Morgan is impressing me

[carpanfan96]

7 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Gonna be interesting how he handles the Clowney and possibly Wonnum contracts--cutting them would be $14m in cap room--not sure I would do it, but we signed Jones and you want your rookies to play to get experience....

 

Scourton can start right away. Princely might need some time to add weight and muscle to be a full time starter but I think he can definitely be a pass rush specialist his first year. So that does give them some leeway with the current vets.

[Tbe]

Most of the moves I’ve seen have been average GM moves.

With that said, it takes 3 years to really know the results of a draft…

…and we need multiple drafts to fix this team.

I want to give Dan and Dave at least 3 more years.

Not taking the bag off my avatar’s head until we see a winning season.

[MHS831]

I think we really got better on defense in free agency.  Did we get better in the draft?  Long term, probably. Short term?  Maybe not much.  Clowney and Wonnum are probably going to be able to hold off rookies at positions that tend to take time.  So we really have not improved the defense in the draft that much.  I would cut Clowney and start Jones and Wonnum--saving $7m in cap room.  I think Princely will be a pass-rushing specialist for his rookie season, and I see Nic Scourtan as a key rotational player who will start at some point.

 

 

[PanthersATL]

NFL.com is giving us an A- grade for yesterday (and somehow, a C for Thursday? c'mon man....)

 

[PanthersATL]

PFF calls our picks yesterday "very good" and "elite"

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2025-nfl-draft-grades-every-day-2-pick

[jfra78]

16 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I think we really got better on defense in free agency.  Did we get better in the draft?  Long term, probably. Short term?  Maybe not much.  Clowney and Wonnum are probably going to be able to hold off rookies at positions that tend to take time.  So we really have not improved the defense in the draft that much.  I would cut Clowney and start Jones and Wonnum--saving $7m in cap room.  I think Princely will be a pass-rushing specialist for his rookie season, and I see Nic Scourtan as a key rotational player who will start at some point.

 

 

Look for Scourton to start and Clowney if he's still here to rotate like he did in Baltimore

[Bostonheelfish]

The trades were masterful. Moved back in 3rd to move up in the 2nd. Then moved up in the 3rd for free, essentially. 

[frankw]

We are definitely trending in a better direction than we had been and this draft feels like a breath of fresh air compared to what we've had. Still need to finish up strong here though. But for now I am pleased with Dan and Dave. As another noted Tilis also seems to be a helpful addition.

[raleigh-panther]

The good news, the price for Bryce is finally paid

if he shits the bed this year (and i do not believe he will), they can move on…good draft class ahead 

…and they did not reach too badly

let’s be optimistic. Cant hurt

[Jackie Lee]

Day 3 is..not impressing me lol. They better get a sick UDFA haul 

[Gapanthersfan]

Very pleased. Nothing cute. High floor guys who are football players. You can see that these are kind of moves from someone who understands football in the NFL. 

Not everyone likes the picks, but this team is headed in the right direction. It’s been a LONG time since we have seen that. 

Edited April 26, 2025 by Gapanthersfan

[PantherChris]

6 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Gonna be interesting how he handles the Clowney and possibly Wonnum contracts--cutting them would be $14m in cap room--not sure I would do it, but we signed Jones and you want your rookies to play to get experience....

 

Cutting them would be retarded.

[Panthero]

Hes doing pretty good EXCEPT for the damn 2nd round last year!!! 

 

[Carolina Cajun]

Agree, I've been impressed with Morgan thus far in his stint as GM.  Last year, overhaul O-line, fix the middle of the line and started getting pieces to go around Bryce.  I like last years draft a lot honestly.  XL has shown potential, JT Sanders looked good as a rookie TE, Trev Wallace looked decent and Chau Smith Wade looked like a great value pick as well as snagging Jalen Coker UDFA.

This year, I think he was playin games, might have even been sneaking some of the Tet sandbagging talk, then boosting Jalon walker, I think he wanted Tet to fall and I think he kinda knew that the the difference between "top" edge rushers and guys we got was FAR smaller than the difference between Tet to 2nd round recievers.  He took Value, then doubled up on a strength of the draft WHERE the strength was highest, edge on day 2.  Very well navigated on his part IMO.