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I don't know. You got Shaq Thompson out there pulling off back to back 100 yards at RB and then jumping in to play LB. I'm sure Shaq Thompson back then could go all day long without contact on a football field

I didn't know about his health issue. That sort of makes what happened w/ the Raiders make a lot of sense and why he sort if went totally MIA last offseason w/ no workouts/looks.

I say about 7ish wins. Give or take. I think the Panthers are still fundamentally in no mans land on offense where the QB doesn't match the playcaller/talent. I think the D moves from horrible to average.

I'm not sure Hunter is some super conditioned athlete that stands out among professionals. I think he was afforded opportunity that just doesn't happen in football. That's the most unique aspect. He plays relatively light contact positions. I mean, I might wager there are tons trash players on MLS rosters better conditioned than Hunter. but I also saw Travis Hunter get absolutely cooked late in a couple games. That's why I don't think he can play both ways in the NFL. It was largely a sideshow IMO at Colorado. If you are getting cooked late in games because you are tired at Colorado......you can't pull it off in the NFL outside of some situational package.

yeah, I don't know why any of it exists today. Maybe back in the day it made more sense as maybe you could argue it would benefit the wealthiest owner vs a different franchise (that couldn't pay for and bring in the entire league to their home)? Who knows. Seems stupid in present times.

I invested way too much time in it and then couldn't find the exact map. Similar one shows they pretty much can go to Columbia and up to VA which aligns w/ their local visits. Then then encounter "micropolitan areas" going westward that would cut them off I think trying to get into western south and north Carolina. Seems like a certain mile radius would make the most sense. Got to think some areas like the Northeast teams could take advantage of a lot more schools. Players who attend college or reside in a club’s “metropolitan area” can be given a physical examination without counting against the 30-player limit, unless the club provides transportation for the visit. Also, a player who attends college or whose hometown is in a club’s “metropolitan area” may be timed and tested at the club’s facility, as long as the club does not provide transportation. “Metropolitan area” is defined as contiguous suburbs. There isn’t a 25-mile, 50-mile, or any other type of mileage radius rule. The league office uses the 2011 Rand-McNally Road Atlas to determine the metropolitan area of a city.

it gets really weird. But you got a straight shot down to Columbia and I guess straight up to VA if you are the Panthers. I would assume the western mountains and western NC/SC ends up drawing a line and boxing them out of that area.

I wonder if the Carolina Panther Gamecock "fixation" is the downside of the "local visit" perk. It's the only SEC school that checks the box and they get local visits out of it at draft time. Wonder if Clemson doesn't meet the map requirement to be in the metro area like U of SC does. Which could be part of the HUGE disparity of one school being the lead the school in draft picks .....and the other posting a goose egg despite Clemson putting more players into the NFL and being the better program during the Panthers era. The rules just give them access to Gamecocks (which is an SEC program) without using top 30 visits.

but again, we have drafted more players from that college than anyone else on planet Earth....and that stat predates Sellers stepping on a football field. It's just what the Panthers do for whatever reason. Sellers averages like 15 rush attempts per game. And he isn't Cam Newton or Lamar Jackson. I think Sellers around these parts has been vastly overrated because of a game Clemson couldn't tackle in (and Clemson proved in every game this season they might not be able to tackle David Tepper if he was in the open field. Sellers couldn't do anything as a passer that game. Was meh in the bowl game. But sure, he had some miracle scrambles vs a horrible tackling Clemson team. Folks way too high on him IMO).

maybe one of the worst franchises in the NFL......should reconsider the pipeline fixation from the U of SC. We have more draft picks from there than any other university on planet Earth. and zero all time from the best football program in the Carolina's. might be time to mix it up differently.

AT cant' get open either. He is just a savvy old guy eating on up all the slot reps. The fact he seperate and run lower the entire ceiling of a Bryce Young O. As does the fact we get below league average production out of the backfield in the pass game when we go to it. since the moment we drafted Bryce, I have banged the drum slot WR, rec RB, and TE would be the most important things we could do to build around Bryce. We have done basically the polar opposite. It's why I call the Tepper era random parts.

he averaged 2 yards in YAC per reception last year. He can't generate quick separation. He was debating retirement last year. Yet we champion him as some great option. AT is a savvy vet we force feed the ball too......on a team starved for basic offense the last couple seasons. We overrated AT. Which is why some freak when people like JT on his podcast point out the painfully obvious about him.

I mean, he is a slot technician. That's what he does. So, in a good offense, you would be trotting him out there on 3rd downs and situationally.....to not take what they give him but to move chains. It's a niche. AT hasn't threatened defenses in years. Last time we saw Renfrow on the field he averaged..... 6 yards YAC per catch. Adam Thielen last year averaged....2 yards in YAC per catch last year. I still contend in reality, AT isn't a slot WR. Not in reality. He is an aging rec TE. And those aren't the same thing. AT simply can't generate quick separation or provide YAC.

I mean, I was not so subtly just trying to just get a shot in at the Gamecocks. but if you want it vs mighty Bama in National Title games… 7 rec, 88 yard, 2 TDs. 10 rec, 92 yards, 2 TDs. Bama had no answer for him either.

in honor of the signing here is a classic Renfrow clip, making one of those big bad but muh SEC! defenses look dumb.

well, you got two present day GOATs at QB there....so they can make stuff happen like a 2015 Cam Newton did. Yeah, they would all have success here. Not sure that is the fairest point. I mean, skill talent, Mahomes and Allen probably got the slight edge today. Maybe not tomorrow. So it's still back to our OL being the defining different in Carolina.

if Renfrow is largely what he was, he should make it. He has the added bonus of being able to return punts. I think Renfrow makes a lot sense on select downs.

all about if he still has that quickness. Hunter Renfrow isn't built to of slowed and really pull it off. I didn't watch a ton of him after his Pro Bowl season....but I do know his route running got really popular after that. The Renfrow routes. Wonder if some of it was teams just really started respecting him and studying his routes.....and that lead to him coming down a peg as it became somewhat less effective. But even if his routes were more studied and respect, his game still will work. You still going to guess wrong on them.

I think is overstating things on our O that should be said if we are going to position the convo as a make it or break it thing for Bryce. I consider this year 2 for him and you often see regression year 2. AT is not in reality a top 10 slot WR. We force feed a vet WR in the slot that can catch. Which generates statistics for AT. He is more savvy rec TE at this stage than anything. We just drafted TMac. You can't really count him as anything except for a promising young WR that is about to have a rookie season. XL is on the development train. 2 promising young WRs that both are going to have to grow into legit NFL WRs. TEs are presently a below average group. RBs are in reality are probably a pretty average group in reality. Where we currently stand out IMO is our OL talent.

Hunter isn’t in competition with most of our WRs. He is a niche player. He is either good enough for it and they want it or they don’t.

Hunter Renfrow might be my favorite college player of all time. The underdogs underdog story. No clue if any magic is left but I’m open to at least seeing

I like how Kiper went on a rapid meltdown about the NFL not knowing how to evaluate QBs passing on Sanders…. somehow oblivious to his promise to quit his job if he was wrong about Jimmy Clausen

In training is right. We needed to just straight up draft someone who already shines as a pass catcher/3rd down role. That’s the hole in the backfield.

Eh, I’ve never liked Trevor and his brother is my favorite college back of all time. Rather of had a couple of others and some would have been there in the 5th….