Tony Pauline: people in league circles believe that the #Panthers will select LT Charles Cross

[musicman]

the safe pick is  LT. If they take a chance on a QB at 6 and it doesn't work, it would set the team back even further. If they take a solid LT, even dropping a couple of slots and get one, they are primed for a QB pick, trade or signing next year to put them over the hump and into the playoffs. That O-line would even make Sam look good this year.

[FuFuLamePoo]

1 hour ago, CarolinaNCSU said:

If Ickey or Neal are there, it's hard to turn it down. 

But a trade down, where we still get Cross and pick up a Day 2 pick to get Ridder is my dream scenario right now. 

You won't be able to trade down in this draft.

[MHS831]

Panthers

[MHS831]

IF they go with Cross or any non QB, then the Panthers will probably make a play for Jimmy G, Baker M, or Gardner M. 

I doubt they do this.  Their positioning before the draft screams QB, but who knows?

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

IF they go with Cross or any non QB, then the Panthers will probably make a play for Jimmy G, Baker M, or Gardner M. 

I doubt they do this.  Their positioning before the draft screams QB, but who knows?

Our remaining 2 major holes are QB and LT Fitterer will make a move prior to the draft to solve one of these two. 

[LinvilleGorge]

3 hours ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

You won't be able to trade down in this draft.

Wouldn't be so sure about that. OT and pass rusher are both premium positions and this class is loaded on paper at the top with both.

[kungfoodude]

9 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

[kungfoodude]

9 hours ago, AU-panther said:

Does anyone find it odd that we keep getting reports of how high we are on Cross? 

Well Rhule was the son of a preacher so....

[kungfoodude]

7 hours ago, saX man said:

I’ve said it before. A lot of the fan+media hype train has driven up Ekwonu when he’s actually quite sloppy. Penning and Cross may indeed be ahead of him on team boards. Doesn’t make him bad or anything. Ekwonu is a top talent, but the team scout reality is different than this top-6 assumption for him and Neal.

Penning?? I think you are going to see that definitely isn't true.

Cross perhaps but not Penning.

[OldhamA]

10 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

[rayzor]

Who were people in league circles saying we were going to draft last year?

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, rayzor said:

Who were people in league circles saying we were going to draft last year?

Probably not the player we drafted.

[rayzor]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Probably not the player we drafted.

That's what I was thinking. Everyone was going in another direction. A couple days before the draft I had a feeling it was going to be one of the top corners, even though I and everyone else wanted OL or QB. 

But they know what they're doing, right? 

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, rayzor said:

Who were people in league circles saying we were going to draft last year?