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Dan Morgan pre-draft press conference


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22 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Based on his comments and the list of visits, I am thinking they feel that they are going to find a WR later in the draft--and that is probably smart. 

Wildcard--he has not ruled out TE, but I think he is going with Tremble and Sanders and some UDFA or something like that.

Exactly. This vibes with what Joe Person has said, we're not interested in a WR or TE @8 

Assuming we stay at 8 (which I think we will) it's guaranteed we take a defense player probably Mykel Williams 

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55 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I am thinking he would be the Panther's version of Micah Parsons and we would still draft an edge.

I think he would be the panthers version of Luvu.  Just a bit more athletic and explosive.  True lb on run downs, Edge on passing downs.

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35 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I think speed is way less of a problem than skill. AT and Coker aren't burners but are very skilled. XL is very fast but not very skilled. 

I am okay getting a skilled AND fast guy but pure speed isn't useful at all.

Speed I guess, I think most people are talking about quickness.  We have none.  We have straight line speed at best.  Acceleration, deceleration, change of direction, that's what we don't have, like at all.  Look what Diontae Johnson did on the field while he was here.  If he had kept his head down and played all season he would have had a great season. That's because he had those things and that's what our system needs.  Not big guys to throw 59 yard bombs to in double coverage which seems to be what we covet for whatever reason.

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Dan said there is a lot of talent that they like at pick 8. 

He's not suppose to suggest who we like. Only an idiot would want him to do that, yet we also have huddlers saying that him not saying anything suggests the doesn't like any guys there. 

fug the huddle is dense. 

 

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I've watched a lot of Morgan and Canales interviews that have been posted on the Panthers website/youtube, podcasts, Todd McShay, Trevor Sikkema, etc. What I'm gathering is that they really like Walker at 8, if Walker is gone and they can't trade back then Mykel Williams is the 2nd option. Front office is doing a deep dive at the safety and TE positions which are needs. Dan is not afraid to be active on draft to move up or down. OT will be a sneaky need and preparation for possible loss of Moton (they didn't extend or restructure his contract) in the future. 

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