Fitterer going into 2022 season

[DaveThePanther2008]

Many Huddler's seem to give Fitterer a lot of grief over his work for the past two season and after looking at all his signings we still have the majority of those players on our team.

2021 Draft out of 11 Picks 8 are on the 53 man active roster and Brown (6th round pick) on the PS. The other 8 see or will see plenty of action.

2021 UDFAs None are still on our roster

2021 Free Agents (deals over 1 yr) Irving, Elflein, Luvu are still on the roster.  Though it cost us a 3rd round pick we got Henderson and a 5th for Arnold.

2022 Draft 3 of the 6 could see plenty of playing time (Icky, Smith, Barno) Mays being the remaining active rookie player that may see time in the latter part of the season.  Corral of course will not see any time this year.  Barnes is now a Dolphin. 

2022 UDFA 7 of the 14 players we signed are on the practice squad with the exception of McCall who is on the active roster.

2022 Free Agents 9 of the 11 are on the active roster with CJ Saunders (for the life of me I don't know why) and Westry being waived.

17 of the 53 remain prior to Fitterer's time.  11 of which are starters and core players and the other 6 are contributors.

Every GM is going to have his blunders and players that didn't work out.  It is a gamble with every player you draft or sign.  We could have drafted so in so instead of trading for Darnold and the list goes on and on.  Most of us are armchair GMs, Coaches and QBs.  When the final 53 is named, you have to believe that our staff believes no one out there is better than what we already have. (the answer is on the roster mentality)

Overall, I think Fitterer (Rhule for whatever amount of credit you want to give him) has done a pretty good job of getting quality talent. 

We'll see how he addresses issues for the season. 

 

[CRA]

QB/OL/DL.  That's how I think a personnel guy should be largely evaluated.   If you can get talent there, you will win in the NFL with even an average coach.      

I'd still give Fitt an incomplete at this point.   

[Rubi]

It’s been clear in Fitt’s brief tenure that Rhule has been given a lot of control. So I take the moves with a grain of salt 

[joemac]

I love what hes done thus far.  Hes a breath of fresh air in comparison to who we had before him.  Gettleman and Hurney.  I love that Fitt is not afraid to take risks, make big trades and swing for the fences. 

[ECHornet]

I’m a big fan. Look at our roster now versus before he got here and we’re better in most position groups. 

[4Corners]

I like the guy so far 

[DaveThePanther2008]

5 minutes ago, CRA said:

QB/OL/DL.  That's how I think a personnel guy should be largely evaluated.   If you can get talent there, you will win in the NFL with even an average coach.      

I'd still give Fitt an incomplete at this point.   

Agreed, outside of Moton this line is revamped with Fitterer picks.  Granted some aren't barn burners but they are much better than when he got here.

Roy, Nixon and now McCall are fresh young faces.

QB gotcha. 

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, Rubi said:

It’s been clear in Fitt’s brief tenure that Rhule has been given a lot of control.

That's what makes it tough.

There are definitely moves that have Rhule's stamp on them, but there's no way to know what happened behind the scenes with every transaction.

[Mr. Scot]

One other thing: Did a quick count after I saw a tweet earlier today (forget from who, might have been Ellis) regarding colleges represented on our team.

Counting one on the practice squad, we have six players from Temple on the roster.

There are also two from Baylor, with one again being on the practice squad.

The closest colleges behind that? LSU and Washington, both of whom have three players each on the Panthers squad. Mississippi also has three, with one being on IR (Matt Corral).

Make of that what you will...

[DaveThePanther2008]

24 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

2021 Draft out of 11 Picks 8 are on the 53 man active roster and Brown (6th round pick) on the PS. The other 8 see or will see plenty of action.

You look at our 2021 picks and it looks pretty good

1st Round Horn Lockdown corner

2nd Round Marshall needs to step up and contribute more than 2021.  Has the talent just needs to get on the field

3rd Round Christensen locked in as starting guard and backup tackle

4th Round Hubbard 612 yds rushing after CMC went down 2 100 yd games. Should contribute with an upgraded offensive line

5th Round Daviyon Nixon Solid rotational guy for the DL

5th Round Taylor solid young DB that contributes situationally

6th Round Brown Probably the most disappointed draftee of 2021 however is still on PS so maybe he develops more.

6th Round Shi Smith could be a starter and will definitely see plenty of playing time

6th Round Fletcher This was the only wasted pick of 2021

7th Round Hoskins rotational DT.  

[kungfoodude]

30 minutes ago, Rubi said:

It’s been clear in Fitt’s brief tenure that Rhule has been given a lot of control. So I take the moves with a grain of salt 

That's basically me. The moves have been a mixed bag, at best. But Rhule is still technically the GM so I can't get too upset with him yet.

[CRA]

1 minute ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

You look at our 2021 picks and it looks pretty good

1st Round Horn Lockdown corner

2nd Round Marshall needs to step up and contribute more than 2021.  Has the talent just needs to get on the field

3rd Round Christensen locked in as starting guard and backup tackle

4th Round Hubbard 612 yds rushing after CMC went down 2 100 yd games. Should contribute with an upgraded offensive line

5th Round Daviyon Nixon Solid rotational guy for the DL

5th Round Taylor solid young DB that contributes situationally

6th Round Brown Probably the most disappointed draftee of 2021 however is still on PS so maybe he develops more.

6th Round Shi Smith could be a starter and will definitely see plenty of playing time

6th Round Fletcher This was the only wasted pick of 2021

7th Round Hoskins rotational DT.  

everything there is an unknown though in the grand scheme of things.  Can't really grade Fitt on any of that yet.  

 

[Rubi]

28 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's what makes it tough.

There are definitely moves that have Rhule's stamp on them, but there's no way to know what happened behind the scenes with every transaction.

Seems like recently there’s been a bit more savvy. Have to think power dynamic has changed some. Coaching staff changes for example. Seems like an adult came into the room and laid down the law. 

[Mr. Scot]

One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to Panthers leadership is that I look at Scott Fitterer and Dan Morgan as a team.

Nearly all of Fitterer's experience is in college scouting. He'll tell ya that he and Seahawks pro personnel guy Trent Kirchner did some "cross training" with each other's jobs back in Seattle, but college and The Draft were always his primary focus.

Dan Morgan cut his teeth more on the pro personnel side of things, and I believe his arrival is one of the reasons why this year's free agency has drawn higher early grades than last year's did.

So while it seems inevitable that Morgan will eventually get his own GM gig, I personally hope it takes a while because I'd like to see what Fitterer and Morgan can do as a team (preferably without Rhule).