NFL.com's Gennaro Filice grading the South's Draft

[ncfan]

And the Panthers had the best Draft in the Division with a A

Stop me if you're heard this before ... It's a quarterback league. No, seriously, though:Everything revolves around the position, as evidenced by the Panthers' first three picks of this draft. Carolina snatched up Burns to pressure opposing quarterbacks -- something he did quite well last season, leading all Power Five pass rushers with 69 pressures by Pro Football Focus' count. Considering Carolina ranked 27th in sacks last year and Julius Peppers retired this offseason, the Panthers need immediate returns from the No. 16 overall pick with the shotgun-blast get-off and bag o' pass-rushing tricks. In Round 2, Carolina traded up and nabbed an athletic offensive tackle to protect its most valuable investment. The Panthers must do everything to safeguard Cam Newton, whose body has taken quite a beating over eight NFL campaigns, with the QB having just undergone his second shoulder surgery in three years. During his final two seasons at Ole Miss, Little allowed a grand total of 26 pressures over 993 pass-blocking snaps. (Even stats-hostile GM Marty Hurney's impressed by that figure!) Then in Round 3, Carolina snagged a backup quarterback in Grier. Remember a few sentences ago, when we discussed Newton's unclean bill of health? Not the worst idea to upgrade the rest of the QB room. It's a quarterback league, after all.

 

 

 

Also has Brian Burns a little the best overal pick in the division 

NOTABLE SELECTIONS

 

BEST PICK: Brian Burns, DE, Florida State
Carolina Panthers, Round 1, No. 16 overall

It doesn't take a grizzled tape eater to appreciate Burns' elite get-off. The way he explodes off the edge is immediately noticeable to the nakedeye. It's his calling card. But Burns is no one-trick pony -- the freshly minted 21-year-old hits the NFL with an extremely advanced pass-rushing arsenal. Possessing smooth footwork, refined hand technique and physics-defying bend, Burns mixes and matches spin moves and stutter-steps and jump-cuts and swim moves and rip moves and two-hand swats and on and on and on. The one thing that he lacks -- the thing that kept him on the board long enough for Carolina to pounce -- is a pure power game. He doesn't have a bull rush, rarely converting speed to power. This is a result of his physical makeup, which is long on athleticism and short on bulk. Despite possessing the kind of length NFL types love at 6-foot-5, Burns had to stack on weight just to reach 249 pounds at the NFL Scouting Combine. This makes some scouts nervous. But here's an interesting note: Von Miller weighed 246 pounds at the combine. Khalil Mack? 251. Those guys seem to fare OK on Sundays. And with a pair of heavyweights pushing the pocket from the inside -- SEE: 313-pound Kawann Shortand 346-pound Dontari Poe -- Burns is in a perfect situation to do his thing. Julius Peppers, your edge is in good hands.

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001029872/article/nfc-south-draft-grades-panthers-new-peppers-saints-optimize

[ellis]

[GoPanthers123]

Who else is so Hurney? 

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

I feel like if you are vague enough, you can make any position revolve around the QB.

WRs are there to catch the ball thrown by the QB!

DBs are there to intercept/defend the balls thrown by the QB!

 

[Panthers8969]

5 minutes ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

I feel like if you are vague enough, you can make any position revolve around the QB.

WRs are there to catch the ball thrown by the QB!

DBs are there to intercept/defend the balls thrown by the QB!

 

Wanted to say this. Any non special teams position can be linked to the qb 

[joemac]

34 minutes ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

I feel like if you are vague enough, you can make any position revolve around the QB.

WRs are there to catch the ball thrown by the QB!

DBs are there to intercept/defend the balls thrown by the QB!

 

Linebackers are there to tackle the guys the QB hands the ball off to and throws to! 

[Shocker]

Dudes a genuis, fug you Todd Mcshay