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Round 1: The Carolina Panthers select OT Monroe Freeling (Georgia)

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51 minutes ago, Dingo_ate_Babies said:

Any chance we trade Moton?

No. I love everything about what Freeling can become. That being said, he is still very raw and needs time to develop. 

It also never hurts to have depth on the oline. If freeling balls out year 1 (which is probably wishful thinking), then we start evaluating how well icky comes back and whether he moves inside or if we move on from moton.

While I absolutely love this pick and am surprised he made it to 19, he definitely has a lot of work to do developmental wise 

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2 hours ago, NAS said:

He better beat out Walker in camp or this is a wasted pick

Short-term thinking like that is how we become the Jets and browns...

Most offensive tackles are not going to be very good day one of their rookie year

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1 hour ago, DeadpoolPanther said:

Not only a good pick, but good on Dan Morgan and company to do what they did during free agency to allow for a pick like this. He will def play this season he is not a bum. After that he should be a starter.

Now I would load up on defense.

Couldn't agree more and 100% well said. 

Not guaranteeing that Freeling will be amazing for us, but the potential ceiling he has is what you definitely want for an OT.

I honestly had him 1B to Fano and am thrilled he fell all the way to us

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I would have been very happy with Thieneman too and one of the receivers could have been a great addition as well.

Im just happy that they value OL. Nothing is worse than OL hell we went through 

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2 hours ago, NAS said:

First round picks need to be Day 1 starters unless you’re loaded and Super Bowl ready.  I am not saying he won’t develop into a great LT but we need immediate impact players.

That's short-sighted, doesn't count for the fact that most drafts have somewhere between 14-16 players with real first round grades, doesn't account for the fact that some positions take longer than others for prospects to adapt to the NFL, doesn't account for the low hit rate of draft picks in general including the first round. 

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First round picks need to be Day 1 starters unless you’re loaded and Super Bowl ready.  I am not saying he won’t develop into a great LT but we need immediate impact players.

I might look at it differently. Like ask myself are we SB contenders this season? And does not having this guy ready week one put us out of contention? 
Would taking Lemon or the S  instead of Freelibg put us in contention?  
To me the answer to these questions is mostly no. Across the board. 
 

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I really like this. Now we can see how Ickey bounces back and we have an insurance policy cooking in the meantime.  

It’s great sign to me that some media are calling this a “luxury pick” as if there isn’t uncertainty around our LT. 

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4 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

I really like this. Now we can see how the line hashes out and we have an insurance policy cooking in the meantime.  

It’s great sign to me that some media are calling this a “luxury pick” as if our offensive line was set.

To me it is the opposite of a luxury pick. The WR or S would have been a luxury pick.  
This was like a.bill that you have to use your fun money to pay.  No new toy but the lights stay on.  

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1 hour ago, csx said:

Thieneman went 6 spots later after another OT. So that tells you something about perceived value

Yeah I mean at the end of the day if you have a LT and S equally ranked you’re taking the LT 100/100 times 

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And I have to assume we arent getting accurate prospect meetings info. Morgan specifically mentioned the interactions with him and how his love for the game and being the best as an influence in their decision.

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