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

[TLGPanthersFan]

I said before this is one of the most boring drafts in recent memory and our draft pick is also incredibly boring. First draft I didn't even bother watching. Don't know anything about this guy. Hope he contributes to the team. But meh.

Edited April 24 by TLGPanthersFan

[AceMan]

Don't mind the pick, I do find our commitment to RAS interesting. Very Madden-like lol 

Edit: Lemme add that he's ranked 13th on PFF Big Board, so analytically, he's a win for the Panthers

Edited April 24 by AceMan

[firefox1234]

Picks like these give me a lot of confidence in this FOs roster building capabilities.

[Carolina Cajun]

So a really talented raw OT, taken at a time when we signed a starter to a prove it deal, an aging veteran on one side, ande an injured and inconsistent guy finishing his rookie contract on the other.  Sit and learn young man, great pick.  We always seem to have a bajillion Oline injuries every year so might as well have good depth.

[Shocker]

3 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Don't mind the pick, but definitely doesn't start this year and might not next year. Needs a lot of refinement on technique and is a project. 

He will bust.  I cannot believe we would take on an OT project with very little experience that is extremely raw.  Stupid pick 

[Basbear]

he does need a full year to grow with roids, petides, HGH, and wartons jelly 

[rmoneyg35]

Love the pick. Even if Icky comes back and back to form, moton is getting old. If  Icky doesn’t return to the same level he was before, we could be without 2 starting tackles in 2027. Moton turns 32 be for the season starts. We don’t know how many more seasons he has left or if his play drops off due to age. Icky can be moved to guard if he does come back being good. You can never have too many good offensive linemen.

[GoobyPls]

So is he gonna start this upcoming year? I think Moton had a bad year this past season. We need a center more than any position. Looks like Ickey ain’t getting a new contract.

[strato]

Raw means a better chance he hasn’t gotten bad habits ingrained. 
This is a long term investment not for the short sighted fan. 

[Jackie Lee]

LOL KC to the Browns, sounds about right

[Tarheels23]

18 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

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

Except Otah was a freakin road grader

[firefox1234]

3 minutes ago, Carolina Cajun said:

So a really talented raw OT, taken at a time when we signed a starter to a prove it deal, an aging veteran on one side, ande an injured and inconsistent guy finishing his rookie contract on the other.  Sit and learn young man, great pick.  We always seem to have a bajillion Oline injuries every year so might as well have good depth.

Which makes the complaints about him being a bad pick because he ain’t start a bit silly. OL is heavy rotation position. He will probably have at least 500 snaps by the end of the season.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

This was the best pick we could have made. We very well could be replacing both LT and RT after this season, so we needed an OT. We don’t want to be in situation where we need to replace both tackle spots in 1 offseason. 

[flagfootballcoach28]

3 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

Which makes the complaints about him being a bad pick because he ain’t start a bit silly. OL is heavy rotation position. He will probably have at least 500 snaps by the end of the season.

That’s false. WR, RB, DL, LB, TE all rotate more than OL. You don’t rotate your lineman unless there’s an injury. OT’s can’t play guard and vise versa. Same with center.