As of this moment there are 10 rookies on the Panthers roster

[cardiackat88.]

6 hours ago, Clicheking said:

I always wanted to have a big draft with 10+ draft picks like all the "smart teams" do. I said after the draft if we hit on 6 of these players meaning they are starters/solid contributors it would go along way in facilitating our rebuild.......time will tell, but so far so good

It is also an excellent way to keep the cap down, having lots of players on rookie contracts, wheeling and dealing players that are going to demand a lot of cap space to remain on the team.

[DaveThePanther2008]

12 hours ago, Zod said:

Deonte Brown	77	G	6-4	350	23	R	Alabama
	Brady Christensen	70	T	6-6	300	24	R	BYU
	Jaycee Horn	8	CB	6-1	200	21	R	South Carolina
	Phil Hoskins	71	DT	6-5	280	24	R	Kentucky
	Chuba Hubbard	30	RB	6-1	210	22	R	Oklahoma State
	Terrace Marshall Jr.	88	WR	6-2	200	21	R	LSU
	Daviyon Nixon	94	DT	6-3	305	22	R	Iowa
	Shi Smith	12	WR	5-10	190	22	R	South Carolina
	Keith Taylor	28	CB	6-3	195	22	R	Washington
	Tommy Tremble	82	TE	6-4	250	21	R	Notre Dame

Add 6 more from 2020 and our talent base is getting younger.  Pride is on IR so he's not included but he would make 7. 

[Scott12345]

Coach is done with non performers

ready to roll with young guys that want to be players

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Scott12345 said:

Coach is done with non performers

ready to roll with young guys that want to be players

I thought that too but how do you explain Ian Thomas?  

[Scott12345]

28 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I thought that too but how do you explain Ian Thomas?  

Can’t…

[kungfoodude]

52 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I thought that too but how do you explain Ian Thomas?  

I don't think any blanket statement applies to what we are doing. It's not like Rivera where he seemed to have some very inflexible rules and principles. I think Rhule and Co. seem to have a general framework for what they want to achieve but with some case by case flexibility built in to achieve it.

But....we also don't have the track record and information to discern trends on this coaching staff yet. 

[gofightwin]

15 hours ago, *FreeFua* said:

How?

Realistically, the start of this teams competitive window opens next year if they’re able to take another step forward this season.

This year you want to see 7-9 wins. 7 wouldn’t be the best of leaps but it’s progress. Pending on how we lose those games I suppose. 

Next year you want to see them flirting with one of those wildcard spots or just sneaking in.

Then we’ll have all these rookies going into year 3 ready to make a real push hopefully. 

He didn't say bad long term.  It's not good short term however.  When has a team with a bunch of super young players gone on to do anything (college or pros)?  Most rookies don't pan out, even if they did make the roster year 1.  We need players that have been in the NFL for 3 years. Lets judge this again next year and see how many of those rookies make 53 in 2022.

[SetfreexX]

16 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

After a couple decades of 1 and done drafts, this is strange and foreign to me.  
 

You’re telling me, we could have added more than 1 rookie at a time?

I don’t know sounds like a bunch of hooey, a fad, like this spider net or web world or whatever the kids are playing checkers on these days.  Slackers.

Pie for spider net. 

That is the post. 

[SetfreexX]

Could've been 11 - KC Chiefs rookie Guard Trey Smith was RIGHT THERE -- Not taking him &  Fields were my two disappointments this draft. 

Holding out hope Sam is salvageable. 

[glenwo2]

Speaking of rookies....

[Scott12345]

7 hours ago, SetfreexX said:

Could've been 11 - KC Chiefs rookie Guard Trey Smith was RIGHT THERE -- Not taking him &  Fields were my two disappointments this draft. 

Holding out hope Sam is salvageable. 

Smith was round 6?