Panthers decision to pass on Walker

[Basbear]

 

tony reported walkers shoulder was the issue and will need surgery. 

 

I mean teams 8-14 passed too, some took OGs..... 

[mrcompletely11]

5 minutes ago, Basbear said:

 

tony reported walkers shoulder was the issue and will need surgery. 

 

I mean teams 8-14 passed too, some took OGs..... 

I think that proved to be bullshit

[Basbear]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I think that proved to be bullshit

Did Tony take it back or others sources claim BS??

 

[mrcompletely11]

5 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Did Tony take it back or others sources claim BS??

 

Nobody else has reported on this.  It was a one tweet.   If this was a real thing something would come up by now.   He is literally to my knowledge the only person to mention it.  It's like he is a year behind

[Basbear]

6 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Nobody else has reported on this.  It was a one tweet.   If this was a real thing something would come up by now.   He is literally to my knowledge the only person to mention it.  It's like he is a year behind

Tony Pauline is a good source far as they go, he's been around for 20 years. IDK ifs its true, but he's always one of the first to report news. 

Shoulders are among the hardest injuries to know how to heal it. The whole gambit is use- just rehab, stem cells, just rest, you 100% need surgery, wear this, etc etc. 

It's one of the toughest injuries that you can still play with, as a non-WR/QB. OL and defense guys are always playing with hurt shoulders. 

[MHS831]

On 5/9/2025 at 1:07 PM, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

we picked up two in box, run defense specialists at safety this offseason in both Ransom and Moerhig but Evero never bothered to play Chinn in that role

there seems to be a change or two in his personnel preferences.  For example, the safeties.  Another example:  the smallish NTs are out and 330 is back! 

[MHS831]

17 hours ago, Basbear said:

Tony Pauline is a good source far as they go, he's been around for 20 years. IDK ifs its true, but he's always one of the first to report news. 

Shoulders are among the hardest injuries to know how to heal it. The whole gambit is use- just rehab, stem cells, just rest, you 100% need surgery, wear this, etc etc. 

It's one of the toughest injuries that you can still play with, as a non-WR/QB. OL and defense guys are always playing with hurt shoulders. 

Yep. I had 2 shoulder surgeries (same shoulder) in college. What you say is true because the joint is a ball-in-socket joint and not like a knee, which is a hinge joint.  Another reason (this from my orthopedic surgeon) it is more difficult to overcome is because people want and need to walk, so they are constantly rehabbing the knee.  You can protect the shoulder and avoid using it.  And you can play with a banged up shoulder because it does not reduce your game speed much.  As long as I kept my arm in tight (close to my rib cage) I was fine--but when I extended my arm, I felt vulnerable and it was weaker, it seemed. A shoulder issue was common with LBs.  I don't recall seeing a LB in the dressing room without a surgical scar on is shoulder.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

17 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

there seems to be a change or two in his personnel preferences.  For example, the safeties.  Another example:  the smallish NTs are out and 330 is back! 

The preference for smallish NTs was bizarre to me. I mean, you're already looking for a bit of a unicorn with a NT anyway trying to find a guy who can consistently hold his ground against double teams. Now you want to find a smaller, quicker guy who can do it? Yeah, good luck with that...

[SOJA]

I think Jalon Walker is a dawg, a fantastic college player and a good locker room leader. I'm not sure he has the physical abilities to be the 8th overall pick. 

Further tweeners scare me. It is well known that in the NFL not only do you have to be a good all around player but you need at least one elite skill/trait. 

What is Walkers beside his speed rush? So then you're taking a player like Princeley at 8 overall. 

[CPcavedweller]

On 5/9/2025 at 11:48 AM, LinvilleGorge said:

It makes sense. I mean, the edge guys we drafted do have prototypical 3-4 OLB measurables and by all accounts post-draft T-Mac was by far and away everyone WR1 so it's not hard to believe that the Panthers just saw better value going that way. I think it's likely that Walker was plan B if T-Mac was gone and in that case we were going to definitely strongly consider offers to trade down.

We didn’t need T-Mac when we have Legette though. We needed a guy like Golden to learn behind Theilen for a year and become the premier route runner in the NFL with world class speed. 
 

But hey…I wasn’t in the room. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, SOJA said:

I think Jalon Walker is a dawg, a fantastic college player and a good locker room leader. I'm not sure he has the physical abilities to be the 8th overall pick. 

Further tweeners scare me. It is well known that in the NFL not only do you have to be a good all around player but you need at least one elite skill/trait. 

What is Walkers beside his speed rush? So then you're taking a player like Princeley at 8 overall. 

Yeah, I think he's gonna be a player I'm just not sure if he'll ever be the type of player you're hoping for out of a top 10 pick.

[kungfoodude]

2 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

We didn’t need T-Mac when we have Legette though. We needed a guy like Golden to learn behind Theilen for a year and become the premier route runner in the NFL with world class speed. 
 

But hey…I wasn’t in the room. 

I mean, Legette is tracking as more of a #4/5 WR than a #1 WR at the moment.

[CPF4LIFE]

24 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I mean, Legette is tracking as more of a #4/5 WR than a #1 WR at the moment.

Based off what exactly??

[jfra78]

26 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Based off what exactly??

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