About those corners...

[Jeremy Igo]

As I sat this morning sipping my delicious Dunkin Donuts coffee, the best coffee on earth, I noticed many on the Huddle were upset over the corners drafted. 

You know, the ones that were not mock draft projected until later rounds. My answer is simply... who cares? 

Dave Gettleman, the best talent evaluator in the NFL, pinpoints with laser sharp accuracy the players he wants the most, and he goes out and gets them. As long as Gettleman gets the players he covets the most, I honestly have no interest in what rounds they came in, and neither should you. 

Earlier this week, the least talented position on the entire roster was corner back. Last year, the Panthers literally went out and picked up guys off of their couches and still made it to the Superbowl. 

So guess what, Gettleman went out and got the three best corners. No, not the three best on walterfootballdotcom or other draftnik websites. The three best corners for the PANTHERS SYSTEM. In this year's NFL draft you had 3 elite corners, all taken by pick 11. All of the rest are as much a roll of the dice as the next.

Unless, of course, you have a proven system in place and the talented coaching staff to implement it. Then you target specific physical characteristics and abilities and mold them in to what you want. 

Which is EXACTLY what the Panthers just did. Do not take that for granted, not all teams have that ability. The Panthers went out and found two large zone corners and a ball hawking nickel. Job done. 

In short, if you are upset that the players Gettleman drafted were not rated higher on silly draft websites, take issue with those websites. Do not take issue with the guy that is the gold standard for NFL talent evaluation... Dave Gettleman.

 

Let Go, and Let Gett

 

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[Dex]

Well said sir.

 

 

 

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[KJ89]

Exactly. 

[PandaPancake]

4 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

As I sat this morning sipping my delicious Dunkin Donuts coffee, the best coffee on earth, I noticed many on the Huddle were upset over the corners drafted. 

Very hard to believe anything said after this.

[Squirrel]

Noticed every single one of them are ball hawks.  Think defense is going to score more points than offense this season.  

[osd22]

I agree with everything, except for the coffee. Tim Hortons, and it's not even close! 

[Smithers]

Igo....well said.

These stupid talent evaluators never evaluate a players worth in a particular system.  DG knows what we do.  He knows what we need.  I'm so glad we have a GM who understands scheme and system alignment.  

[stirs]

It takes our entire Panther draft team 10 months of full time, intense visits, interviews, road trips and film room sessions to evaluate value.  But a guy that has a website done in his spare time all of a sudden holds sway over the Huddle faithful.

[ThPantherFan]

An assessment needing saying.  I've always found it kind of comical how the 'talking heads' of all the networks draft boards arrange value.  The absolute bottom line is what Jeremy points out, it's all about the system.  Unfortunately you don't have but a handful of choices come draft time.  You take what fits the system.  You pick from what is left during your time.  I would like to have seen different positions addressed but also know the corner was a need.  I have more trust in Gettlman than any GM I have knowledge of.  Very good write up, Jeremy.

Now, about that coffee.  I love coffee.  At my age, the amount of coffee I have tasted around the world could float a battleship.  Nothing tastes better, to me, than a European scoop (heaping tablespoon) of 'Eight O Clock'.

[Jeremy Igo]

2 minutes ago, ThPantherFan said:

 

Now, about that coffee.  I love coffee.  At my age, the amount of coffee I have tasted around the world could float a battleship.  Nothing tastes better, to me, than a European scoop (heaping tablespoon) of 'Eight O Clock'.

I a a big fan of 8 oclock as well. Best value for the buck. 

[Riverboat Ron]

Yeah...but we didn't get an "A" grade from ESPN, so what about that? ESPN has the best experts in football working on these grades so why haven't we run Gettleman out of town yet? 

[The_Rainmaker]

I liked the picks ,DG basically said he didn't want a revolving door in the secondary anymore(press conf.)! Based on the draft strategy we should see it apply to the OL next year,I don't want to hear all the good lineman are gone it's s reach a now, just find the system player. 

[PantherPhann89]

Nicely typed... For some of us, it's kind of hard to seriously doubt Gettleman considering what he's done since he came to Charlotte and like SS, it's hard to get away from not just what you know but what you know was working. Go Panthers!!!

[dugbug]

Dunkin dark is decent.  Their regular is Brown-25 with water