PFF:Panthers shore up the front end of their defense, come away with an excellent 2019 NFL Draft

[TheSpecialJuan]

Making his second first-round selection since reclaiming the Carolina Panthers general manager’s job, Marty Hurney looks to have nailed it once again with his selection of Brian Burns, an edge defender out of Florida State after he selected D.J. Moore in the first round last year, who went on to lead all rookie receivers with a 73.7 receiving grade in 2018.

Burns is a special athlete who possesses a bend (and a spin move) that can win on the outside against anybody. Among 47 draft-eligible FBS edge defenders who rushed the quarterback at least 300 times last season, he ranked second with a 90.6 pass-rushing grade and his 19.7% pass-rush win rate ranked fifth. The former Florida State star ranked 14th on our Top 250 Big Board, with Carolina taking him two spots behind there at 16.

The edge was clearly a focus for the Panthers who later went on to spend their fourth pick of the draft (pick 115) on former Alabama edge defender Christian Miller. Miller is a raw prospect (having played fewer than 700 defensive snaps over the course of his entire collegiate career), who was just outside our top 150 on the big board at 155, but he offers potential as a pass rusher. Miller ranked 18th among all FBS edge defenders who had at least 200 pass rush snaps in 2018 with a 79.7 pass-rushing grade, and his 22.7 pass-rush win rate ranked sixth among that group.

Carolina ranked 25th as a team last season with a pressure rate of just 19.7% generated from their edge defenders. Spending a first-round pick on a stud like Burns and a fourth-round pick on an upside player like Miller at such a critical area of the field made complete sense for the Panthers.

[TheSpecialJuan]

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[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/the-carolina-panthers-shore-up-the-front-end-of-their-defense-come-away-with-an-excellent-2019-nfl-draft

[Ivan The Awesome]

PFF loving this draft. Teppers analytics showing on this draft. You can tell he had huge influence as well. 

[top dawg]

Dennis Daley is not without potential also. He had impressive days vs Clelin Ferrell.

He needs to be coached out of some bad habits and ham up on his technique, but some analysts even said he has starter's potential (albeit probably not as a left tackle). Who knows? 

Hurney looks good on paper thus far. I have seen one or two analysts saying that this draft could be better than the last one. 

[Captain Morgan]

basically PFF is saying with our first 4 picks we opened up a can of whoop-ass.  Today is one of those days that I like PFF.

[MHS831]

4 hours ago, top dawg said:

Dennis Daley is not without potential also. He had impressive days vs Clelin Ferrell.

He needs to be coached out of some bad habits and ham up on his technique, but some analysts even said he has starter's potential (albeit probably not as a left tackle). Who knows? 

Hurney looks good on paper thus far. I have seen one or two analysts saying that this draft could be better than the last one. 

Daley needs some work, but you are right--give him a year w Matsko

[Pimpdaddy]

5 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

PFF loving this draft. Teppers analytics showing on this draft. You can tell he had huge influence as well. 

...lol...i dont think analytics, computer diagnostics or the magic 8 ball came into play on this.... it was obvious....glad hurndog pulled the trigger tho...