Round 3: The Carolina Panthers select WR Chris Brazzell II (Tennessee)

[amcoolio]

This vibe from this draft is opening up to us having a disaster season and drafting in the top 5 for a new QB and then bouncing back in 2027 with a hotshot new QB and weapons

 

[Stuart Smith]

1 hour ago, Chief Keek said:

He might barely be a XL replacement, let's slow the Coker replacement talk.

Ain’t no one replacing Coker. Most sure handed receiver we have. 

Edited April 25 by Stuart Smith

[chbright]

28 minutes ago, csx said:

McMillan? Metcalf? Higgins? Collins? Sutton? London?

Yeah a lot of doing nothing there

 

 

From Tennessee alone that flamed out:

Jaylin Hyatt (I got fooled on that one) 3-4 years ago. Wait that's the giants with Jones so gotta be the team not the player right?

Cedric Tillman is another from UT that again isn't living up to the combine or college hype. Another 3rd rounder. Wait it's the browns so gotta be 100% the team there not the player.

Dont'e Thornton just last year put up a similar combine at similar size. Later pick. Didn't light it up but what that's gotta be 100% the raiders?

Let's be real, Metcalf would snap this guy in half they aren't comparable at all. London was more a tactician in college than a burner like Brazzell or the tenn guys before him.  Dude is 198 vs DK at 228 when he blew up the combine (and is a bigger unit now).

[Jackie Lee]

1 minute ago, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

Shoot. Totally forgot we signed Metchie. Gonna be a heck of a camp battle for a handful of guys at receiver. 

And enough guys for Pickett to get a lot of work with, not a huge fan but if he's lighting it up in preseason while they coddle Bryce on the bench it could get interesting

[tukafan21]

3 minutes ago, TD alt said:

Not twitchy enough--neither one of them as far as I'm concerned. That's why I don't like the pick.

Fair, and that was my first post on the pick as well, that I like the speed, but it seems more straight line and not quick twitch in the slot.

Which is why I'm wondering if they're higher on Horn Jr than we might have thought.  If he can be that guy for us it would be great, as we still have him on a cheap deal for 3 more years and that's the type of guy you just replace instead of extend when you have the studs on the outside like T-Mac, Coker, and maybe Brazzell.

Edited April 25 by tukafan21

[bigdog_10_2002]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

What I like about this pick is we're removing the excuses for Bryce. We've drafted the 2nd top 10 OT of Bryce's career. We've drafted two 1dt round WRs, and now a 3rd rounder. We've made the investments in the offense. If we're still at or near the bottom of the league offensively it's time to admit it and move on.

I agree. 
 

it also builds a foundation for the next guy to step in and excel right away. 

[Soul Rebel]

I wonder where Canales envisions his position. At first I thought tall slot guy with that speed, but maybe the vision truly is to have Coker operate out of the slot.

 

• Wide/Perimeter Rate: ~85.9% - 90%+
• Slot Rate: ~13%

[UAPanther]

That phone call to Brazzell got me in the feels! Let's goo young man!!!

[Jackie Lee]

3 minutes ago, amcoolio said:

This vibe from this draft is opening up to us having a disaster season and drafting in the top 5 for a new QB and then bouncing back in 2027 with a hotshot new QB and weapons

 

Considering our schedule if Bryce doesn't start throwing for 220 plus a game it looks that way

[TylerDurden]

Idk what some are seeing, but it’s different from what I am.  His highlight reel shows a very fluid and shifty guy, especially for his size.  Yes, I’m sure bc of his size, he will excel on streaks and seams, but even the profile they did on him after the pick, they both said and showed that he can run all of the routes.  He has great feet and fluid movement outside of his straight-line speed.

[TD alt]

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-pff-2026-nfl-draft-guide-chris-brazzell-ii-tennessee

[45catfan]

Safety is the target in round 4.  Outside of maybe an IOL, the rest of the draft will likely be all defense.  

[tukafan21]

1 hour ago, Chief Keek said:

He might barely be a XL replacement, let's slow the Coker replacement talk.

Exactly

He's only a Coker replacement if he absolutely blows up by the end of 2027 and we have to choose between paying 2 of T-Mac, Coker, and Brazzell, and even then, it still might be Coker if he keeps progressing himself.

That's why I was so against a WR in the 1st, as it would guarantee one of them is gone by then.  If a 3rd rounder forces us to make that call, totally worth it, but you don't want to get into that position with 1st round picks, they're too valuable.

[csx]

5 minutes ago, chbright said:

From Tennessee alone that flamed out:

Jaylin Hyatt (I got fooled on that one) 3-4 years ago. Wait that's the giants with Jones so gotta be the team not the player right?

Cedric Tillman is another from UT that again isn't living up to the combine or college hype. Another 3rd rounder. Wait it's the browns so gotta be 100% the team there not the player.

Dont'e Thornton just last year put up a similar combine at similar size. Later pick. Didn't light it up but what that's gotta be 100% the raiders?

Let's be real, Metcalf would snap this guy in half they aren't comparable at all. London was more a tactician in college than a burner like Brazzell or the tenn guys before him.  Dude is 198 vs DK at 228 when he blew up the combine (and is a bigger unit now).

Change the topic if you like.

Its clear people just enjoy bitching.