Would Mike Williams be wasted in Carolina?

[gorillamilitia13]

7 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

The Panthers were very interested in Sterling Shepard last year.

That could actually play a significant role in this years draft. He is also not like KB.

[countryboi]

I dont think a player named Mike Williams has ever been successful in the NFL...

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/5n5ojq/oc_a_history_of_players_named_mike_williams_in/

[shaqattaq]

Do I think that he could help the offense? Absolutely. But, the only bright side to having the crappy season we just had is that we get to draft pretty much whatever position we want and make immediately make an upgrade (and we don't want QB, LB or DT, I hope). The next Cam or Luke could be sitting there at 8. I think that there will better players and certainly better opportunities to improve than Williams available.

[shaqattaq]

13 hours ago, Luke Cage said:

Waste. This is cart before horse type of poo. Cam can't pass the ball to Williams if he has been driven so deeply into the ground that they need fuging radar to find his body. Fix the O-line. You know...so the franchise qb it took almost 2 decades to find doesn't die.

While I agree with your principle, I think that picking a LT, I assume you would want Robinson or Ramczyk, would be a bigger waste with the 8th pick. I think that the drop off between them and who we could likely get at 40 isn't that big. The #8 pick needs to be a future HOFer.

[Jon Snow]

Just now, shaqattaq said:

While I agree with your principle, I think that picking a LT, I assume you would want Robinson or Ramczyk, would be a bigger waste with the 8th pick. I think that the drop off between them and who we could likely get at 40 isn't that big. The #8 pick needs to be a future HOFer.

Not to speak out of turn but I'm pretty sure he wasn't advocating taking a tackle at that spot.  It was more that we need to upgrade the Oline before adding to an already somewhat talented unit.  

Yes he would be nice to have possibly but at that spot there are much better options to improve the team than receiver.  Now who that will be is anyone's guess.  

My money is on a defensive player as it appears the top half of the first round is dominated by defensive players.  Sucks for us that there's not a top 10 overall left tackle in this draft but that's just how it is.

[shaqattaq]

9 minutes ago, Bogart said:

Not to speak out of turn but I'm pretty sure he wasn't advocating taking a tackle at that spot.  It was more that we need to upgrade the Oline before adding to an already somewhat talented unit.

Ok, I'll buy that. He didn't actually say that we should draft OL instead of Williams, just that we needed to improve it if we expect Williams to make much of a difference. i agree.

And never forget, speaking out of turn is what makes America great! It's pretty much 95% of what people do on this site.

[Omega Atrocity]

I like him, but we should take a receiver later on in the draft. There's always a really good receiver that gets taken in third round it seems like.

[heel31ok]

18 hours ago, panthers34 said:

Considering the Panthers current WRs, I believe Corey Davis would help this team out way more than Mike Williams who is very similar to Kelvin Benjamin. 

Either one would improve the offense...don't see "way more"though... 

[Soul Rebel]

I think we could use a WR, but two issues with Williams at #8.  

First - not the type of WR we lack / need for Cam. 

Second - luxury pick at #8 and think we would bypass a few players that would help us return to NFC leaders quicker.

Give me John Ross or Curtis Samuel, or someone like DJax, Stills, Wright or Patterson. We've got the height/mismatch move the chains WRs, what we need is the speedster with good hands/route running to exploit the defense.

[CarolinaPride90]

9 hours ago, Soul Rebel said:

I think we could use a WR, but two issues with Williams at #8.  

First - not the type of WR we lack / need for Cam. 

Second - luxury pick at #8 and think we would bypass a few players that would help us return to NFC leaders quicker.

Give me John Ross or Curtis Samuel, or someone like DJax, Stills, Wright or Patterson. We've got the height/mismatch move the chains WRs, what we need is the speedster with good hands/route running to exploit the defense.

Give me any of those WR's mentioned in the last paragraph! All WR's listed there can literally change this team with their speed and athleticism. I like KD Cannon from Baylor too.