Mel Kiper Mock 1.0: Leonard Fournette be a Panther.

[nctarheel0619]

2 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

Gettleman has also said you don't go after a couple of dimes when you could have a quarter dollar, or some poo like that.

He's also said if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.  Then the 2016 offseason happened.  

[Nails]

Just now, Waldo said:

Has Kiper ever predicted any of our picks accurately since Dave arrived here? Or any of the draft experts?

Picking #8 however the realistic scenarios shrink and the odds increase significantly. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.

[*FreeFua*]

6 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Has Kiper ever predicted any of our picks accurately since Dave arrived here? Or any of the draft experts?

I don't remember his final mock but I do remember Walterfootball had KK mocked to us for the majority of his mocks 

[Jangler]

15 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Welp, this settles it. It isn't Fournette.

Ha! Was going to ask, How many first round Panther picks has he gotten right in....I'll be generous, 5 years?

[OneBadCat]

Fournette really should be the pick though if available. Stewart would be a monster in a complimentary role and it would take a huge load off Cam's back for years to come.

[Hoenheim]

I really want Fournette or Adams 

[Jangler]

In 2012 Kiper mocked Dontari Poe to us. 

[SOJA]

Barnett going 31st seems like clickbait at this point. 

I'm not saying it WONT happen, but everyone has him pegged as a top 15 pick. 

[Daeavorn]

Its gonna be someone that none of us even looked at, and then were all gonna get mad about it.

[Snake]

Well it's clear we want be drafting him. 

[Bronn]

I highly doubt:

1. Reuben Foster slides to 11

2. Derek Barnett lasts until 31 (L o effing L)

3. The Panthers will have an easy decision if those two and Fournette are on the board at 8.

I really think that all three would be great fits here, and I don't know who I would pick. Fournette is my guy, but Foster will be the best MLB to come out in a while (and would be good insurance for Luke) and Barnett is exactly the type of guy we need at DE.

My best guess is Foster doesn't slide to 8, Fournette and Barnett are there for us. We opt for Fournette as he'll have more of an immediate impact on our roster than Barnett.

[AU-panther]

39 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

Fournette really should be the pick though if available. Stewart would be a monster in a complimentary role and it would take a huge load off Cam's back for years to come.

If Fournette is actually the pick there might be a very good chance that Stewart is cut.  That is alot of cap to be tied up in a back up running back.

Also I really don't understand this idea of a second running back excelling in a complimentary role.  A #2 receiver gets to go up against a lesser cornerback usually so I understand that train of thought, but a backup RB plays against the same defense as the starting RB.  If he is a monster then he should also be if he is the starter.  

At most you could make the argument that he is a upgrade over the backup, but in reality our coaches don't even activate a backup for Stewart on game days.  Tolbert is kind of the change of pace big back, Fozzy is the change of pace little back, and I think CAP is viewed as the every down back like Stewart.  In alot of ways Stewart fills the same niche as Fournette.

[MV%doe]

I know Mel lurks on the huddle, fyi boomer retired this year......  Many many years too late. Right side of the helmet hair has retired too, do the right move.

[Soul Rebel]

I really hope we don't move down from 8. I really want Adams, but logically, I don't see a scenario in which he is available at 8. He's one of those "has it all/low risk/top players" in this draft and could fit a few teams picking before us. If he is sitting there, I see no way in which Carolina doesn't run the card up to the podium lightning fast. 

So, of the options that are realistically available, we should be able to select a stud at 8.

Whether it's Fournette, Barnett, Hooker or Allen..... we will get a franchise building block at a position of need. Moving down, IMO, puts us in the next tier of talent.  Though it is still solid, we truly have a chance to land a top tier talent to our roster..... something we haven't had since Luke, and also a draft slot I doubt we will see for quite a few years.