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I like the idea of a 4th and 1 guy, he also would mean wed have a qb for when we want to throw a pass over 25 yards.

Next im gonna hear his brother is the Center so that means he'll be a good LT. (This is what many floated when Matt Khalils bum ass got signed).

I like that TT LB, think we could get him in the 2nd and have a very good player. Leadership type guy too. Small but good numbers (stats and combine). Plus the stache is pretty sick.

We need another pass catcher threat. So certainly hed be a weapon we could use if hes as hood as advertised. Just dont see us burning a first for him which is what it'll take.

Frankly I dont see it with Chubb. Dudes hurt all the time and hes on the old side.

Plenty of country boys would be fine with Charlotte. Just have to show the team and franchise arent dysfunctional AND are not a place to just come cash a check.

Longer term, I see DE being a smart play. Im trying to balance not reaching with guys that can also start pretty much out of the gate. I feel like grabbing another edge now just gives us another guy that needs time to cook like the two DEs we took last year. So its too much of the same at a single position. With C, you could arguably get a starter that is ready by mid-season. Just let Corbett start until then. Same thing id do with Yosh. Let him hold LT until a young guy is ready. Then see whats what with Icky/Moton the following year. As for the other DE moves, agree on all points.

My draft would have us taking LB, OT, and C in the first three rounds. Probably in that order.

Thats my thought on it. There is long run and short run payoff to drafting. We already have a lot of draft capital tied up in the long run (the two 2nd rounders) but they take time to be plus starters. Bring in a guy that brings short term pop while the long run yield starts to mature. Fine with an edge later. 4th or 5th round.

Guy is hurt, a lot. Great talent though

Tackle has to be a selection in the first two to three rounds. As does C and LB. Also need to shore up Yosh and go get a true MLB. Edge and TE need to be addressed in free agency.

I think as long as the Panthers are competitive with Canales they should keep him. Pepper needs to repair his/the teams image as a place prized free agents aren't hesitant to consider. Just dont do any crazy poo for a few years.

Great point. The trends I mentioned are reinforced by the very teams that think the same way in terms of which positions are premiums (mostly teams that are very good too). How many super bowl teams have a remmers at OT? How many of the perennial playoff contenders?

You dont draft guards, centers, safeties, ILB or tight ends in the first round unless they are sure fire HOF types, like Quenton Nelson. The cost for top flight OT, DT, DE/OLB, QB, WR, and CB are so much higher relative to those others, its almost always the wrong move to draft any that arent those five. There are also always more of the first group available in free agency with CB and WR sometimes available because there are so many (raw numbers) drafted. Play the odds folks.

Given that the immediate impact we need at edge. We almost certainly address that in Free agency, not in the draft. Same with Linebacker, unless Styles or Allen is still there at 19. I think the same for OT. What is the position that we could draft in the 1st round and get immediate help in the first is how im approaching their decision-making I know ill get dragged for this, but im thinking they go DT in the first. A guy that can play right away and be a complement to D.Brown to wreak havoc at the LOS. So unless a top tier LB is there, I think DT will be the move.