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With the 65th pick in the 2011 draft, the Panther select Kyle Rudolph, TE, ND

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From a random mock draft found through walterfootball:

65. Carolina Panthers- TE Kyle Rudolph (Notre Dame)

John Fox hates talented tight ends because they killed his father and raped his mother. Good thing Fox is gone. Now they can actually get a talented tight end. Jimmy Clausen needs weapons to succeed and what better idea than to get him someone he worked with at Notre Dame.

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I tend to agree that perhap we should give our current stable of TE's a shot before using our 2nd pick on one. How do we know that just because we never threw them the ball that they couldn't have caught it if we had. It's pretty difficult for a TE to catch passes when they only play on special teams, or are primarily blockers whose only route is "run 3 yards and turn around". Not sure any TE in the league would have shined under our offense of the last few years. I think that pick could have a bigger impact used elsewhere.

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I tend to agree that perhap we should give our current stable of TE's a shot before using our 2nd pick on one. How do we know that just because we never threw them the ball that they couldn't have caught it if we had. It's pretty difficult for a TE to catch passes when they only play on special teams, or are primarily blockers whose only route is "run 3 yards and turn around". Not sure any TE in the league would have shined under our offense of the last few years. I think that pick could have a bigger impact used elsewhere.

I don't think Gary or King fit the mold of an every down TE. A good pass catching TE that is heavily involved in an offense is a young QB's best friend.

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Barnidge is almost a pure pass catching end, no reason he can't be a weapon. He has the vertical speed, height, hands and can block so he's not a complete liability on blocking plays.

didn't Rivera say that pretty much isn't what he wants though? Barnidge is pretty much a WR and King a blocker. That doesn't mean they can do the job on occassion but Rivera wants an every down TE that stays in the game.

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I don't think Gary or King fit the mold of an every down TE. A good pass catching TE that is heavily involved in an offense is a young QB's best friend.

I don't disagree with you but if we are looking for a TE to come in and give immediate help to our young QB's we may be better off bringing in a proven veteran (if we can find one) who has shown the ability to do just that. There isn't really a 1st round, immediate impact type TE in this draft so thinking we get Rudolph and he comes in and solves our TE problems is a bit of a stretch, IMO.

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I don't disagree with you but if we are looking for a TE to come in and give immediate help to our young QB's we may be better off bringing in a proven veteran (if we can find one) who has shown the ability to do just that. There isn't really a 1st round, immediate impact type TE in this draft so thinking we get Rudolph and he comes in and solves our TE problems is a bit of a stretch, IMO.

i agree w/ that. I'd like the kid from Oak, Miller.

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