Old Beliefs and draft strategies I use to have.

[WOW!!]

I use to believe certain things when forming my opinion on the draft that are done after years of being a panther fan...

1. Never draft Guards or Centers in the 1st round.. I always thought you could find day 1 starters at these positions in later rounds.. Not anymore!! This team has beaten that opinion out of me.. No Oline position is unimportant enough to not be taken in any round... Finding a 10 year starter on the Oline where ever is gold...

2. Its okay to take RB high in the draft when there special.. Dont give a poo anymore.. The shelf life of effective ness is way to short.. And if you give them a 2nd contract you usually end up fuged... I'll take one in later rounds every year and be just as effective.. Fresh legs and when wear and tear shows up then let them walk because you have another in the pipe line..

3. Give me the Wr's that's a physical freak or a speed demon..  Nope not anymore!! Give me the route runner with great hands.. Size and speed are great but if they can't run the route tree or catch contested balls.. Size and speed don't mean poo...

4. I use to hate drafting LB's and safties high in the draft.. And I still do.. Add TE to that list now..

 

[CPantherKing]

Never draft an offensive player in the first round unless you know they can be a championship leader for 10+ years and they are considered an unquestionable game breaker around the league.

[pantherj]

The winning blueprint starts with the offense. You find a QB who can make all the passes needed at the pro level. Then you build a brick wall in front of him, and start adding weapons. Then you start adding pieces on defense to stop the run. Then the pass protection is last. The defense will be cheap and scrappy. The money is spent on offense more so than defense.

What we did is the reverse. We built up the run defense, pass protection, ignored the o-line, and brought QBs who can't make all the throws in the route tree. When you do the opposite of what is needed to win you end up with 5 wins and no hope.

We need a QB and a LT for starters. Then we need a center and two guards. That would give us a functioning offense.

LBs and RBs need to be selected in later rounds and not given second contracts. The brutality at the RB and LB position hasn't changed and they don't hold up generally speaking. You want young cheap RBs and LBs slamming into players and get rid of them before they start falling apart. This is the Luke and CMC lesson. They're not worth it. It doesn't win us Super Bowls. I don't care if you love watching LBs play well. It's over. No more lunch pale bs. We need a winning team.

This draft should be about the LT or QB. That should have been the priority the instant Rhule arrived, but he doesn't know what he's doing. We have a backwards team.