kungfoodude

Remember that one nut we had that claimed Trask was basically the new NFL superstar because he was tall?

Or the Iowa St. kid in the 2nd. Or Burden or Egbuka if we trade down. We have ample options rather than spending crazy money. But, as someone accurately pointed out in the RB thread, we rarely make wise decisions in the draft.

Remember our 2nd this year isn't "our" pick. It is closer to the 3rd. The money I can understand. But, I would rather pay Higgins top 5 money that Horn, TBH.

Lol. Brother, I will take Higgins for that in a heartbeat.

Throw enough darts and you will eventually get a bullseye.

With a lot of 4ths, we would be lightspeed stupid not to take BPA RB.

They are likely to go RB early. Have seen them often mocked to go RB in the first or second.

They signed a RB in Javonte Wiiliams.

TBH, almost all the Rhule rosters were better than this.

Plus there are some very good RB's with returning ability too

Well, given our lack of drafting ability, you do have a point.

Contract isn't bad at just $3 mil. Still, a rookie RB contract is cheaper and can potentially get a far better player

If we don't, we are morons. This is the fuging draft to do it.

Panthers: We need a RB! Let's taken the best RB available despite injuries in a very weak RB draft! Also, how about in the 2nd round! Also Panthers: Let's pay $6.5 mil on a one year deal to an above average FA RB! Also, let's do this in a RB draft class that is one of the deepest since 2003!

Possibly so but that doesn't really change what I said.

Even if you were sold on him(I ain't either) we still need a contingency plan. Lol

I would say that could be debatable with Jewell. Jewell is actually not that bad. At the bare minimum we have another competent LB.

I do agree that their evaluation of WR's is the worst in the NFL but it's also a tough position to be able to pay premium(or in our case likely premium+) prices to afford.

Curious to see the financials. I think on the surface this is a good pickup.

Do a great job in the draft and we might get a win or two extra and I mean a GREAT job. Mostly it would just fit with the plan to get younger and get more competitive. Start finally building depth outside the OL and extend that to the rest of the roster. Start finally getting some average or above NFL starters. If we can move those goals appreciably forward, then it is a overall net positive. People are just setting themselves up for massive disappointment with the thoughts of winning records, playoff berths, etc. This is a straight up from the foundation building effort, it's just going to take time, effort, patience and above all, competence. So, strap in, it's gonna be a wild ride. Side note: I still am pursuing a sports book that will let me make a 4-5 figure wager with acceptable odds that the Panthers will not have a winning record before the 2030 NFL season. So that's how I actually think this is all gonna go down.

Al Davis special. Not only is it perplexing that he only had 4.5 career sacks, he was an elite talent on teams stocked with elite talent. How much more of a stacked deck do you really need to perform well?

I would argue it's significantly below average.

That seems to run counter to the youth movement overall. But, we have taken swings at bigger targets(possibly still doing so) so perhaps we kick the tires as a consolation? I generally think the issue will likely be that we will have to pay significantly above market for him to have interest. Which, TBD what that actual market value is.

I would say 5.5-6.5 is probably a more reasonable expectation for range. We genuinely didn't improve much on paper. We IMPROVED, which sadly is not always a given during our recent offseasons.

It's easily a bottom 5 WR group.