Other then Oline other positions of interest to improve?

[CPantherKing]

In this modern NFL, you have to build around a core of 9 (5 offense and 4 defense). So, do we have 9 players to build around that can lead and be a threat with the run and the pass?

I believe CMC, Cam, Abdullah, and Christensen LT can be built around. Use CMC and Abdullah as receiving targets.

Shaq OLB and Chinn SS on defense.

Draft Devin Lloyd MLB and Tyler Linderbaum C to be franchise anchors/leaders. Draft John Ridgeway NT to plug the middle and develop into a DL leader to build the run stopping game around. I've been watching Ridgeway since he was at Illinois St. Looks like he may rise up the draft boards after his Senior Bowl game. Ridgeway can unlock Brown's potential.

Draft Leddie Brown RB and Zach Tom OL as key rookie compliments.

(All 5 of these players will be immediate impacts coming out of the draft imo. A few of them have been overlooked, but I would not be shocked to see any of them rocket up draft boards)

Sign David Njoku TE to build around. Add Jesse James TE for a 3 TE rotation with Tremble. Bring back Trai Turner G.

Look for a QB with the X-Factor to groom behind Newton (I'm looking closely at Aqeel Glass for 2022). Could be this year or in the next couple seasons. No rush to find them and does not matter where you find them (top 3 rounds, 6th round or on the street). A vet much better than Cam would have to come free to make a significant improvement.

OL Would be Christensen, Turner, Linderbaum, Tom, and Moton.

Yeah. I know the front office has traded away the future of the team in draft picks. Fitt needs to correct his mistakes and trade down and accumulate draft picks using any of the players of value I have not mentioned. Could get 2 late 1st round picks, 2 second round picks, and 2 to 3 3rd and 4th round picks if he is as good at trading/dealing as some believe he is. We will see. Taking teams overvalued players in season is one thing, selling overvalued players for draft capital and trading up to accumulate picks in the draft is pro level GM.

Most importantly... get rid of Rhule!

I don't get my way though. If I did, we'd have Beane and McDermott running the team. Carson Wentz (trade), CMC (draft), Jonathan Taylor (draft), Stefon Diggs (draft), Jarvis Landry (draft), Hunter Henry (draft), and Corey Linsley (draft) would anchor/lead the offense. Shaq (draft), Eric Kendricks (draft), Tyrann Mathieu (draft), Eddie Jackson (draft), Osa Odighizuwa (draft) would anchor/lead the defense. (All players I wanted to be drafted with the ability to lead at the NFL level)

My wish list, and I doubt it will ever happen.

[bigskypanthersguy]

7 hours ago, Ja Rhule said:

RB.  We got bunch of featherweight RBs on our team.  We need someone like Chubb.

don't forget the entire interior line.

[Scott12345]

linebacker

[Ricky Spanish]

Team needs in order of importance:

QB

OL

DT

MLB

S

I only list QB as the top because it is simply the most important position on the team. we have MORE glaring needs along the OL so it's really a 1a/1b with them. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

If Matt Rhule replied to this topic:

CB

QB

OL

CB

[Smithers]

4 O line for sure, then:

MLB, SS, DT, TE, QB

 

so yes…we need 9 new starters.  I’m not a fan of Rhule, but any team that’s still 9 starters away is going to have big issues.

Edited December 27, 2021 by Smithers

[SCO96]

8 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

I hear ya, but if Derrick Brown wasn't ready to make an impact, he was a huge reach in the top 10.  You don't draft a guy that high to wait 3-4 years for him to elevate his play above JAG level.

edit:  Just want to add he was billed as a grown ass man in the draft.

Derrick Brown is about to enter his 3rd season. Unless he makes a drastic improvement with his on the field performance in 2022, there is no way I'd pick up his 5th year option for 2024. I'd go into 2023 with a plan to let him walk at the end of the year.

A DT should not be drafted in the TOP 10 unless he's a pass rushing force like Warren Sapp, Aaron Darnold, Randy White, Mean Joe Green, John Randall), an immovable force in the run game, or a very good balance between the two. Derrick Brown has yet to prove he's either one. He's an ok player, but if he weren't on the team would we really be that much worse?

DB seems to be a more of a complimentary player in/on a good defense, not a centerpiece to build around. We could have found someone later in the draft who would have played just as well. I think we'll have to address DT in the next two years unless he balls out in 2022.

 

[TheProcess]

10 hours ago, WOW!! said:

I think TE is a position that could improve with a FA vet.. The TE free agent market isn’t bad this year..

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/tight-end//

Would love to get Njoku

[TheProcess]

Oline for sure

QB

MLB

FS - move Chinn to SS!! I was basically begging to draft Jevon Holland in the 2nd round last year

DLine 

Coaching

[FugginPoo]

If players don’t respect Rhule who would sign onto this crap show?

[SCO96]

59 minutes ago, FugginPoo said:

If players don’t respect Rhule who would sign onto this crap show?

You bring up a valid point. A lot of Panther fans seem to think some of our problem areas "can be addressed in free agency". In theory that is correct. But, if Rhule comes back next year, how many players do you think will be saying "I just can't wait to play for Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers"? Why would any player in the prime of his career want to play here given the current circumstances?

We may be able to get some one trying to hang on for a few more years after realizing that his services aren't valued anymore by most teams. But, I just don't see anyone else coming unless it is someone buried on a depth chart and wants an opportunity to start.