If Randy Gregory is available at # 25 ....

[PntherPryd]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/23/some-teams-think-randy-gregory-will-slip-to-the-late-first-round/

 

 

 

A few months ago, Nebraska pass rusher Randy Gregory looked like a sure thing to be a high first-round pick. But now there’s increasing talk around the league that Gregory will still be available in the late first round.

Mike Mayock of NFL Network said today that he has talked to personnel people on several teams picking in the late first round who now believe Gregory could be available when they pick. As a result, those teams are having internal conversations in which the personnel people are talking to the owners about whether Gregory — who failed a marijuana test at the Combine — is the kind of person they want representing their franchise.

 

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Curious to see how many of you think the Panthers would pull the trigger on Gregory at #25.  

 

They did their "due diligence", which notes interest (at least).

 

 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

nah

[Mr. Scot]

Between his size and his attitude, I've kinda soured on him.

[LinvilleGorge]

Do not want.  Sub-230 pound edge rushers simply don't exist at the NFL level.  Combine that with the off field concerns and really do not want.

[PntherPryd]

My first reaction was no also but Gettleman spending time with him means we are one of the teams snooping around.  When the failed test came out it was said Gregory may drop from top ten to around 12-15 but not many thought he would drop all the way to the end of the round.

 

 

[Jimmy]

If we were the Raiders, Jags, or Cowboys I'd say bah too. But if there is one team in the NFL with a slew of high character guys who could mold this young man it would be us. TD, Peanut, Luke, Harper, Star, Ginn, etc. Still a tough call though.

[Mr. Scot]

We did indeed spend time with him, but what we don't know is whether that time resulted in a positive or negative impression/

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

I think the questions about his weight, coupled with his off-field "troubles", and questions about how he would fit here in a 4-3 defense would have Carolina pass at 25. I think he's strictly a guy for a 3-4 D. He weighs less than some safeties in the league.

[Montsta]

Can he be converted to a super hard smashing SS? That would be cool in Madden.

[JawnyBlaze]

nope nope nope

[Ja Rhule]

Dude would be an awesome linebacker. He's lean, fast, instinctive and physical. He can blitz, tackle and cover RBs and TEs in 1 on 1 coverage. You can drop him into coverage when blitzing safeties. He's a kind of guy who can make defense very unpredictable.

[LinvilleGorge]

Here is the list of sack leaders in 2014:

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/defense/sort/sacks/qualified/false

 

You have to get all the way down to #41 to find a player who is lighter than 250# and that's Seattle's Bruce Irvin who is listed at 248#.

 

The leader under 230#?  Tennessee FS Michael Griffin who had 3 sacks.

 

Virtually everyone in the NFL who is putting up decent sack numbers is 250+.

[Bartin]

We did indeed spend time with him, but what we don't know is whether that time resulted in a positive or negative impression/

 

This and from I've read generally teams have left with a negative impression after meeting with him. There was a quote from a month or so ago from an anonymous exec that "he has an excuse for everything," which I don't feel like is an attitude that would sit well with our guys.

[Ja Rhule]

Here is the list of sack leaders in 2014:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/defense/sort/sacks/qualified/false

You have to get all the way down to #41 to find a player who is lighter than 250# and that's Seattle's Bruce Irvin who is listed at 248#.

The leader under 230#? Tennessee FS Michael Griffin who had 3 sacks.

Virtually everyone in the NFL who is putting up decent sack numbers is 250+.

He's not going to be DE in NFL.