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Some notes from my source involving the NFL draft

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Boy would that be a wide right,.. Greedy with our first. 

If Hurney does that he had better hope he gets a couple of edge guys like Chase and Jelks or Zach and Joe or Polite that come in and tear it up. He had better squeeze a FS in there somewhere for the love of God...

and he had better hope that Moton kills it at LT and stays healthy or Cam is roasted chicken.

Greedy actually is a good pick,.. would really upgrade our CBs and that helps our passrush, but damn.

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13 minutes ago, JARROD said:

Boy would that be a wide right,.. Greedy with our first. 

If Hurney does that he had better hope he gets a couple of edge guys like Chase and Jelks or Zach and Joe or Polite that come in and tear it up. He had better squeeze a FS in there somewhere for the love of God...

and he had better hope that Moton kills it at LT and stays healthy or Cam is roasted chicken.

Greedy actually is a good pick,.. would really upgrade our CBs and that helps our passrush, but damn.

With the pass rush we'll be fielding at the moment (unless Short and Poe have a significant resurgence), it wouldn't matter if we had the Seahawks' Legion of Boom from years ago behind them. They'd still get torched.

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This has been an interesting draft season.  This past week has really had guys moving up, most of them OL.  I'd be fine with that if it allows us to get a young pass rusher to help out.

It just goes to show you that no one ever really knows what's going to happen with the draft.  3 OL in the top 12?  Possible!  Or people could go QB crazy and things change up as well.   Tonight should be entertaining!

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2 minutes ago, d-dave said:

This has been an interesting draft season.  This past week has really had guys moving up, most of them OL.  I'd be fine with that if it allows us to get a young pass rusher to help out.

It just goes to show you that no one ever really knows what's going to happen with the draft.  3 OL in the top 12?  Possible!  Or people could go QB crazy and things change up as well.   Tonight should be entertaining!

This pretty much sums it up. A week ago, there was a chance no one was taking a lineman in the top 10. Now, maybe all three of the best OTs will be gone. Early on it was a race to snag a QB, now folks are slow walking to the podium rather than sprinting for them. 

I really have no idea who will be left to us by the time we get there.

Here's my official pick, Andre Dillard if he is still on the board. If not, I still think we go O-line and grab Garrett Bradbury to play OG and prep him for C over the next year or two (or as insurance if Paradis doesn't work out).

 

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Anyone who says we have to draft at this position or that is advocating reaching unless our preferred guy is there. Otherwise you have to go BPA.  We actually have starters at  OT and DE this year already. Sure we need depth but reaching gets you another Butler or Benjamin. 

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27 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Anyone who says we have to draft at this position or that is advocating reaching unless our preferred guy is there. Otherwise you have to go BPA.  We actually have starters at  OT and DE this year already. Sure we need depth but reaching gets you another Butler or Benjamin. 

Which is why Greedy Williams could very well be the pick. If the best DB in the draft is on the board at 16 you take him. Especially if the edge rushers are off the board.

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1 minute ago, Trill OG said:

Which is why Greedy Williams could very well be the pick. If the best DB in the draft is on the board at 16 you take him. Especially if the edge rushers are off the board.

I would consider him for sure. Seems the Panthers are so locked into OT and DE. I just hope one of our guys is there if we keep pushing for a linemen.

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11 minutes ago, Trill OG said:

Which is why Greedy Williams could very well be the pick. If the best DB in the draft is on the board at 16 you take him. Especially if the edge rushers are off the board.

Yes 

I would rather have the best corner than a project DE

 

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