Trade Down only option for 2022 draft?

[slumdogmillionaire]

Not having a 2nd,3rd, 4th round pick and lots of holes makes it seem like a no brainer they will have to trade down from apparent top 10 pick to recoup picks.   Will all the teams knowing that make the return much smaller?    Trade back and get offensive line help or Sam Howell?    

[Mage]

We don't have that many holes.  QB and OL are the only two areas we absolutely must improve at.  Secondary, LB, DL, RB, WR could all stay the same and we'd be fine.  When you consider the money we'll have and what we could add in FA especially, I'd rather see what options we have in the 1st round than committing to trading down.

If it turns out trading down is the best option, then yeah.  But if a great tackle or guard or QB prospect is there for us in the 1st, I think we have to pull the trigger.

[Tbe]

Or trade players for picks.

[firefox1234]

If a premier tackle is where we are then you have to take him. We’ve nickel and dimmed that position for too long. If not and the board falls the wrong way then yes trade down…

[PappyMay]

I assume we will be picking 8-10. Would love to trade down a few picks and still land Linderbaum or Green. Offensive line is my biggest concern. Need a day 1 starter.

[AU-panther]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if we do the opposite.  We might be drafting in that 10-14 range and try to move into the top 10 to get a QB.

 

[45catfan]

...Or sit tight and take the best O-lineman.  Crazy right?  Yes, this is shaping up to be a very good OL class.

[Hoenheim]

Don't like how everyone's just assuming we're getting a top 10 pick 

Reality  is we already have 4 wins and wining even just 2 more would drop us to a mid rounder easily. As bad as the panthers are we already beat two teams we have to face again in ATL and NO, still have to play questionable  WFT and Dolphins, and may play a bucs team resting starters late in the year .

Not to mention how games have been turning out lately lot of seemingly poo teams have been beating good teams..

You also can't assume we're getting exactly what we want in terms  of a trade down. Other teams aren't fuging stupid when they see panthers have no 2 or 3 they're not going to give up the farm for some mid round 1. They'll lowball Fiterrer on purpose because  they know the panthers are desperate  to get multiple picks to rebuild the o line and possibly a qb pick

Edited November 8, 2021 by Hoenheim

[Hoenheim]

17 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Or trade players for picks.

This is really what we should have been doing instead of trading picks for players. You should never do that unless your a deep playoff contender and fitterer did that with a rebuilding team and roster .so all that does is make the rebuild more difficult  which is where we are at right now. 

 

[Cdparr7]

BULLSH!T, It’s Howell, Hartman, Willis, Corral or bust!

Edited November 8, 2021 by Cdparr7

[Jackie Lee]

7 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Don't like how everyone's just assuming we're getting a top 10 pick 

Reality  is we already have 4 wins and wining even just 2 more would drop us to a mid rounder easily. As bad as the panthers are we already beat two teams we have to face again in ATL and NO, still have to play questionable  WFT and Dolphins, and may play a bucs team resting starters late in the year .

Not to mention how games have been turning out lately lot of seemingly poo teams have been beating good teams..

You also can't assume we're getting exactly what we want in terms  of a trade down. Other teams aren't fuging stupid when they see panthers have no 2 or 3 they're not going to give up the farm for some mid round 1. They'll lowball Fiterrer on purpose because  they know the panthers are desperate  to get multiple picks to rebuild the o line and possibly a qb pick

Yup if we're picking around 15, for someone to move up from the mid 20's they might give us a 4th. Maybe a 3rd if we swap some later round pick positions. The window to get picks for players closed last week, could have maybe gotten a 3rd or 4th for one of our cornerbacks or DE's to a playoff team. Lots of guys are free agents after this year

[mrcompletely11]

Trading down is a 2 way street obviously.   You need to have a trade partner who is going to give you compensatory value.  Since trade ups for non qbs in the first are rare and this class is shaking out as not good, I see us staying firm wherever we are.

 

I expect us to be in the 10-12 range when the dust settles.

[kungfoodude]

25 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if we do the opposite.  We might be drafting in that 10-14 range and try to move into the top 10 to get a QB.

 

May as well shut the doors to the franchise if we do that.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

May as well shut the doors to the franchise if we do that.

No poo.  Give away more picks for a project.  Damn I hope rhule and co are not that stupid