RUMOR: Panthers looking to move up to 16-20th pick

[Squirrel]

Well Gurley is being projected around the 16th round pick too.

[MHS831]

It's really pure speculation and Gettleman won't make this move until draft day if he does go that route. I think the Panthers will stay put at 25 and hope someone like Peat or Flowers fall in their laps. The only way Gettleman makes this deal if WR or OT start flying off the board if that's who they are targeting in the first round. But I think we are going to stand still at 25.

 

He probably discusses tentative, hypothetical deals with those teams in the event the draft unfolds in a manner that makes him want to jump up.  Instead of going for a player projected to be there at 16-20, he could be considering options in the event a top 10 player falls to 16, for example.

[t96]

This is the first draft in a while where I can think of over a dozen guys we may pick. I predicted Cam, not Luke but didn't rule him out, Star and KB.

[JawnyBlaze]

I am assuming OT, but Collins could be the target.

 

And nobody is thinking DE....

 

That's because, in my opinion anyway, there are no 1st round 4-3 DEs in this draft.

 

But hey, anything's possible.  Maybe he thinks Preston Smith really is worth a 1st...he's the closest thing.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

 I predicted Cam, not Luke but didn't rule him out, Star and KB.

 

same

 

but i do think that landon collins will be the guy. gut feeling

[t96]

same

but i do think that landon collins will be the guy. gut feeling

I want him to be and if he's there at 25 I think he'll be the pick, but I really don't see him falling. This is gonna be a great draft.

[h0llywood]

I doubt DG plans for the draft will be leaked on twitter as a rumor.

[CatalystNX]

God, I hope not. I'd rather take Cedric Obueghi at 25 than trade up for Peat or Flowers.

[pantherphan96]

Hard to see the G-Man moving up in the first when it will cost so much. Only way I see it happening is if the guys the Panthers really like starting going fast and its clear that at least one will not fall to 25. Even still, I doubt any trades happen before the 3rd or 4th round, where it will cost less to trade up.

[MHS831]

That's because, in my opinion anyway, there are no 1st round 4-3 DEs in this draft.

 

But hey, anything's possible.  Maybe he thinks Preston Smith really is worth a 1st...he's the closest thing.

I don't see it either, but I was going on some comment Gettlemen made around February.  I have not even been researching them.

 

Gonna be a fun one to watch unfold, that is for sure.

 

 

 

As for the other posters talking about predictions--I predicted Thomas Davis and Luke Kuechly.  Those are about the only two (aside from Cam) I have guessed correctly. 

 

This year, I see Collins and Thompson as defensive possibilities, with Flowers and Strong the offensive possibilities.

[Squirrel]

Can only draft so many players.   Could see the Panthers packaging the first/third and fifth round pick to move up. 

[CatalystNX]

There's not a player in this draft outside of the top-8 picks worth trading up for. I'll be pissed if we give up anymore than a 5th rounder to trade up, regardless of who it's for.

[Bartin]

I doubt DG plans for the draft will be leaked on twitter as a rumor.

You can't talk to anyone without it risking it being leaked and to be sure this wouldn't be his only plan. A smart man sets up contingencies to plan for all scenarios. Gauging the cost of trading up is one of those contingencies.

[O-Ther]

Can only draft so many players.   Could see the Panthers packaging the first/third and fifth round pick to move up. 

 

9 rookies is a lot, sure. But I can see 9 current players getting displaced easily. Cotchery, Bersin, Brandon Williams, either Dwan or Cole, Horton, Harper, Lester, Melvin White, and Carrington Byndom. Then there's the numbers game on the O-line with some of Martin, Foucault, Chandler, Scott, Falkert, Silatolu, and Kugbila staying and the rest going. 

 

Wouldn't mind seeing 9 fresh faces plus however many UDFAs to take most of these spots and cut ties with as much dead weight as possible. Will set us up with a solid roster that will make deep playoff runs for the forseeable future.