Another year, another draft thread.

[Jared Patterson]

 

These tackles listed are better than any tackles from last years class and will likely start right away:

Mekhi Becton

Andrew Thomas

Jedrick Wills

Tristian Wirfs

Josh Jones 

All should be top 20 picks IMO

[Jared Patterson]

I signed up last year because I really wanted to see what the Panthers were going to do in the draft. Thats when I found Verge on here. He and his source are legit! All I remember was how he kept saying the Panthers were super high on Greg Little and would even have considered him at 16. I thought he was crazy because I wasn't high on Little at all, but next thing you know we trade up and select him in the second. I trust anything he says after that day because he was completey correct and his source was extremely credible.

[Catsmiaow]

1 hour ago, Verge said:

Wirfs is good, it's just a matter of are you okay skipping out on guys like Thomas, Bechton, Jackson, and Willis who can all play LT, where as Wirfs is either a RT or a guard.

We were both very high on Daniel Jones, dude is a stud.

This is interesting. I read Daniel Jeremiah talking about how he saw Wirfs as IOL not T, he was surprisingly down on him. A lot of  mocks have him as this concensus elite tackle. I wonder how it will play out, but it's interesting that you agree with  DJ.

[ncfan]

1 hour ago, Verge said:

Wirfs is good, it's just a matter of are you okay skipping out on guys like Thomas, Bechton, Jackson, and Willis who can all play LT, where as Wirfs is either a RT or a guard.

We were both very high on Daniel Jones, dude is a stud.

Wirfs played LT in around 4 games this year and didnt look any worse at LT as he did RT

[MHS831]

14 hours ago, Verge said:

-This is an elite tackle class, one of the best in years, there will be 6-7 tackles taken in the first round, and it would not shock me if 5 of them go in the top 15. WOW.  5 OTs in top 15--Wills, Thomas, Wirfs, Kid from Lousiville--I see it.

-This QB class is comparable to the Baker Mayfield class, Burrow, Tua, and Herbert are all legit QBs.  They are--all need the right system.

-The WR class is also elite, but is also deeper than every other class here, which may lead to WRs dropping later than expected because teams feel like you can go get an elite lineman and swing back into the 2nd/3rd and still get WR help. I would guess five WRS go in the first round Jeudy, Lamb, Shenault, Jefferson and Ruggs, but that could change depending on how the board falls. I have nine WRs with a first round grade.  YEP--started a thread about it.  What you say also could mean that a player like Ruggs is sitting there in round 2....

-Javon Kinlaw is a guy who could push Derick Brown for the top interior defensive lineman, think Ed Oliver v Quinnen Williams of the last year, it's a lot closer than people realize.

Kinlaw probably can't hold his gap as well as brown, but his motor is crazy.  Oliver is the right comparison.

I like Blalock a lot.  He is my second round preference if we go OT or QB or CB in the first.  Thanks for this. 

 

[Jared Patterson]

Would love to trade back with the Raiders and get Kinlaw and one of the stud tackles

[CarolinaNCSU]

Becton or Thomas at OT.  Brown or Kinlaw at DT

Either position, either guy is where I'm at for #7 so nice to see Verge/his guy may be high on all four?  Think all will be Top 12 or so picks. Look forward to seeing more from you over the next couple months, Verge. 

[Verge]

3 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

So Verge, Im assuming you don't think Delpit or McKinney will make it to us in the second like Matt Miller keeps saying? (He thinks Delpit actually goes past us in the second.) Curious what your guy thinks about him.

Nah, I don't think either of them will drop that far, but this is a very deep class so I guess it could happen. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Just watched some videos on Kinlaw. Yes, he’s my top DT, I’d be happier with him at 7 than Brown (who I’d be ok with). Kinlaw reminds me of a quicker Brockers. 310-315 and no apparent fat and a six pack?  He’ll hold up better in the pros with that physique too, rather than a guy that’s soft around the middle like Brown and most DTs.  If we can’t get an elite LT prospect at 7, Kinlaw is my guy. 

[weyco2000]

5 hours ago, MMA said:

I’m not a fan of this draft at all. Good but not great. Similar to the 2015 draft. 

No it isnt.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I wouldn't' mind getting an Elite OT, then spending the second on a WR. BPA the rest of that draft. DT, DE, etc. 

[Jared Patterson]

If we can get Erza Cleveland in the third somehow id be ecstatic. I believe after the combine he moves up to early second. Very underrated rn. 

[GoPanthers123]

23 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

Would love to trade back with the Raiders and get Kinlaw and one of the stud tackles

If the draft class is deep, that’s a good option.  

[LinvilleGorge]

21 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Just watched some videos on Kinlaw. Yes, he’s my top DT, I’d be happier with him at 7 than Brown (who I’d be ok with). Kinlaw reminds me of a quicker Brockers. 310-315 and no apparent fat and a six pack?  He’ll hold up better in the pros with that physique too, rather than a guy that’s soft around the middle like Brown and most DTs.  If we can’t get an elite LT prospect at 7, Kinlaw is my guy. 

I think Brown is the safer pick but I think Kinlaw may have the higher upside. I wouldn't be mad about either.