Why have I started hearing more Reuben Foster to the Panthers chatter this week?

[Ace_Aladdin]

29 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

He's the best LB in the draft by a mile. Would be more of a "meh" pick to me. Literally the only pick I'd be actually upset with is Jonathan Allen .

 

 

 

We could get the best RB in class and who is far more talented 

[d-dave]

Honestly, I think they are starting to run out of things to talk about.

If we were to do so, it would mean they don't have confidence in the long term viability of our LBs.  I think there are WAY better picks than Foster, but I'm just a moron with a keyboard.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Would not be shocked if he is the pick but he doesn't move the needle for me.  But i don't wear shorts up o my nipples so there's that too.  G's got this.  I support him 110% right up until I demand his firing for screwing up.  

Signed,

Panther fan who can't wait for the draft

[Hoenheim]

13 minutes ago, sanjay_rajput said:

We could get the best RB in class and who is far more talented 

Fournette could possibly go to the 49ers, jags , or jets before us . There's plenty of nightmare senarios with no qbs taken in the top 7 and all the blue chips go off the board before we pick  , probably leaving us with mccaffey , cook, Howard , Barnett , foster , Corey Davis to choose from 

 

[juliosantos]

i dont want another line backer but man that dude is  a beast i would be mad at all 

[Ace_Aladdin]

1 minute ago, Hoenheim said:

Fournette could possibly go to the 49ers, jags , or jets before us . There's plenty of nightmare senarios with no qbs taken in the top 7 and all the blue chips go off the board before we pick  , probably leaving us with mccaffey , cook, Howard , Barnett , foster , Corey Davis to choose from 

 

Even then Foster shouldn't not be on the board for Panthers . 

[KillerKat]

kill me now

[therealmjl]

13 minutes ago, d-dave said:

Honestly, I think they are starting to run out of things to talk about.

If we were to do so, it would mean they don't have confidence in the long term viability of our LBs.  I think there are WAY better picks than Foster, but I'm just a moron with a keyboard.

That's never stopped anyone else on here.

[LinvilleGorge]

If we draft him, then that tells me we have serious concerns about Kuechly going forward and that would seriously bum me out. Concerns (well founded concerns at that) about another elite MLB played a big role in us drafting Kuechly.

But, if we have major concerns with Kuechly, I think we just need to admit we're snake bitten with elite young MLBs and role with JAGs there. I don't want to mention the names, but Panthers fans know them. Let's please not add Kuechly to that list.

[LinvilleGorge]

37 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

So your hypothetical answer to questions about Luke's "head" is to replace him with a player shown to be even more prone to concussion while in college?

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2017/03/02/nfl-draft-prospect-concussion-concerns/98603840/

"University of Alabama linebacker Reuben Foster, for example, is a player considered as a top 10 talent in the upcoming draft. But he suffered at least two documented concussions with the Crimson Tide, in a 2016 game and in a scrimmage in 2014. AL.com also reported Foster suffered “stingers” outside of those concussions."

I've said before and I'll say it again, Foster is a great talent.  But if you've watched him play, he's a head-down tackler and that is what creates his concussion/stinger problems.

Oh lord, this sounds like that former Miami Hurricane tackling machine all over again.

[top dawg]

We have good depth at LB, so I doubt we'd be seriously interested. Mayo, Cash and Norris are quality football players. More importantly, I just don't see Foster being the BPA, particularly if a team or two in the top 7 is crazy enough to reach for a QB.

[top dawg]

Plus, you're liable to hear anything the closer that the draft approaches.

[LinvilleGorge]

I'm just having a hard time buying the Foster hype. He has marginal size and speed for an NFL LB and he was surrounded by other NFL talent on that Bama defense. Then there's the fact that he got booted from the combine for an incident with a medical professional.

I'm just not seeing the love affair with this guy. Take him out of a defense where the talent level is head and shoulders above the competition and is he still a special player? I'm not so sure about that.

[UpstatePanther]

1 hour ago, mjligon said:

90% of the Huddle will be on suicide watch if this happens.

 

1 hour ago, Cyclonus said:

That would be fine with me.  T.D isn't getting any younger and we just don't know about Luke's head at this point going forward.

im on both sides of this coin. i would hate the pick, but also totally understand why it makes sense