Question about our pre-draft workouts

[Benotheking]

Yes. Everyone we have selected in the first three round we have worked out or visited with.

[CPF4LIFE]

We have had private workouts with all the players we have drafted high under gettleman. I dont expect this to be any different.

[top dawg]

On 3/18/2017 at 9:06 PM, stbugs said:

Pretty sure that's not true.


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We may not have technically worked them out, but we have met with---in one way or another---every first round draft pick since G-man has been here! 

[DaveThePanther2008]

On ‎3‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 1:02 AM, LinvilleGorge said:

You only get 30 pre-draft visits. I hope we're not dumb enough to piss away visits solely for the purposes of a smokescreen. There should be at least some level of interest there.

Agreed but it could only be to confirm a concern by a coach.  Bring them in could actually remove them from our Draft Board.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

Right, but those guys said every draft pick. Also, we always have coaches helping with events/scouting events so they "visit" with just about every draft pick. So does pretty much every other team. I just know that based on official visits, there are plenty of guys we've drafted that weren't on our lists or plenty of guys who were on our lists who we didn't. If you look at our visits, we tend to have the consensus guys around our pick, like Ogbah, Coleman, Henry, Boyd, Bell, Cravens, Ifedi, Lawson, Dodd, Spence, Shepard, Reed and Treadwell last year. Butler was one of many guys around that pick.

No, what I said was "Pretty sure we have worked out every player we have drafted in the first since Gettleman got here."

At no point did I say every draft pick.  Check your comprehension. 

[top dawg]

4 hours ago, stbugs said:

Right, but those guys said every draft pick. Also, we always have coaches helping with events/scouting events so they "visit" with just about every draft pick. So does pretty much every other team. I just know that based on official visits, there are plenty of guys we've drafted that weren't on our lists or plenty of guys who were on our lists who we didn't. If you look at our visits, we tend to have the consensus guys around our pick, like Ogbah, Coleman, Henry, Boyd, Bell, Cravens, Ifedi, Lawson, Dodd, Spence, Shepard, Reed and Treadwell last year. Butler was one of many guys around that pick.

I think you're trying to split hairs. The fact is that drafting players you've met with is likely somewhat unique to Dave Gettleman, as I've seen about three different sites mention this as a characteristic under his era. Every GM doesn't do that. 

If you want some clues as to who we will draft, this is something that I read last year. It talks about Gettleman's draft history.

http://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2016/04/21/the-7-draft-strategies-of-panthers-general-manager-dave-gettleman/