyone defending these picks after all the draft classes this organization has pissed away needs to give their head a shake 

It works both ways, anyone complaining about picks in round 5-7 they’ve barely heard of is something else 

3 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

Smaller & slower version of Captain Munnerlyn

Another special teams player

I agree, we should have picked one of all the starters just sitting there…

2 minutes ago, Shocker said:

What does this mean?

From another thread I was told it means other teams messed up allowing the Panthers to draft the two of them. 

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

gotcha

I was wondering the same thing

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

vice grips they say

Love it

I would like to get a C with our next pick, there are a few intriguing ones left. But our next pick is pretty far away 

3 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I pray I am wrong on him. He did have good college production but his RAS scares me for a guy who is billed as an athletic TE

I’m watching NFL Network and they said he plays faster than he tests, and has great hands. So it sounds good

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Easy now. I distinctly remember all the schadenfreude when genius Fitterer outmaneuvered the Saints and traded up to get in front of them to get TMJ. How'd that work out?

I still can’t get over how bad Fitt was, it is borderline unbelievable. 

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

I think CB is our biggest need right now, but passing on C in round 2 does make a statement--We are happy with what we have there.  If we needed a starter, we would have never passed of Frazier or Powers-Johnson.  However, Van Pran-Granger is sitting there now....

I think we have Gilmore ready to go.

Van Pran would be my pick, he can sit a year behind Corbet and then start for 10 years.

Injury prone RB? I get you might not like the pick, but that is miss informed at best.

I mean, from the third round on you should really take players that can maybe start now or be coached up to become a starter. Because our previous two coaching staffs have been completely inept, this staff shouldn’t think they can improve players and draft accordingly? They should give up and only draft ready to go starters in round 3-7?