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Colin Cowherd likes what he sees

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11 hours ago, 1usctrojan said:

Colin is a front runner, so aside from Sams’ resurgence, he isn’t stupid.  He sees what is happening with the ownership, coaches and the promise of a young team on the rise.

The Panthers gave Colin the chance to say “I told you so” about his claims that it was the Jets, not Sam, lol.   He loves being right.

Who doesn't  love being right? 

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17 hours ago, joemac said:

Of course it can.  Thats the whole point.  

So long as there is a plan of succession for when high paid members of the team begin to age out, drafting is still critical which is why the accumulation of picks was emphasized, we went from 6 to 11 picks in this past draft. 

And for all the concern about the picks we traded in 22' - 2nd for Darnold, and a 3rd for Henderson, we still have 5 picks, so to me we are likely planning to increase that total via trading back at some points. Not to mention if we qualify for any comp picks. 

The issue with Rivera / Hurney / Gettleman / Hurney is that as the team got OLD, there were no young players who had been groomed to assume the roles of Olsen, Norman, Johnson, Davis, Coleman etc. Our drafts over that timeframe aside from the a few picks -- CMC / Moton / Jackson / Samuel & Bradberry (who left in FA) -- were all guys that didn't see a 2nd contract, or in some cases survive their rookie or sophomore seasons -- Worley / Sanchez / Butler / Grier / KB / Funchess / Gualden & Daeshon Hall were 3rd's / Miller / Scarlett / Little 2nd round bust / Artis-Payne

Total Picks per Draft -- https://www.panthers.com/history/draft

2011 - 8 (Marty)

2012 - 8 (Marty)

2013 - 5 (Gettleman)

2014 - 6 (Gettleman)

2015 - 5 (Gettleman)

2016 - 5 (Gettleman)

2017 - 7 (Gettleman)

2018 - 8 (Marty)

2019 -7 (Marty)

2020 - 7 (Marty)

2021 - 11 (Fitterer)

Average Picks Per Draft / Per GM Since 2011

Marty - 7.5

Gettleman - 5.6

Fitterer - 11

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Obviously maintaining double digits is unlikely, however with the crap shoot that the draft CAN be after the first two, and sometimes 3rd round, common sense would say to try to hedge the odds in your favor by accumulating more picks. 

This way you have more chances to hit on day 2 & 3, and can build some roster depth versus always relying on JAG FA's and UDFA's as we did so often under DG. 

It's quite stunning when you see how few new players we added during the PRIMES of two HOF caliber talents in Luke, and Cam. We completely squandered that time under Gettleman with his ''5th'' draft being his best. Only Shaq (2015), CMC, Samuel, & Moton (2017) are left / viable NFL players; that's 4 out of 28 total selections, that IS CRAZY!

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Being aggressive is good, very good, but only if you have the right pieces in place at the right levels. We (Carolina Panthers) are finally getting those pieces in place. 

You can be aggressive in building a fortress, throw major money at it, buying the most popular and most expensive material, but if you don't have the right pieces in place, like the foundation, even a fortress could fall. 

I don't believe that we've never really had a strong foundation in the Front Office, A solid teaching coaching staff, a full staff that could teach abs command respect at the same time.

It's never one thing, but many. The Carolina Panthers are becoming MANY...

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On 10/7/2021 at 3:57 PM, panfanman said:

Seems like we could end up victims of a balloon type mortgage though in the future at this rate.  Things look good now. How many years of salary cap hell and depleted future pick counts will be worth a few seasons of deep playoff runs?  Let's say we even win a Superbowl in there somewhere.  It really seems exciting right.  For an old fart like me a Lombardi trophy would be nice before I'm pushing daisies.  Can aggressiveness like this be sustained?

It can be if you pay for productive talent.  In the past, we over payed for fading talent. 

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