1/17 Athletic/Brugler Mock: Panthers Trade Up

[Bear Hands]

Just now, top dawg said:

Richardson is a straight-up project. I don't see us passing up another day-one starter to draft AR.

 

The Richardson value is what I find interesting if we miss out on the top-3.  I imagine many aren't fans of that next tier and AR does have tantalizing upside.  Do teams view Tanner McKee in the same ballpark? Or is he meh? And is there a big drop off to Hendon Hooker, Jaren Hall, & Clayton Tune? 

I just wonder how teams will rank Richardson and if he's really high end first rounder.  The microscope on him will be monster in this draft build up.  

 

[ncsfinest21]

I say dont mortgage future and get Drake Maye next year. Let Sam finish and see what Corral can do.

[Soul Rebel]

I love these three picks by Brugler....someone that is one of the most tapped in scouts/analysts out there.

Moving up to 5 seems more realistic than going up to 1 or 3. We would be able to retain most of our valued picks without giving up the farm. Stroud is my favorite of the three and would take care of our biggest glaring need. 

Pairing Stroud & Gibbs w/ Steichen-Brian Johnson or Johnson-Duce Staley/Brunell with a re-signed Bozeman would be an outstanding start.

Also, the DL out of Georgia Tech that we took at 60 is also a low-key promising/upside draft pick. He's freaky athletic at 6'5" 285 and from NC originally. 

[travisura]

15 minutes ago, ncsfinest21 said:

I say dont mortgage future and get Drake Maye next year. Let Sam finish and see what Corral can do.

We'd have to give up way more next year to get Maye. We're winning 6-7 games minimum next year, even with Darnold at QB.

[rebelrouser]

I have no problem trading down like that IF we get Stroud or Young. No way we do it for Levis. I also think drafting AR at 9 and a RB with our first second round pick are wasteful. Gibbs = small version of Hubbard. 

[SOJA]

Stroud and Gibbs I'd be in fuging heaven 

[SOJA]

3 hours ago, AggieLean said:

I’ll take this. 
 

Let’s hope Levis climbs up the QB board. 

I think he will a lot of these GMs will fall in love with him and think they've got the next Josh Allen. Fine by me give me Stroud all day over him 

[Shocker]

I would make that trade post haste

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, SOJA said:

Stroud and Gibbs I'd be in fuging heaven 

Stroud and Robinson for me.   He is an absolute beast and can flat out runat 220lbs

[Tr3ach]

3 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Yeah teams don’t trade out of “sure things.” We inquired about Burrow but the Bengals said nope.

While I definitely agree with you, I think it all comes down to his workouts and how the scouts see him.  You cant trade away your first next year to take a qb just to take one. Over reaching for need puts a lot of teams in a hole quick.  In the history of the panthers how often has trading future draft picks worked well for us?

[Jay Roosevelt]

I think there's a better chance than some may realize that Levis rises and Young falls due to his size. Stroud could be viewed by some teams as the "happy medium" between the two.

[SazmoRanger]

1 hour ago, rebelrouser said:

I have no problem trading down like that IF we get Stroud or Young. No way we do it for Levis. I also think drafting AR at 9 and a RB with our first second round pick are wasteful. Gibbs = small version of Hubbard. 

Lol what? I agree with everything except you’re really comparing Hubbard to Gibbs? What makes you say that? Gibbs is 100x the pass catcher that Hubbard is. Gibbs also has another gear and twitch that is unmatched by Hubbard. 

[Wanderlai]

2 hours ago, ncsfinest21 said:

I say dont mortgage future and get Drake Maye next year. Let Sam finish and see what Corral can do.

I would be up starting Corral and see what he can do. If he is good…great. If he sucks then we get a QB in what looks to be a loaded QB class next draft. The problem is the new coach, whoever that will be, won’t be down for this. 

[Mistuh Jones]

2 hours ago, top dawg said:

I have a hard time viewing Lance and especially Fields as classic reclamation projects if that's where you're going.

I'm talking about 2 2nds and a fugging 4th for Darnold, etc