M Kaye on roster ahead of combine 3 positions not drafted by Morgan

[Basbear]

On 2/27/2026 at 2:52 AM, Panthero said:

My draft would have us taking LB, OT, and C in the first three rounds. Probably in that order. 

Id kick out C for edge, but I get having C above. Who knows prince can be that guy, nic already showed he can handle starter reps. I think Jones is back, even if he can be cut. I know wonnom struggled, but I'd offer a near min deal with the hope he can be a backup. 

I think Corbett is back, cause he already said no matter what his wife wants to live there. there is also samac who they kept on the roster for nearly all season, he had to show something.

[Panthero]

7 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Id kick out C for edge, but I get having C above. Who knows prince can be that guy, nic already showed he can handle starter reps. I think Jones is back, even if he can be cut. I know wonnom struggled, but I'd offer a near min deal with the hope he can be a backup. 

I think Corbett is back, cause he already said no matter what his wife wants to live there. there is also samac who they kept on the roster for nearly all season, he had to show something.

Longer term, I see DE being a smart play. Im trying to balance not reaching with guys that can also start pretty much out of the gate. I feel like grabbing another edge now just gives us another guy that needs time to cook like the two DEs we took last year. So its too much of the same at a single position. With C, you could arguably get a starter that is ready by mid-season. Just let Corbett start until then. Same thing id do with Yosh. Let him hold LT until a young guy is ready. Then see whats what with Icky/Moton the following year. 

 

As for the other DE moves, agree on all points. 

[WhoKnows]

On 2/28/2026 at 12:20 AM, strato said:

That is a convoluted mess.
Cut to the end of all that and it comes down to we were picking 9th and wanted to pick 1st because we thought Bryce Young was worthy of that. 
 

I am not saying there weren’t fugups before with Burns and CMC and not taking a 1st for Moore and wherever else. Obviously there were some WTF happenings. And some were monumental in their own right.
But when the dust settled we were sitting there at 9 with what we came out of all that with and then we did what we did. 

The problem is it wasn’t convoluted. It was simple. If you know you are starting over in 2023 with a rookie QB, you plan your trades properly. We weren’t a good team and almost everyone could see that. You don’t try to go for it with a QB you plan to let go of and you build up assets instead of mortgaging the team on a physically limited QB.

Our biggest issue since Marty 2.0 is that we refuse to look ahead and plan an actual long term strategy. It’s killed us. If we played the 2022 trade season properly and traded away anyone who’d get us a pick, the 2025 Panthers would have had a team with multiple additional 1st round picks and other picks and we actually could have gone even further.

Nothing convoluted in that. 

[strato]

27 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

The problem is it wasn’t convoluted. It was simple. If you know you are starting over in 2023 with a rookie QB, you plan your trades properly. We weren’t a good team and almost everyone could see that. You don’t try to go for it with a QB you plan to let go of and you build up assets instead of mortgaging the team on a physically limited QB.

Our biggest issue since Marty 2.0 is that we refuse to look ahead and plan an actual long term strategy. It’s killed us. If we played the 2022 trade season properly and traded away anyone who’d get us a pick, the 2025 Panthers would have had a team with multiple additional 1st round picks and other picks and we actually could have gone even further.

Nothing convoluted in that. 

So you are saying we should have torn down and done a full rebuild. Were you saying that at the time or making that judgement in hindsight? 
 

The way it all happened was not simple. You are suggesting a simple plan, but that isn’t how it played out. 
 

If you are doing that you ride Rhule down to the bottom, which wasn’t done either.  Brother I will repeat, it a convoluted mess. The Burns thing alone took a year and a half to play out. 

 

Edited March 3 by strato

[NorthTryon]

I say trade back later in the 1st round if someone wants to come up and get someone falling. Pick Blake Miller with that pick, who people are comparing to Lane Johnson. Go LB next, either the Stache or Hill. Then go C, S, or Edge in the third. 

[mrcompletely11]

6 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

I say trade back later in the 1st round if someone wants to come up and get someone falling. Pick Blake Miller with that pick, who people are comparing to Lane Johnson. Go LB next, either the Stache or Hill. Then go C, S, or Edge in the third. 

pray someone falls in love with Simpson