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Nervous. We gotta take one of 2 in NY or it's tough sledding. fug it, let's make it game 1 and tilt the series right out of the gate.

It's interesting that they are on the pro personnel side.

I am honestly mostly nervous due to the attrition. We lost some very capable guys, although I know we are possibly the most deep team in the playoffs. Still.....I am just nervous. We need to take one of the first two games, IMO. If not, it's gonna be trouble.

Honestly, I doubt it. That franchise seems pretty emotionless about trading away 1st and 2nd round picks. It's quite the anomaly.

Nervous about the NYR series. That is really the only team I am worried about facing this playoffs.

BC seems like a very significant stretch at C.

It's the top ten part that is so incredibly confusing. So, you are gonna have a guy on top ten money, a 24 year old guy, mind you...possibly sitting for 4 years? Well.....why? The thing is, maybe that front office loves him. Maybe the coaching staff does. But those guys legitimately don't have great odds of being around to see him play(barring an injury to Cousins). It just doesn't make sense to shell out a massive FA contract and then also use a top ten pick on a QB.

It's just "how much did you like these players for this team given their situation." The draft re-grade articles a few years down the line are always interesting.

The point is this has happened before. We have signed hometown guys.

Weren't Icky and Grier both Panthers fans too?

C.

Looks like mostly a B/C rated draft by the fanbase.

The grades for our classes at year 5 are rarely higher than immediately after the draft. We have been supremely talented at having terrible drafts recently. But, that's how you end up with one of least talented rosters in the NFL.

I am apathetic enough that I don't really have any emotions about watching games at this point. I don't get excited about wins and I don't care much about losses. I don't actually get any fun out of Panthers football. I just watch because I am used to doing it. Eventually if that wears thin, I will just not watch at all. Plenty of other good NFL football I can watch. Hope it doesn't come to that but I don't see really any chance of this franchise turning it around under Tepper. I guess I will see how 10+ years of this feels and just go from there.

But that isn’t worth a pick being trade for one spot. Like I said, the move up because someone was going to snag your guy, I get that. Had it been just solely for the 5th year, that's illogical to me. Glad to see it wasn't the latter.

I disagree somewhat. The third rounders are typically guys you expect to end up in your two deep. I would agree that more gambling does happen in that round. I just thought there were better players at his position available and better prospects at other positions available at the time of the pick. He would not have been my pick in the 3rd round.

I think that matters if the player works out. If he doesn't it then trading up for that reason looks very stupid I am much more comfortable with the decision to move up because they wanted to scoop a team looking for their player. That is logical.

Worth it remains to be seen. It does make it seems like there was some logic behind it, which makes me a little less perturbed.

We need guys to play due to the roster we have. It's not good, that is for sure. I don't like project guys in the top 3 rounds. Never have and never will. I am not assuming, I just don't believe he is a guy that ia going to be ready to contribute outside of maybe special teams. That's not a third round value, IMO. As I said earlier, high ceiling, incredibly low floor.

Day one rotational players were available at 72. Instead we took a guy that likely needs a lot of work to see the field. Not a gamble I personally would have taken.

Developmental meaning he has a lot of work to see the field and make any impact. There are ample players every draft that don't need much in terms of development, they just need experience.

He just seems like another developmental guy drafted too high. Luxury type pick when we had a real need.

The "5th year option" thing was so fuging dumb. It's the equivalent of calling your HR prior to a pitch being thrown. Just arrogant and dumb. It's going to look REALLY bad if he doesn't pan out because then you are going to be declining that option after making such a dumb move. I had no issue with the TE in the 4th. Once you get to the 4th I give a little more leeway to gamble and he fills a role that we haven't had in a very long time. TBD if he gets utilized but I liked that pick more than any other. I think Brooks will be fine but you don't take a fuging RB in the fuging 2nd round. That's MORONIC. You can get a starting RB in the 3rd-5th rounds.

I honestly think it might be two more seasons. To me, Tepper is convinced that he is the guy and he is going to be stubborn about it. I know that sounds strange given how quickly he sours on coaches but consider that he almost always sticks with a GM at least a year longer than he should. Even after it is EXTREMELY obvious they need to be replaced. That's what I predict will happen with Young. He will get almost all of 2025, as well.

Yeah, I had it a C but I could easily be convinced of a D. Just seemed like another "we are smarter than everyone!" draft again. Typical Tepper Panthers. Trying to reinvent a wheel that was rolling along just fine.