Carolina Panthers can't afford to draft a WR at No. 8 in the 2025 NFL Draft

[PadresPanthersFan]

1 hour ago, Mage said:

They did it for the 5th year option.  

It also cost them a 5th rounder which isn't terrible if x turns out to be worth the 5th year option

[Tr3ach]

4 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I say this every draft season.  This is how you draft, but the Panthers seem completely incapable with a moronic level of lack of patience for this to happen

 

Even knowing that they %1000 were going to get XL at 33 they couldnt fuging stand it and had to move up.  poo like that just makes you scratch your head and wonder how much Tepper is involved

This, minus the Tepper part.  You fill needs in free agency, then you add talent in the draft.  Reaching for positions is almost always going to go badly. 

[Johnstonny]

Certainly goon lip Morgan wouldn't draft a WR on one..

[Basbear]

[jayboogieman]

 

[Aussie Tank]

I use to be all over TMac but the better play would be grabbing Jayden Higgens later 

[Navy_football]

Tez will likely drop. And there are 2 WRs from Colorado that could help this team. They will likely be available 4th round and later.

[kungfoodude]

17 hours ago, Mage said:

They did it for the 5th year option.  

Which is such a stupid and arrogant move.

"Oh we already know this pick we are making is great. Watch!"

We are such a fuging stupid team.

[mrcompletely11]

12 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Which is such a stupid and arrogant move.

"Oh we already know this pick we are making is great. Watch!"

We are such a fuging stupid team.

Truth is they panicked because they got spooked that someone was going to jump them for XL.   The 5th year option was just a excuse 

[Waldo]

9 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Which is such a stupid and arrogant move.

"Oh we already know this pick we are making is great. Watch!"

We are such a fuging stupid team.

It's their MO. Do stupid stuff every year. Make big moves and not smart moves, there will be a look at me move this offseason and I wouldn’t bet on it being smart.

One move last year has great. The Jackson trade. The draft wasn't good. Free agency looked like a 13 year old playing franchise mode for the first time on Madden.

[Khyber53]

17 hours ago, thunderraiden said:

LMAO, WRs are geting 30 to 40M a year, thats what matters. You have to draft an WR1, you can't get one in Free agency, and if you want to trade for one its going to cost you a first rounder AND 30-40M a year anyways. Thats why Tet is on the board at 8. The rest of what you're talking about is 100% irrelevant to the reason you draft Tet at 8.

Also your example of tier 2 talent lasting to the end of round 3 after picks 6-7 (2-3 QBs and 4-5 Blue chips) gives even more fuel to getting the only WR1 in the draft if he is available. We can easily give up our 2 4ths to get an additional 3rd as well.

Yeah, and I don't advocate going hard into the free agent market this year for a WR, either. Maybe grab someone a bit before training camp.

We need to put the money elsewhere, just like we need to put the draft picks elsewhere. Are we great at WR? No, not yet. But Thielen has been remarkably spry at his age and Coker was a revelation. And I'm not ready to give up on XL yet. First season for WRs is always tricky. 

[Icege]

I get that y'all don't like the XL pick, but let's not act like it was a bad move to have a 5th year option available for him because we gave up a 5th round pick... especially when that's not true.

Carolina traded a second (#33) and fifth (#141) for a first (#32) and sixth (#200) from Buffalo. It was just a pick swap... 32 <-> 33 and 200 <-> 141.

They essentially gave up on a $1M/yr guy to make sure they're able to keep XL for another year should he pan out. Keeping a possible WR1 for a fifth year vs. picking a special teamer 60 picks earlier... There's arguments for both. Team needs more bodies, but setting up to have a potential WR1 at an affordable cost for another year is the exact Excel magic some in here keep ripping their hair out over the team not doing.

 

Edited March 7 by Icege

[frankw]

48 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Which is such a stupid and arrogant move.

"Oh we already know this pick we are making is great. Watch!"

We are such a fuging stupid team.

I think Legette will make strides this year. I don't doubt he has the work ethic and determination. But I do agree with you our FO is at times bafflingly overconfident which has carried over from Scott Fitterer. The Jonathan Brooks pick is a prime example.

[CPcavedweller]

21 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

The best wide receiver on any team is a fully active participant in about 55% of a team's offensive plays. 

A tackle, a guard, a QB, a running back, DT or DE, LB, pure edge... they are often times involved in 100 percent of the snaps on defense or offense. When you've got a high draft pick, take one of those positions where they can have access to and the chance to affect more plays.

Later in the first round, I personally believe that wide receivers come back into play in a cost effective way around pick 20 or thereabouts. 

And tight ends, really depends on how you use them. A really great one can be involved dynamically in 80 - 95 percent of an offense's plays, from blocking to receiving, especially in the modern NFL. The right one(s) I think can be a cost effective choice from picks 5 - 15, but that's really a maximum of one player like that every couple of seasons.

 

That is why we draft Tyler Warren. He’s got perennial Pro Bowler written all over him from day one. You need to go BPA in the Top 10, period.