Be honest....

[pantherdad]

What were some of your reactions when we took Jonathan Stewart in the 2008 draft? Honestly, for me, I was like, "Fox, Hurney, what the hell are you doing?"(well, worse than that!) Looking back, two years later, it was one of their 'better moves'!

I just hope we are lucky again in this years draft............

[SorthNarolina]

I was confused as to why they thought we needed another 1st round RB but I was like "well now the running game will be beastly". I wanted a DT that year.

[pantherdad]

I was really wanting a DT that year as well, but isn't that every year?

[CRA]

at the time of the pick.....Beason bothered me more than Stewart.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I was such a Williams fanboy (and still am), that I was a bit insulted at first. I thought it was an indication that they weren't confident in Williams as the No. 1 back.

Maybe it was to a degree, but it was still a great move (as was taking Otah).

[pantherdad]

at the time of the pick.....Beason bothered me more than Stewart.

How fooled we were, huh? Fox and co. struck a little gold that year.......

[mick eye]

I figured they wanted a 1-2 punch. I also figured they wanted a player more like Stephen Davis to pound the rock. The fact is we have the idiots in the FO of the Lions and Raiders to thank. Gosder Cherilous was selected to play RT by the Lions just two picks before. Then the Raiders took Darren McFadden instead of The Daily Show. That was a very good draft for us. Godfrey and Connor also were part of that year. The Lions on the other hand passed on Ray Rice for Kevin Smith.

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At that point I hadnt even heard of Beason or Stewart. Great, great pics...even with their health issues at the time.

[mick eye]

And everyone but the Titans slept on Chris Johnson.

[PantherProfessor]

i had been keen on him during the offseason. He seemed like a good fit for our system since D-will had not proven he could run between the tackles consistently at that time. honetly, i think the competition generated between the two of them, although friendly, has driven them both to develop into exceptional RB's.

To me, that draft solidified the teams identity, we needed a bruiser at RB, and a mauler at RT. we got them both.

[The Saltman]

And everyone but the Titans slept on Chris Johnson.

as did I. Boy were we all wrong.

[SorthNarolina]

at the time of the pick.....Beason bothered me more than Stewart.

Yeah I was miffed because of all the scouting reports about his ego. Turns out he's as good as he thinks he is.

[PanthaSan]

Who?

J/K.

Actually, I was kinda glad. It could help D-Will's longevity and give us a one two punch in the backfield..

[SOJA]

Not going to lie I thought it was a bad pick, but at the time I was unaware of the effectiveness of the two-back system. And for this very reason I choose not to doubt the Panthers front office until they are proven completely wrong i.e. the Delhomme scandal