Conviction: The inside story of the Panthers' 2023 NFL Draft

[Carolina Panthers]

Go inside the front offices and the draft room to see how Carolina's draft class, led by Bryce Young, came together.

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[Tbe]

A few more things I haven’t heard before….

Caldwell — who, again, coached Peyton Manning, so he knows a thing or two about detail — asked Young about a particular play against Tennessee the year before.

"And he answered the questions, 'Well, I knew that when the defensive player did a certain thing, he would move a certain way, and when the other guy did this, he would do a certain thing,'" Tepper recalled, his mouth falling open at the level of detail. "And I looked at Frank's face, like, what? Who watches the tape that much? Now, I've seen this before only one time in my time around football. One person that will look at everything and study like that. Not only are you smart, and you have the fast processing speed, but you're putting in the time to know the other team that well, OK. Now, the only other person that I know like that is Luke Kuechly. So that's when you realize what you're talking about with Bryce Young.

[Jon Snow]

It's a really good read. It's full summary of what has transpired behind the scenes leading up to and including the draft.

[Jackie Lee]

Curious which edge rusher they wanted over Mingo. And that they liked Mingo enough to pass over Ojulari/Foskey

[Jackie Lee]

Cool story but the Colts and Texans already got their draft vids out, gotta step it up

 

[Bear Hands]

18 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Curious which edge rusher they wanted over Mingo. And that they liked Mingo enough to pass over Ojulari/Foskey

Methinks McD IV.  He's better against the run than the others in this draft and has great length.  Just huge upside in my opinion.  If the Jets didn't, well "jet", he could've been in range.  Was my favorite EDGE so I'll just say it was him haha

[Wolfcop]

35 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Methinks McD IV.  He's better against the run than the others in this draft and has great length.  Just huge upside in my opinion.  If the Jets didn't, well "jet", he could've been in range.  Was my favorite EDGE so I'll just say it was him haha

I saw elsewhere that they really liked him. You’re probably right. 

[frankw]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Cool story but the Colts and Texans already got their draft vids out, gotta step it up

 

What's the holdup? Surprising this is still going on given how we assumed the media issues were all Rhule. Guess that wasn't the case.

[PantherFanInPhilly]

13 minutes ago, frankw said:

What's the holdup? Surprising this is still going on given how we assumed the media issues were all Rhule. Guess that wasn't the case.

I've noticed the (social) media team has had a noticeable drop off in quality within the past handful of years. Nothing terrible or anything, just not what it was 5 or 6 years ago.

[frankw]

1 minute ago, PantherFanInPhilly said:

I've noticed the (social) media team has had a noticeable drop off in quality within the past handful of years. Nothing terrible or anything, just not what it was 5 or 6 years ago.

Completely agree. Some of it is that much of what we see on social media is so manufactured. But the Panthers have been behind other teams in some areas and I hope to see that change this year beginning with training camp.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Outstanding 

[Martin]

That was a great read, and they hinted at more to come. 

[poundaway]

You don't spend the weeks in meetings, the untold thousands of dollars jetting people across the country to go to pro days, the sheer amount of time so many people spent on four quarterbacks (many quarterbacks, actually, including some free agents, but mostly those four), without wanting to do a thorough investigation.

But it was always Bryce Young.

You spend all those hours and months and thoughts and dollars to make sure you're right, because this decision is too important to mess up because you didn't want to put in the legwork.

But it was always Bryce Young.

....

Asked during that stretch last fall if there was a quarterback in the following class they had "conviction" on, and Fitterer laughed.

"Yeah, Bryce Young, but it's not like we're going to be in a position to get him," Fitterer said.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

10 hours ago, Tbe said:

" Tepper recalled, his mouth falling open

And I looked at Frank's face, like, what? Who watches the tape that much? Now, I've seen this before only one time in my time around football. One person that will look at everything and study like that.  
 

Now, the only other person that I know like that is Luke Kuechly. So that's when you realize what you're talking about with Bryce Young.

Like you, I haven’t heard this before. Damn nice read. Sounds like they were all just shocked by this.  Anything you can directly compare a prospect to Kuechly it’s a good thing.