Davidson Deac II

On 4/24/2026 at 1:46 AM, NAS said:

First round picks need to be Day 1 starters unless you’re loaded and Super Bowl ready.  I am not saying he won’t develop into a great LT but we need immediate impact players.

Personally I think that to many teams force a guy to be a day one starter from the get go.  You draft in the first round because you think the player has the potential to be a star.  Playing and starting should be based on how they adjust to the NFL and draft position shouldn't matter.

1 hour ago, jb2288 said:

I do think Moore and Arch are a lock but past those 2 we don’t know anything. 

Lock as in a first round pick? Maybe, but if they struggle, throws some picks, that could change.  The difference between first round pick and later rounds is a small one.    

21 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

The problem is this year did too 12 months ago. Sellers, Nuss, Klubnik, and Arch were all pretty much unanimously first round picks. Then we ended up with only 1 legit NFL ready QB this year. Hopefully not the same for 2027 

And it wasn't anyone mentioned previously. We don't really know what the new season will bring.  Nor do we know how good any of these guys will actually be.  

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

So, 2026? Who knows? But our best seasons came when no one had a reason to believe in us, except us.

Many of us didn't believe in us in 2015.  1/3 of the fans didn't like Cam.  They thought Stewart was done.  When Kelvin Benjamin went down, many thought the season was over.  

If we get three solid players out of this draft (or any other) its a good draft.  Of course, we won't really know how good it is until 2 years or so have gone by.  

9 hours ago, jfra78 said:

I doubt we win 8 this year

I agree, we will win at least 10.

23 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

He can run the full route tree and is a replacement for Legette

Fify

They were talking about how his lack of a vertical leap turned scared some teams off.

I guess he won't be playing power forward for us.  

10 hours ago, Navy_football said:

Lemon and possibly Thieneman were higher rated and at positions of need also. 

More highly rated by who?  The Media or some analyst?  

Morgan said that they thought the guy we picked was our most highest rated player left on the board.  While it remains to be seen if they were right, the team's ratings are the only ones that matter when the pick is made.

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

What kind of draft?!

They are talking about South Carolina GameCOCK players being drafted I guess.  

I wonder if other teams fan bases obsess over meaningless signings as much as we do.  

8 hours ago, methodtoll said:

Soo I guess that confirms that we aren't using a late round pick on a QB? 

It confirms nothing of the sort. He is practice squad fodder who will likely be cut.  

They currently have two picks in the top 10, and three in the top 40.  They don't want a qb.  So I can't see any reason why they would be willing to trade those picks, unless someone makes a stupid offer.  

Sorry to hear about your daughter, hope she gets her life together.  

My son got married a few years ago, I am hoping to get some grandchildren before I get to old to do anything with them.  

On 4/12/2026 at 12:54 PM, PootieNunu said:

Why would you even compare him to those guys.

Yea he's been over paid but also received a lot of hate .

The dude had 8 straight seasons of 25+tds and 3500+ passing yards, a few 30+tds and 4k passing yards sprinkled in, while switching teams during that span.

Fitzpatrick has one season of 25 td passes or more and no 4k passing seasons.

The mccowns are laughable.

 

Agreed, Mccown and Cousins don't even belong in the same sentence.  Unless the sentence is while Cousins is not a Star, he is significantly better than anyone named Mccown.  

On 4/12/2026 at 8:23 AM, CarolinaLivin said:

I dont agree with these percentages for us… but here ya go

https://x.com/sfdata9ers/status/2043007417827381640?s=46

 

Tight End is way to high, but other than that, its not bad.  

On 4/10/2026 at 12:35 PM, firefox1234 said:

Panthers have met with all these potential 1st rounders to my knowledge: Faulk, McCoy, McDonald, Fano, Lomu, Proctor, KC, Cooper Jr., and Boston. I don’t think it’s a given that WR is the pick. I know we met with Faulk extensively at the combine, I won’t be surprised if we run to the podium if he’s at 19.

At 19, nothing is a given.  

No, Chuba is not on the trading block.  

Meh, most mock draft picks beyond the top 5 are just guesses anyway.  And fwiw, I don't think they will go WR, but TE might be a possibility.  But Oline or Front 7 defense is more likely.  

4 hours ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Maybe he is. Maybe he isn't. We just gave an extension to a QB that couldn't even significantly best Howell's only season as a starter. Our bar for QB is so low it's laying on the ground and everyone is tip toeing around it afraid to actually do anything to raise the standards even a little fugging bit. 

In his one season as a starter, he threw 21 interceptions.  If you are throwing it all over the field, gambling on the big play, you might get a lot of yards, but you aren't likely to won many games unless your name is Mahomes or Brady.  His games remind me of the Chris Weinke game vs the Giants when he threw for a boat load of yards, but also threw three picks, and lost the game by a decent margin.  In the modern era, if you throw 21 picks, you aren't winning many games.

On 3/19/2026 at 11:39 AM, SmokinwithWilly said:

Nah. We just recognize that he has more potential than Dalton or Pickett. Do I think he could come in and potentially push Bryce. Sure. Not because he's a QB god but because Bryce really is that bad as a starting QB. 

Howell is worse.  Far worse.  He is a turnover looking for a place to happen.  Basically a less talented version of Jameis Winston.    

3 hours ago, strato said:

We are kind of forced into it by the lack of a quality passing game.  

 

I think it would be Canales plan regardless.  

2 hours ago, strato said:

Look at us play and tell me we are in a different era. We are old school. Team is being built old school. 
I get people mostly don’t use fullbacks any more, but then I don’t know why the hell we would need 4 TEs.

And we are not going with a bell cow back system. Two backs, 1a&1b needed for 17 games. 
A QB that can’t run a sneak, now that is definitely not old school. I admit that. 
I would find somewhere to cut the roster by a player if we had a real short yardage guy. 

Old school made a comeback last year.  Seattle won a Superbowl going old school (defense and running the ball and make some big throws on occassion).  Maybe it will work for us.

4 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

Definition of camp body 

Camp body usually indicates someone who hasn't played much and is just hanging on.  

Definitely not the case with this guy.  Didn't play much last year, and was injured in 2024, but before that, he had a significant amount of carries.  My guess is if he makes the team, he ends up being a third down back on occassion.  

I think more famous people/athletes cheat simply because they have more opportunity.  Most of us don't have women coming on to us on a regular basis, but we don't really know how we would react if we did.  I am not excusing those who do cheat, and they deserve to suffer the conseequences.  But most of us don't know with absolute certaintity what we might do in that situation.  

 I know that early in my marriage, I had a couple of opportunities, but I turned it down, mainly because it was wrong and I wouldn't want to risk putting my family thru that kind of thing.  

But if I was wealthy and famous, and had women coming on to me on a regular basis, I am not sure what might happen.  I think I would resist the tempation, but we never know for certain.  And fortunately, I never will know.