The Wayyyyy Too Early Draft Projection

[Admiral Ackbar]

So that Panthers are currently sitting with the 11th overall draft pick, but I feel they will likely have the 15th overall pick. With us being over halfway into the season, what do you all think we should target positionally? Defensive line, O-line, CB, Safety? Maybe QB?? 

I know this doesn't help our team any but I would like us to take Kyle Pitts (TE) out of Florida, seems like he could fall to us and he is a STUD. Trey Lance might be there as well as a few decent Edge Rushers and Joe Horns son, Jaycee Horn who plays CB....

What is your thoughts??

[Harbingers]

With Marty Hurney, Trade up to 3 and and draft Charlie Brewer.

Without Marty Hurney; Micah Parsons or the best OL at the spot.

We do need a top end catching TE though but I don't know about that this draft. 

[MGH1989]

We will probably 10th-12th. Some guys they should look at: Kyle Trask, Zach, Wilson, Trey Lance, Kyle Pitts, Patrick Surtain Jr.

[pantherj]

Unfortunately the Panthers are excellent at pointlessly beating bad teams down the stretch with draft position on the line. The Saints also make a point of tanking against us in the last game of the season (it's tradition) to add that extra win to push us so far down the draft that you'd think we had a good season.

We'll probably be drafting so far down that the player we select will be a player unknown to most of the Huddle. We'll beat Minn, Wash, and NO's second string. We're screwed, but we knew this when we brought in Teddy to try and win now.

[Panther Believer]

Zach Wilson or Surtain would be AWESOME. IF Parsons is there you guys should already know he's my must get lol

[CarolinaNCSU]

If you have a chance to get Lance/Wilson or whatever QB we think is worthy, you take them without question.  We HAVE to find our QB before this team can ever be great, so if you have a chance at your guy you have to take it. If we don't like the QBs where we are, BPA plain and simple.  Roster has some talent, sure, but we could still use upgrades literally everywhere with a heavy emphasis on the OL preferably. 

[Lemory]

Another guy to keep an eye on if we are picking in the teens is Jaycee Horn

[Varking]

Kyle Pitts and I don’t care 

[JawnyBlaze]

There is no answer other than QB. Trade up if we have to.  If QBs go 1-5 and we can’t trade up, get a LT. 

[thunderraiden]

39 minutes ago, pantherj said:

Unfortunately the Panthers are excellent at pointlessly beating bad teams down the stretch with draft position on the line. The Saints also make a point of tanking against us in the last game of the season (it's tradition) to add that extra win to push us so far down the draft that you'd think we had a good season.

We'll probably be drafting so far down that the player we select will be a player unknown to most of the Huddle. We'll beat Minn, Wash, and NO's second string. We're screwed, but we knew this when we brought in Teddy to try and win now.

We are not beating Washington D-Line lmao.

[hepcat]

Trade up and get a QB. Scout the sh*t out of all of them and do whatever it takes to get your guy outside of selling the team to the Jets

[1of10Charnatives]

1 hour ago, Admiral Ackbar said:

So that Panthers are currently sitting with the 11th overall draft pick, but I feel they will likely have the 15th overall pick. With us being over halfway into the season, what do you all think we should target positionally? Defensive line, O-line, CB, Safety? Maybe QB?? 

I know this doesn't help our team any but I would like us to take Kyle Pitts (TE) out of Florida, seems like he could fall to us and he is a STUD. Trey Lance might be there as well as a few decent Edge Rushers and Joe Horns son, Jaycee Horn who plays CB....

What is your thoughts??

Would vastly prefer a LT to TE.

Why?  Difficult to find quality ones outside of first round combined with how important they are to winning. Also note the degree to which Brady's offense seems to need a pass catching TE to be effective, as in not very much, vs how much it needs an effective LT to keep it's QB upright, as in desperately.

My school of thought is that in a pass wacky NFL, premium positions that throw the ball, protect the ball thrower, knock the ball thrower down, and to a lesser extent, cover the guy the ball thrower is throwing to, are the ones most likely to merit mid to upper first round picks. WR's and TE's don't really imo because good ones are more abundant than quality at the positions mentioned. Thus I like QB's, OT's DE's and maybe elite CB's in the top half of the first.

I pray this team does not spend it's next first on Micah Parsons, not because I have anything against him, but because he plays the least relevant position on the defense to stopping the pass in a passing league. This team needs an upgrade to Whitehead at MLB, but too many here seem wedded to the notion that can only be done in the first round.

Bollux I say.

[pantherj]

1 hour ago, thunderraiden said:

We are not beating Washington D-Line lmao.

Avatar bet?

[Baba Yaga]

1 hour ago, Panther Believer said:

Zach Wilson or Surtain would be AWESOME. IF Parsons is there you guys should already know he's my must get lol

Hard pass on Surtain, I don’t trust Alabama corners at the next level