Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

DE Marcus Davenport or WR Calvin Ridley at 24


Soul Rebel

Recommended Posts

Curious to see if the Panthers are on the clock at 24 and have both Davenport and Ridley still available, who would you take?

  • Hernandez, Wynn, Alexander, Ward, James, Jackson, Guice as well as the early picks are all off the board.
  • Still available: Reid, Price, & Oliver

 

I just finished an online twitter mock and had this dilemma. I only want 3 WRs in this draft: Ridley, Moore and ESB. Ridley in R1, Moore in R2, not R1 unless everyone is off the board & ESB in R3. 

I love Davenport and think we need a DE but went with Ridley. 

My results through 3 rounds to go with no trades or player movement:

R1: Calvin Ridley WR  Alabama

R2: DeShon Elliott SAF  Texas

R3: Chad Thomas DE  Miami

R3: Austin Corbett OG/C  Nevada

 

Running backs flew off the board and all TEs were gone early R3. Fumagalli went early R4, but wasn't worth the 88th overall pick....plus I prefer Shultz or Smythe over Fumagalli. 

I'm kind of regretting not going Davenport at 24 because I could have gotten ESB with one of my R3 picks and think we'd be better set for the future. However, giving Cam arguably the best WR in this draft was too hard to pass up. Funch-Ridley-Smith-Samuel-Wright-Byrd is a pretty stacked WR unit. 

The point of this is that I'm seeing how easy it is to poke and second-guess GMs on the draft. Hindsight is easy afterwards, but when you're in the moment, you make a move with a plan, only you have such little control over the direction it goes after that selection. So here I am waiting for my 5th round pick to come up and still need a RB, TE, CB and another SAF. I really thought I could get Penny/Johnson in R3 and a TE, but it didn't happen. 

I'm happy with the haul so far for us. Thoughts?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Davenport.

I like Ridley, good player.  But we just signed Smith (I still think he is not The guy for #1 target)  but we need help at DE as well.

We have Hall who hasnt played a reguoar season game yet.  A aging Pep who probably has 1 year left and limited snaps, a solid Addison, and a Average Horton.

 

Davenport is a Freak.  Im not a fan of small school kids that often because generally a bigger learning curve.  But Davenport is a sponge.  Just read up on the senior bowl.  Day one he was the raw athlete and really struggled.  After that he was getting attention from coaches and soaked it up.  At weeks end and the game, he was damn near unsptoppable

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 3/30/2018 at 9:17 PM, WOW!! said:

Neither get me a talented young safety..

I did in R2 chief. I know Reid is the guy everyone wants at 24, but DeShon Elliott is no joke and would be a nasty player in our secondary. The value didn't make Reid or even Harrison (if people like him) over guys like Ridley and Davenport. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Reasonable. I mean I didn’t see a clear path to relief this season myself. As I have typed already, I think the QB FA class is more interesting next season and that draft is supposed to be stacked as well. There just weren’t many options this year.  When you have Tepper to contend with you have to tread lightly around this unless you are 100% certain and willIng to stake your job on it.   There were a couple of outings that helped Bryce a lot in terms of  thinking maybe he can do this, and if you are a supporter you are giving them a lot of weight. You are likely to think just get him some more help and he can do that every week. Which I think Tepper falls into that category.  And the playoffs, division champs, regardless of the way I see that, the supporters will also give that a lot of weight.    And the big one, the atmosphere In BOA for that WC game, Tepper had to be soiling himself over that. If you pulled Bryce out right now you had better be right and your new guy had better make the playoffs and look good doing it or you will be gone and your chance to build your old team back into respectability will be gone too.  So here we have Pickett on a one year deal, and Grier and King. I understand it.  
    • Well, seeing as we play the Lions at home this year, pretty sure that rumor isn't true.
    • Totally possible imo, I also caught that snippet from Morgan where he said “If” we sign him. The lack of competition says otherwise tho 🤷‍♂️
×
×
  • Create New...