Best VALUE draft picks in Panther History

[WUnderhill]

21 minutes ago, Ocpanthertew714 said:

Armanti Edwards 

Pshhh. We only traded away a 2nd round pick to move up for Edwards. Great value when compared to trading a first round pick to move up for Everette Brown!

[TheMaulClaw]

3 hours ago, therealmjl said:

Greg Hardy was great value until he went postal

He was a 7th round pick,  even if he just played great for two years it was a great value.

[MHS831]

2 hours ago, bythenbrs said:

Just a quick superficial eyeball scan and nothing earth shattering... (6, 46%) R2, (4, 31%) R3, (1, 7%) R4, (1, 7%) R5, (1, 7%) R6.  So, ignoring R1 (duh), if you are looking for a starter or major contributor, you better be fishing in R2 and R3, where 77% of this list came from.  Fitterer may be on to something in this draft if he is looking to trade down from 39 to accumulate more picks in R2 and R3.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

 

No you are right--I noticed that too.  And we are talking about 27 years of drafting.  On that site, I eyeballed the amount of time most picks stayed here--3 years was about average. 

[MHS831]

4 hours ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

Steve Smith should be #1

they are in chronological order.  Please read the post again.

[MHS831]

I flat out missed Minter.   But the point of this is to demonstrate how unlikely it is that we fill all our remaining needs.

[MHS831]

4 hours ago, therealmjl said:

lol "I'm drafting you bro" - Matt Rhule

Was that the same draft he had his wife pick a player, so she went with Chuba Hubbard because he ran all over them when he was at Baylor?

But yes, Rhule drafted a LONG SNAPPER and laughed about it when interviewed because he thought he was cute and clever.

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, TheMaulClaw said:

He was a 7th round pick,  even if he just played great for two years it was a great value.

This is not correct on both counts.  No problem though, I see your overall point.  He did have 2 good years.

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, WUnderhill said:

Pshhh. We only traded away a 2nd round pick to move up for Edwards. Great value when compared to trading a first round pick to move up for Everette Brown!

Was that pick not #33?  I think it was.

[SmokinwithWilly]

I gotta go with Jimmy Pickles. We used him to get the number 1 pick. Great value. 

[MHS831]

4 hours ago, shaqattaq said:

Technically not a draft pick, but...

Good point--I would think that we could find as many undrafted free agents as we could players on that list.

Here are a few more that come to mind:

• Fred Lane
• Nick Goins
• Brad Hoover
• Myles Hartfield
• Sam Franklin

[shaqattaq]

8 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Brad Hoover

 

[beo]

Hardy could've been #1 on this had he carved out a long career instead of having his episode (even if he wasn't as good a player as smitty). Finding a player of that caliber so late in the draft is extremely rare, even with the off the field incident, getting two 10+ sack seasons with great run d on top of it out of a 6th rounder is pretty incredible value. You're usually just looking for guys to compete to make the final 53 with 6th rounders.

Jno was also a fantastic find, I wonder what could've came of him had he not went to Washington. Always thought they misused him badly trying to play him as a #1 shadow-the-wr sort of CB instead of using him like Ron did.

As an aside, I'd honestly be surprised if we didn't trade down out of 39 at this point. 

Edited April 27, 2023 by beo

[TheMaulClaw]

33 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

This is not correct on both counts.  No problem though, I see your overall point.  He did have 2 good years.

Yeah he had two good years.  Exactly my point.

[MHS831]

3 minutes ago, TheMaulClaw said:

Yeah he had two good years.  Exactly my point.

Not exactly your point because your point was incorrect.    Lovin me some draft day