MHS831

My view about taking TMac. 1. He is the only WR in this draft class that is referred to (based on my research) as a No. 1 WR. If you asked a Panther fan what the Panthers needed at WR, they would say, "No. 1, X WR." The Panthers hoped XL would step into that role, but as a #2, he should find more success. TMac should struggle at times next year, but with AT, XL, and Coker--there will be less pressure on him. 2. One site compared him to Tee Higgins. The Panthers were rumored to be interested in Tee Higgins in free agency. 3. Other teams (Dallas, LA Rams) wanted TMac. When the Panthers took TMac, Micah Parsons got upset on a podcast and it was reported that the Rams tried to trade up. Now, consider that we wanted to move back and were going to give a discount to trade back, it is odd that they (probably) turned down trade up offers. 4. Vegas odds (Fan Duel) predicted that TMac was going to be the pick at 8 (odds shifted). What did they know?

Good point. Walker, Williams--too risky--not great fits. We needed a top WR--a #1, and the draft had 1 who fits that description. I disregarded him early, but at the end of the day, he was the safest pick at a need position.

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good point. I just learned this: Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is already quite familiar with his new quarterback. On Thursday night, McMillan was selected by the Panthers with the eighth overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft. That means he'll officially be joining fellow first-round choice and fellow California native Bryce Young over in Carolina. But this won't be the first time the two will be linking up. As first reported by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport following the selection, McMillan and Young had been "quietly" throwing together in Los Angeles in the lead-up to the draft. McMillan, during his chat with reporters, talked about that relationship—one he's now repeatedly dubbed the "Cali-to-Cali" connection. "We played against each other in high school, so we just kinda knew of each other," he stated. "I was fortunate enough to recently meet him, probably about a month ago for the first time at 3DQB in Cali. And I was fortunate enough, it was my first time ever, catching the ball from him and running routes for him. So I guess you could say we got a head-start on our chemistry." Hopefully for the Panthers, that chemistry between their 5-foot-10 passer and their 6-foot-4 pass catcher continues to grow.

No. Section 3, Article 4, part b. "You cannot be happy about a pick and still be butthurt." I am warming to the pick. I mean, if we did not go wr early, we would have a questionable room in 2025. They are still primarily concerned with Bryce's maturation, it seems. They will draft a T sooner than we thing too because Moton is possibly banged up and leaving in 2026.

I hesitated to read this thread because I knew the butt-hurt bitches who attack others would be out if full force--spewing prophecies and personal attacks---so I won't respond to the second guessers. The bottom line: We drafted the top WR in the draft. At some point, we would have to add a WR to our WR room. There are a lot of Edges left today, a lot of safeties that should be available today. Personally, I did not see the Walker or the Williams fit--but I too was convinced that we would take Walker. That had to increase the sting in some anal cavities and the only cure for that is go on a discussion board and raise hell like a toddler with a moth stuck to his lollipop. Some scholar said, "How did (XL) work out?" Pure dumbassery. We knew he was raw and only had a few starts under his belt. Then he hurt his foot in camp. For many games, he had old Bryce and Dalton as his QB. I was not a TMac endorser. But that does not matter now. He is a Panther. XL is a Panther. Coker is a Panther--that is a pretty solid core of young WRs if they play to their potential. Gotta be hopeful and excited about the WR room. Nobody gives a crap if you or I like the pick or not.

So much depends on the sources you lean on--I am very excited about the edge group today--more than yesterday, to be honest, if you consider fit and value.

Two or three dozen huddlers have obtained my personal information from DOGE teen hackers and contacted me about today. First, I think the Panthers will draft and Edge in round 2, but since there is so much depth at the position with little variance, they could draft S before Edge, depending on how the draft unfolds. Watch the Ohio State Edges, Swinson, or Scourton. I fear they will panic and trade up; there are at least 10 Edges who could help us; let them come to you, Dan (he is one of the people who got my personal info from the SS Website). But there are some good safeties, and I think they really like Sanker, who could be in the fourth round. If Watts is there in the second, the Panthers could take him over an edge. He is special.

Good quote. I can't imagine how he felt when Pittsburgh, a team with only the hope of Rodgers at 41, drafted a DT. Shedeur probably has not faced rejection like that. I like him. I understand what it is like to be him, to a lesser degree. Now we need to see if he gets the Jimmy Clausen "double down punch in the gut". Minnesota and KC (in 2010) needed a QB. They passed on him in round 1 and then again round 2.

They have been solid lately--and maybe they see something. I remember when it looked as though the safest pick in the draft in 2021, Sewell, was going to bust--he struggled early. Now one of the best if not the best.

The WR room is set. Maybe a T and we should be all defense from here on out.

they got tons of air time---more than any other college with many more players in the draft--they promote themselves and accuse anyone who critiques them of being haters. No. Shedeur is nothing but a product of his environment. Not a bad college qb. But as it stands,he is at least the third best in a very weak QB group.

I saw another Huddler trying to call people out for being high on Emmanwori, saying they did not think he was worth the pick at 8. This person claimed that the people saying this were uninformed and not aware of talent evaluation. That is very stupid. Here is why: Where you are drafted does not indicate how well you will play. Emmanwori was often compared to Kam Chancellor, a player anyone would gladly take in the first half of round 1. He was drafted in the fifth round. So were the people who thought Kam Chancellor should have been a first rounder wrong about him because he was not drafted until the fifth round? Did you know that the Chargers, when trying to replace Rodney Harrison, drafted Sammy Davis and Terrence Kiel. The Steelers later drafted Troy Polamalu. Were Davis and Kiel better specimens because they were drafted earlier? Bottom line, nobody knows, and where there were drafted proves very little. Personally, I endorsed trading back for Emmanwori, but it does not mean that he is a lesser player than someone picked at 7. It means his fit was later. Until they play, you don't know, so making comments about others' opinions based on draft spots does not really prove your understanding of personnel any less than someone miscalculating when a player will be a good fit and get selected.

I thought it was a reach--not based on how he will play, but based on where I thought they could get him.

Jeff Okudah (3rd Pick, 2020)

This is were a CB goes...Commanders Will they roll em on Johnson? We just don't know the medicals. I am hoping it is Hairston UK. He has been celebrating every person drafted before him in the green room. He also has a great suit.

that was a reach.

OL is a possibility, but you are prolly right.

I was just thinking the same thing--he could drop to the third or farther. Greg Hardy is an example.

Lions? Aiden needs a friend.

Mike Green still on the board. If you are worried about finding an Edge on day 2: (I like Scourton, Tuimoloau, Jackson, Umanmienlen, Swinson, Sawyer, Burch, Stewart, and Kennard, fwiw.

Atlanta gonna get after Young. Atlanta gave up a lot to draft a head case

What about the LB from UGA Campbell

CB? Hairston (KY?)

Schoen will soon be drawing unemployment.