ESPN'S Matt Miller's pick predictions for Rounds 1-7

[csx]

44 minutes ago, strato said:

Typically they are very familiar with a small number of teams and the rest they really don’t know. Then it suffers. 
 

I haven’t looked at Hunt’s contract but I feel like we would really be penalized if we cut ties this year.  Next year it’s maybe not so painful. 

Post June 1 trade saves 19 million, 18 million and 18 million next 3 years.

[MartyClemons]

4 hours ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

Both of your early picks are luxury picks... for a team that absolutely cannot afford to be making luxury picks.

You have a 30 year old guard coming off a season ending injury making 25milllion a year who could be released and the $ used elsewhere to shore up other positions while getting a guy whose regarded right up there with Nelson as far as G prospects historically 

[csx]

1 hour ago, MartyClemons said:

You have a 30 year old guard coming off a season ending injury making 25milllion a year who could be released and the $ used elsewhere to shore up other positions while getting a guy whose regarded right up there with Nelson as far as G prospects historically 

He would need to be traded not released. Releasing saves nothing this season.

[shaqattaq]

16 hours ago, Basbear said:

then he takes a smaller than BY CB with the 2nd pick, LOLs ..... Dang what happened, is he dealing in rage bait?

Then he rounds it all out by grabbing a RB that ran for all of 404 yards last season! And missed most of the season due to not 1 but 2 ankle injuries, missed games in 2024 with ACL and 2023 with hamstring injuries. WTAF?!?!

[PanthersNCSU]

Bad mock is bad, but frankly it's not a bad idea to take Ioane at 19 if he's there IMO.

Is it the position I want? No. Sexy? No. But he's likely the better player than anyone else sitting there. It's not like we're taking a punter in the 1st, but if you feel like you're getting an All-Pro guy over the 3rd best WR you hope works? Yeah, give me the All-Pro. 

It would give us depth, flexibility, and potentially the best possible replacement to shed Hunt's contract ASAP. 

[Basbear]

19 hours ago, Growl said:

it’s crazy because whenever he’s talking about other teams he’s a really good guy but it is an annual tradition that whenever he talks about the Panthers his brain just comes undone and oozes out of his ears 

 

Im a miller guy, in fact I member when he was one of the first to have a website dedicated to NFL draft before the 50 or so now. He would show up to combine and team pro-days and people would ask which team are you with? Hed answer "I run a website". I respect his opinion, but this was his worst 7 round mock I've seen, shocked it was from him. 

[Basbear]

3 hours ago, shaqattaq said:

Then he rounds it all out by grabbing a RB that ran for all of 404 yards last season! And missed most of the season due to not 1 but 2 ankle injuries, missed games in 2024 with ACL and 2023 with hamstring injuries. WTAF?!?!

That RB was the cherry, he's a UDFA. The midget CB, does he know Dan said he wants to copy seahawks with "long armed tall players". Its a joke of draft, not only cause of the players, but the team research is sub-par. congrats to him for trigging me tho....

[Khyber53]

Seems the least likely projections I've seen so far.

 

[jfra78]

I say this every offseason.  These guys use teams like the Panthers to get the picks they want to the teams they want