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

[firefox1234]

1 minute ago, bobcat91 said:

Not a fan. Won't be a starter this year and thats not want you need in a top 20 pick. Has to be a plug and play and he isnt. Especially painful with the Oregon S was there and would have really improved our D from day 1. 

OL is probably the most rotation heavy position, he will play. Probably a lot.

[pantherclaw]

My flat tire this morning correctly predicted our pick. That's some funny poo!!

Seriously though, this is a great pick for our team. We have to keep our o line a strength.  

Edited April 24 by pantherclaw

[Panther53521]

Perfect pick for us

[RIPTreyLance]

If this dude isn’t a perennial pro bowler this was the dumbest pick imaginable. 

[ClawOn]

I like the pick.  Dude is huge... 6'7.  How is wee Bryce gonna throw to the left?

[Tbe]

2 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

I assume he is our swing T this year unless he beats out Walker

He should be able to beat Walker. Even if not; I doubt walker makes it the whole season.

[CarolinaLivin]

It was the “Adult in the room” pick. As fans we want a lil sexiness in our first round pick. Someone you can see in the stat sheet. But this was a good pick. Can’t wait to see our plan for the rest of the draft. Glad we didn’t go WR/TE. Didn’t make sense.

[Shotgun]

Love it

[firefox1234]

This is probably what it felt to draft Otah but this time we’re not giving up a future first.

[tukafan21]

As long as he’s starting at LT week 1 then I love this, if he can’t beat out the guy we signed from the Packers then this will look rough.

But now let’s move up a little bit in the 2nd and go get Stukes an I’ll be much happier about passing on Thieneman there.

[Diehardpanth02]

3 minutes ago, bobcat91 said:

Not a fan. Won't be a starter this year and thats not want you need in a top 20 pick. Has to be a plug and play and he isnt. Especially painful with the Oregon S was there and would have really improved our D from day 1. 

Why won’t he be a starter?

[toldozer]

3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

The Icky injury forced their hand here and honestly it's the right move either way. If Icky comes back, great, one of them can replace Moton. If he doesn't then they're covered at LT. 

Hindsight missing the playoffs would have had the Panthers in a much better position. Losing icky was a huge blow

[frankw]

It was an investment we needed to make and the way the draft fell cemented it. We also need a Center if we are being completely honest.

[Diehardpanth02]

2 minutes ago, RIPTreyLance said:

If this dude isn’t a perennial pro bowler this was the dumbest pick imaginable. 

wtf. Can you say high expectations