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Round 3 - The Carolina Panthers Select DJ Johnson - EDGE - Oregon


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Pick is still a head scratcher but every time I look at the picks it makes me feel better. Around pick 60 the suck really entered this draft.

Covid super seniors really changed the landscape of this draft. There are guys who are better than those who were drafted who haven’t started a game yet in CFB. It’s just weird.

 

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Ran across this in my Lindy’s Draft magazine: 

Sleeper

“While he is still light on technical polish, his outstanding athletic traits suggest he could outperform his draft slot.” 
 

They also rated him the 11th best OLB. 

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On 4/28/2023 at 10:36 PM, Black&BlueBubba said:

I want to hear the presser on him.  Maybe that will give some clarity. 

The Panthers YouTube channel has everyone's meet-the-press zoom call except Johnson's. Yet Mike Kaye on Twitter referenced it so we know it happened. Does anyone have a link to anywhere it might be?

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On 4/29/2023 at 10:23 AM, beo said:

Yeah, gonna be honest, this worshipping of the staff is beginning to get old. We get it. You trust the staff and they know 800 gorillion times more than any poster here about football or "Let me know when you're a GM" or whatever other derisive remark that appeals to authority. Going to someone who's upset about us trading up for a 25 year old project who had 9 sacks in 6 college seasons and talking about "muh staff" doesn't fuel conversation in any way. What is the point of even having a message board if you're going to do nothing but worship the front office and try to shut down any discussion that goes against any move we make? If you just want to grovel at our staff's feet just go to the Reddit or something.

It'd be one thing too if the staff had actually sustained success or even had a singular winning season under our logo leading up to this point but they don't. It's an unproven unit, Reich has a career win percentage 0.01 higher than Rivera did here yet you'd think we had just hired Bill B away from the Patriots. I understand that things have been dark around here for a long time and it's nice to finally have some hope but it's starting to get ridiculous how much of a pedestal our staff and front office are being put on after having proven nothing. Even if we had the greatest coaching staff in NFL history it's okay for folks to criticize them. Everyone makes mistakes, even the professionals.

The difference is Reich had Brissett, Old Man Rivers, Carson Wentz, and Old ass Matty Puddle.

Meanwhile MoRon was watching Cam get Tanya Harding'd. Also he had Luke on D. 

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On 4/28/2023 at 10:34 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly not very familiar with the player but those highlights shown on NFLN showed no burst and get off speed at all. He comes off the line like a fat kid on his third trip to the buffet line. He ran a nice 40 but he must be a guy who builds speed because his first step is awful if those highlights and representative.

I just don't understand why our decision makers can't see this stuff.

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