PFF FA & draft preview for Panthers

[top dawg]

PFF gives some analysis as to what we need to concentrate on, and possible fixes regarding a free agent and a draft prospect.  They specifically mention the O-line, and the offense in general with Curt's probable departure and the bottom-barrel TE room. Moreover, they believe we have a pretty much gaping hole at safety and could stand another cover corner considering how much cover 3 we play. 

Read the article for the particulars, but here's some QB stuff, which in their opinion is rightly the largest priority, as well as a bit on CMC.

 

 

 

On any QB needy team, including us:

"Any quarterback-needy team in the top 10 of this year's draft should consider drafting one of the top prospects. The top three players on PFF’s Big Board — Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Justin Fields — are all quarterbacks. All three are talented enough to be worthy of No. 1 overall pick consideration in a typical draft. That doesn’t even include Trey Lance, who PFF lead draft analyst Mike Renner labels as having both the strongest arm and the best rushing ability of any quarterback in this class. There are legitimate reasons to consider Alabama’s Mac Jones in the first half of Round 1, as well."

 

On CMC;

"The argument that his absence made the Panthers’ offense better in 2020 seems disingenuous at first glance...

"The basis of the argument for the Panthers' offense operating more smoothly with Mike Davis starting is that the team had become so reliant on McCaffrey that it was forgoing more valuable looks down the field to pepper him with targets near the line of scrimmage. In his absence, wideouts Moore, Anderson and Samuel showed what they could do as featured elements of the passing game.

"...the Panthers also need to make a concerted effort to avoid running their offense so heavily through their All-Pro running back."

 

On Watson:

"...My advice to Carolina if a Watson trade is on the table is the same advice I would give almost every other team in the league in that scenario: take it. PFF has written at length over the past several months about Watson's prowess and where he projects moving forward. He’s a young, franchise-altering quarterback..."

 

Fields gets a nod:

"Bringing in a talented quarterback on a rookie deal has clear benefits, however. The Panthers would likely have to trade up for either Zach Wilson or Justin Fields, but both of those players are worth it. Fields, specifically, boasts arguably the best accuracy of any quarterback in the draft class to go along with high-level rushing ability..."

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-carolina-panthers-2021-free-agency-nfl-draft-preview

 

 

[cookinbrak]

Everybody keep ignoring Trey Lance. Please.

[54th man]

Honestly I dont mind moving up to draft wilson or fields at 2 or 3 and moving to to 6 to draft lance IF all the other qbs are gone but no to mac jones unless it's a move down to get and that ain't happening 

[joemac]

All I want is an extremely accurate QB with a cannon for an arm.  Is that too much to ask?

[top dawg]

17 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Everybody keep ignoring Trey Lance. Please.

I wouldn't say that they ignored him. Dude said he had the best arm and rushing ability in this class. To me, that speaks volumes! It's just that smart people realize that he will likely need more time than the others to develop. And, I'd argue that he is the hardest to evaluate simply from lack of the number of games that he played due to this missed season. 

[cookinbrak]

29 minutes ago, 54th man said:

Honestly I dont mind moving up to draft wilson or fields at 2 or 3 and moving to to 6 to draft lance IF all the other qbs are gone but no to mac jones unless it's a move down to get and that ain't happening 

Then we take Slater or Sewell at 8, and solve a different problem. Or see if anybody wants to move up a bit for a WR.

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

1 hour ago, joemac said:

All I want is an extremely accurate QB with a cannon for an arm.  Is that too much to ask?

No, this is totally reasonable.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Good stuff 

[ImaginaryKev]

I love some of the draft prospects they suggested for us, particularly Ben Cleveland, the Penn State TE, and Andre Cisco

[Jorgie]

The speculation in Griffen might actually have some traction given fitterer’s connection to Seattle