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For Poo and Giggles. Lets Talk Draft Picks

chknwing

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Since Carolina is assured 1 of the last 2 picks in the first round.  Obviously trading out makes sense.  They trade out they can quite possibly have 2 2nds and pick up an extra 3rd.  They got some high dollar talent on their team already they are going to need to pay so a 2nd round pick makes sense but they would lose out on a 5th year option.  I think this draft may be a very fun draft for carolina.  There are no glaring needs, just some depth. I think Norman is signed.  One could argue a need for DE though. 

Given a high 2nd, high 3rd and 32nd in 2nd and 3rd rounds. who do you want?

 

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Priority by position: 

1- Safety (Speed and youth.) 

2.) DE- (Speed and youth)

3.) OLine- Depth and Youth (Being the top running offense means that we need a solid rotation in 

4.) RB - J-Stew has had a great year and I know that we like CAP and Wegher. But we just havent see enough from them. Not sure we keep Tolbert. 

5.) CB- get the feeling that we're going to franchise J.No after this year. May not be available in 2017. Peanut Tillman will likely retire this year. This unit has done well.. but not sure Robert McClain or Cortland Finnegan are our answers going forward.    

6.) DT- We're going to lock KK down... but I dont know if we can keep both he and Star. I think we can because KK's star has risen so much that it appears to have dwarfed Star's contributions. Either way... Dwan is long in the tooth. We need depth. 

7.) LB's - TD probably has 2 more years. Shaq's inconsistency has been masked by the dominance of the the rest of the LB core. I expect Shaq to put on some weight so that he doesnt get blown up by blocks... He will get better. But we need another fast LB who can fly around given injury to TD or Luke. 

 

8.) WR/ TE- Who would've thought this group would be our strongest group. This is really about continuity and not breaking up a good thing. KB returning next year should really give us one of the strongest WR core's in the league. Funchess is only going to get better and stronger. Philly Brown has proven to be solid. He proved himself against 2 of the top secondary's in the league (Seattle and Arizona.) Ted is our big play threat. KB and Greg Olsen tells me that they can't cheat the safeties or double team anyone. Really opens up the play book. Cotchery should have another year in him. 

9.) QB- This is really a post about Derek Anderson than it is about Cam. DA is the best backup in the league. If he stays, we're good to go until he retires. There may be a chance that someone like Denver could use his services next year. Which could make things very interesting. 

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The great news is that now we are a relevant team that FA's would actually want to be a part of and we won't have to overpay to attain. I feel the options this off season will be in abundance. That said, I would love to see a young CB and DE drafted. Those are the most expensive positions that we are low on. Then spend a bit of money on a few solid pick ups at Safety, and maybe RB.

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10 minutes ago, umpjl said:

The great news is that now we are a relevant team that FA's would actually want to be a part of and we won't have to overpay to attain. I feel the options this off season will be in abundance. That said, I would love to see a young CB and DE drafted. Those are the most expensive positions that we are low on. Then spend a bit of money on a few solid pick ups at Safety, and maybe RB.

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