Report: Panthers 100% Sold On Fournette - Will Be Pick If Available

[2jakefansinva]

On March 26, 2017 at 0:48 PM, MHS831 said:

Very unreliable source.  Once said that pie had to be made of fruit.  I vehemently disagree because it rules out chocolate, custards, pecan, etc. He stated this as if it was a fact. 

Also ruled out Strawberry........

[UpstatePanther]

On 3/26/2017 at 10:11 AM, Jangler said:

Huddle smokescreen.

He's still in the protocol, but doing awesome workouts. 

[The Lobo]

This is why I love the draft. It's great to hear people's thought in players. It's a mystery, the truth is no one really knows who is going to do well and who is going to do bad. I love hearing professional pundits on sports networks rave about a dude and then they suck. Aaron Curry is a great example of this. Everyone loved that dude and he was a dud. No one thought  Ton Brady would be worth a damn and he is the GOAT. See what I mean? It's tough to call any player a generational player. That's what makes this fun, it's a gamble.

[CPcavedweller]

Fournette and Stewart could be a very dangerous combination. 

[Lasus83.]

Fournette and Stewart could be a very dangerous combination. 

No more Smash and dash. Smash and beat your fuging brains in

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[Panthero]

i saw fournette his whole career. when hes on (pounded Auburn one year), hed unstoppable. however, he is erratic. from one game to the next you cant be sure what your are getting. not sure if this purely an injury thing or what. hes got top talent, but its inconsistent.

plus, LSU has great OL, but bama shut his ass down several times.

[Toomers]

14 minutes ago, Panthero said:

i saw fournette his whole career. when hes on (pounded Auburn one year), hed unstoppable. however, he is erratic. from one game to the next you cant be sure what your are getting. not sure if this purely an injury thing or what. hes got top talent, but its inconsistent.

plus, LSU has great OL, but bama shut his ass down several times.

And the worst QB play of any power 5 school over Fournettes career. 67% of his carries were into 8-man boxes. The average is 31%. He also had 22%  into 9-man boxes. When you're one dimensional against very good defenses, teams rarely have success. And that OL was far from great. Average-above average is much more accurate.

[therealmjl]

Yeah no poo.

The problem is, he won't be there.

[Moorgan]

7 hours ago, stbugs said:

Times change and things evolve. Have you noticed that this year's draft class is the best in many years in the secondary? While the rules may be changing, have you noticed how defenses and players have changed as well? A guy like Fournette could be the thing we need to take advantage of the fact that this year and last year, CBs are being drafted once every 6 players and this year safeties are going to be drafted a ton as well.

I think it was Linville and I who were thinking the same thing, that if you really want to get ahead of the current NFL, you do something no one else is building their teams to stop. I'd love to see us get into a real power running game, not a great running game because your QB gets as many yards as your lead back, but a running game that forces the D to not have extra DBs on the field causing play actions to be unstoppable.

Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like NFL defenses are trending towards not being able to stop a great running game.

I find this argument interesting and compelling. A naysayer might say let's keep Shula until he's a strength not a weakness. But it just might be crazy enough to work.

[Panthero]

58 minutes ago, Toomers said:

And the worst QB play of any power 5 school over Fournettes career. 67% of his carries were into 8-man boxes. The average is 31%. He also had 22%  into 9-man boxes. When you're one dimensional against very good defenses, teams rarely have success. And that OL was far from great. Average-above average is much more accurate.

True, but most SEC teams didn't have good QB play this year. those stats don't explain inconsistency just overall lowered production. 

I'll give you that bama game though, a team that good that can make you one dimensional isn't a good example. 

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, Toomers said:

And the worst QB play of any power 5 school over Fournettes career. 67% of his carries were into 8-man boxes. The average is 31%. He also had 22%  into 9-man boxes. When you're one dimensional against very good defenses, teams rarely have success. And that OL was far from great. Average-above average is much more accurate.

As an Auburn fan, you should recognize poor QB play the past 2 years.

Hasn't stopped us from having good RBs with good production.  And none of ours is a Leonard Fournette.

[Marguide]

3 hours ago, The Lobo said:

...the truth is no one really knows who is going to do well and who is going to do bad. ...That's what makes this fun, it's a gamble.

And that's why I am generally against trading down. 

In a deep draft, the more picks you have, within reason, the better the odds of getting some really good players. Now if it's a very top heavy draft, it may make sense, but that certainly isn't the case this year.

 

[The Lobo]

Just now, Marguide said:

And that's why I am generally against trading down. 

In a deep draft, the more picks you have, within reason, the better the odds of getting some really good players. Now if it's a very top heavy draft, it may make sense, but that certainly isn't the case this year.

 

I used to hate trading in general. But I agree this draft is deep and it would be awesome to trade down. That being said, if the team believes in a guy at 8 then let's do it.

[Marguide]

2 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

I used to hate trading in general. But I agree this draft is deep and it would be awesome to trade down. That being said, if the team believes in a guy at 8 then let's do it.

Thanks for reading between the lines and not what I wrote.

I should have said, I am against trading up, i.e. trading two 2nds for a late first.