Tony Pauline: Panthers will strongly consider Kenyon Sadiq if he’s there @19

[ForJimmy]

52 minutes ago, csx said:

I personally dont care at all about that. Like Mccaffrey and Thomas Davis and Burns and Stewart and D'Angelo. What matters is the career.

 

But chances are, like I said, they start a good number of games.

GMs care though.  One bad season and they can get fired.  Drafting a player in the 1st that would only start due to injury is pretty rare.  It make sense to us fans who have the luxury of thinking beyond this year. 

[Navy_football]

5 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

What assets? The defense has been neglected yet casuals still expect them to win us games.

We have went OT, QB, QB+WR, WR. 

Yet the offense is still garbage because of the huge anchor we have tied to it.

Now people want a first round TE which rarely ever works out. 

OT (injured, may never return to form which really wasn't that goog to begin with)

QB (still figuring out if he's a franchise QB - though he finished the season well, last chance this season)

QB (not even our pick)+WR (the worst 1st round WR in some time)

WR (Hit)

If they had hit on at least 2 of the 4 then they wouldn't need to draft another offensive player. 

[jfra78]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

I guess there is some confusion here.  Picking an OT in the first probably isn't happening unless there is someone that drops to our spot.  We absolutely need to draft an OT in this draft for depth/future, but signing Walker gives us the luxury of taking one in the mid rounds who might not be ready to start right away.  I also wouldn't be surprised if we sign BC for a reasonable contract for depth once we clear up some space.  There seems to be mutual interest there.  Leashes are just too short in the NFL for a GM to draft a player that wouldn't be an immediate impact player in the 1st round unless there is huge value.  We also need a C in this draft to learn behind our one year rental as well.  Again I don't see this happening in the 1st, but mid to late could work there.  Ideally we draft a C and future RT to take over for Moton after this year for our OL.  Then we can decided between Walker/Icky (depending on recovery) for future LT.

Exactly I have no issue with drafting a tackle, just not at 19

[micnificent28]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Icky is no guarantee to ever return to football, plus his salary is already 100% guaranteed. He's on the books no matter what. BC is coming off an Achilles injury and played much better at guard than he ever did at tackle, not to mention, Achilles is usually a 2 year recovery to full performance level. BC would be on a very low cost prove it deal. He only made 2.8m last year anyway.

You really want to put a tackle with a busted wheel, one coming off a major knee injury, or a guy that can't crack the Raiders roster on Bryce's blind side if Walker gets injured? 

He's on the roster with the idea that he will play at some point. He's another tackle. For better or worse. What I want is to not draft a backup tackle when we need skill players and DT and safety. Either way adding a premium pick for a what if walker gets hurt situation doesn't seem like a smart move.

If walker gets hurt like most teams starting tackle you look at secondary markets trades and hell maybe a 3-4th round pick. Not drafting a what if he gets hurt in the first.

[micnificent28]

4 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Exactly I have no issue with drafting a tackle, just not at 19

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