2025 Mock Drafts

[ncfan]

Even a month earlier than last years thread got started.

 

 

Ill start

 

 

I’m not over the moon with any of these QBs to the point that I’d take them over a trade down and fill some of the thousand other holes on this Roster

 

Traded down with Vegas who try to make a splash going up for Sheduer with TB12 as the new partial owner.

 

We net their 2nd rounder and 5th along with next years 1st.

 

1st pick seems like a reach as where he is being mocked currently.  But I’m going off projection.  Walker is not only a local kid.  but he is that Alpha Dog we desperately need on that defense.  He a stud off ball linebacker but a machine as a pass rusher (Georgia’s leader in sacks last year, 3 sacks against a Texas team Saturday who’s LT is projected top 2 in this class at his position). Walker and Wallace hopefully become the next stud LB combo that we’ve had over the year from Luke/TD, TD/Beason, Morgan/Fields and beyond.

 

Next 2 picks focus on the DL that’s been Charmin soft without Brown.

Again a theme of the past.  For the most part, all of the Panthers top defenses have had a good duo (not just 1) at DT.  To help stop the run and open up things for those LBs.  Ask Luke and Morgan how great it was to have Star/Kk or Jenkins/Bukner.  This defense has not been able to stop the run at all since Rivera left.  And that needs to change.

that being said.  Get a solid DT to Pair with a Brown then a big physical SDE that reminds me of AJ Epenesa coming out.  
 

next took a QB.  A toolsy guy who may or may not be around.  But someone who can sit and hopefully groom down the road to be a high level backup at worst case scenario.

 

4th rd:  went with a RB.  I’d love to have Chubba back.  But we don’t have the most cap space and a ton of holes.  We have to sign a starting Center, a vet starting QB, and possibly Johnson if Mingo doesn’t progress.  Canales claims to want to run the ball a lot.  Not sure if we aren’t because we’re down 2-3 scores by the end of the 1st quarter every game.   But you need multiple RBs.  In Seattle when Canales was there.  The year after they took Kenneth Walker 41st overall, they turned around and drafted another RB 52nd overall the very next year.

 

hopefully the Defense will turn it around next year.  Then worse case scenario, we package the 2 1sts and move up for a QB in a class that people seem to be higher on.

[jayboogieman]

Here you go. Made a few trade backs.

[Panthero]

On 10/22/2024 at 4:04 PM, ncfan said:

Even a month earlier than last years thread got started.

 

 

Ill start

 

 

I’m not over the moon with any of these QBs to the point that I’d take them over a trade down and fill some of the thousand other holes on this Roster

 

Traded down with Vegas who try to make a splash going up for Sheduer with TB12 as the new partial owner.

 

We net their 2nd rounder and 5th along with next years 1st.

 

1st pick seems like a reach as where he is being mocked currently.  But I’m going off projection.  Walker is not only a local kid.  but he is that Alpha Dog we desperately need on that defense.  He a stud off ball linebacker but a machine as a pass rusher (Georgia’s leader in sacks last year, 3 sacks against a Texas team Saturday who’s LT is projected top 2 in this class at his position). Walker and Wallace hopefully become the next stud LB combo that we’ve had over the year from Luke/TD, TD/Beason, Morgan/Fields and beyond.

 

Next 2 picks focus on the DL that’s been Charmin soft without Brown.

Again a theme of the past.  For the most part, all of the Panthers top defenses have had a good duo (not just 1) at DT.  To help stop the run and open up things for those LBs.  Ask Luke and Morgan how great it was to have Star/Kk or Jenkins/Bukner.  This defense has not been able to stop the run at all since Rivera left.  And that needs to change.

that being said.  Get a solid DT to Pair with a Brown then a big physical SDE that reminds me of AJ Epenesa coming out.  
 

next took a QB.  A toolsy guy who may or may not be around.  But someone who can sit and hopefully groom down the road to be a high level backup at worst case scenario.

 

4th rd:  went with a RB.  I’d love to have Chubba back.  But we don’t have the most cap space and a ton of holes.  We have to sign a starting Center, a vet starting QB, and possibly Johnson if Mingo doesn’t progress.  Canales claims to want to run the ball a lot.  Not sure if we aren’t because we’re down 2-3 scores by the end of the 1st quarter every game.   But you need multiple RBs.  In Seattle when Canales was there.  The year after they took Kenneth Walker 41st overall, they turned around and drafted another RB 52nd overall the very next year.

 

hopefully the Defense will turn it around next year.  Then worse case scenario, we package the 2 1sts and move up for a QB in a class that people seem to be higher on.

Would absolutely love this. Build around Brown and have a DL that is nasty. If Walker pans out, you have a front 7 that's not playing around. 

[CPF4LIFE]

I think this best one i have done so far. No trades  

[ForJimmy]

9 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

I think this best one i have done so far. No trades  

[CPF4LIFE]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

Seriously, I have done my research on all these guys. All of them are playmakers and eventual starters. Its a too good to be true draft. Lol

[ForJimmy]

3 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Seriously, I have done my research on all these guys. All of them are playmakers and eventual starters. Its a too good to be true draft. Lol

Big school OL late, too solid pass rushers, a mid round CB that could be our CB2 sooner than later, safety help, a shifty WR later in Horn (possible special teams immediate help), oh and a potential franchise QB in there. I’m loving it!

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

Big school OL late, too solid pass rushers, a mid round CB that could be our CB2 sooner than later, safety help, a shifty WR later in Horn (possible special teams immediate help), oh and a potential franchise QB in there. I’m loving it!

I hate that I put too instead of two and can’t fix it…

[CPF4LIFE]

6 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Big school OL late, too solid pass rushers, a mid round CB that could be our CB2 sooner than later, safety help, a shifty WR later in Horn (possible special teams immediate help), oh and a potential franchise QB in there. I’m loving it!

You have no idea how anxious I am to get some real pass rushers in here. Its so depressing what I'm watching every week. We have never seen it this bad on defense. Nobody can get to the qb quickly.

[Hoenheim]

On 10/28/2024 at 6:42 PM, CPF4LIFE said:

I think this best one i have done so far. No trades  

Sell me on Cam Ward. None of the qbs in this entire draft class impress me and it's worrying none of them are being talked about as generational  talents.

[Hoenheim]

I'm really a huge fan of multiple trade downs in this draft.  Trading down twice in the first or once in the 1st and once in the 2nd is going to set us up extremely nicely for 2026 draft. I don't personally think there's a player in this draft that's worth #1 overall without a trade down.

 

[ncfan]

Pending Evero is back.

traded down.  Taking the Giants 2nd, next years 1st, and their 2023 1st rd pick.  Deonte Banks (athletic young CB, who just got benched)

got a high upside edge rusher in Williams

Barron is a versatile CB, who would fit and be a day 1 impact guy in Evero’s defense.

Traded down again and got a athletic WR

 

next 2, got a good TE and RB.  With Chubba and all our TEs not named Sanders hitting FA.   Backfilled those spots with talent.  Both will seeing playing time in this offense 

[R0CKnR0LLA]

My patented "ignore the QBs, trade down over and over and over" draft strategy.

 

[Martin]

9 hours ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

My patented "ignore the QBs, trade down over and over and over" draft strategy.

 

I’m leaning QB, but that top 3 would be something special