The "now it's been three years" Grade for the 2023 Draft

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

Year 1 : "Bryce sucks" .... "YoU CaNt tAlk aBoUt it unTiL yEAr thRee!"

Year 2: "Bryce sucks" .... "YoU CaNt tAlk aBoUt it unTiL yEAr thRee!"

Year 3 : "Bryce sucks" .... "I don't wanna talk about it"

year 4:"all he needs is........"

           "but but but look at Cam..............."

[jasonluckydog]

I was only 2 years old when we drafted Bryce. All these years later, I'm an old man with a mortgage. fuger has aged me. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

4 hours ago, Mage said:

Scott Fitterer was so bad, man.

David Tepper*

[OldhamA]

5 minutes ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

David Tepper*

Tepper only picked Young. He wasn't picking Johnson et al.

[SOJA]

the funny thing about that draft is if we just never do that trade, re-sign Darnold to a one year deal, draft Jalen Carter

We likely end up with Caleb Williams or Drake Maye the next year and have Jalen carter plus all of that other draft capital 

[45catfan]

3 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Tepper only picked Young. He wasn't picking Johnson et al.

Yes, but we moved up for Young and gave up a legit starting WR in Moore.  The reason we drafted Mingo was to replace him.  So Mingo is kinda on Tepper too.  We also lost our fist rounder the next year.  While the entire draft sucked, Bryce was the first domino to set things in motion.

[shaqattaq]

3 hours ago, jfra78 said:

Because it's the same thing.  Saying we didn't give up anything because its a swap is wrong.  If we gave up nothing then it would only be 1 first round pick.  If it makes you feel better about the trade then say swap.  Only thing that would make me feel good about the trade would be Stroud.

I thought that Stroud had more potential than Bryce because of his size, but neither have done anything yet as pros.

And, technically, we gave up a 1st, two 2nds DJ for the privilege of swapping 1st round picks with the Bears. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

One of the biggest problems with Fitterer is he could not feel the flow of a draft. Mingo was a panic pick. Trading away Moore left our cupboard bare and we had to replace him immediately. It was a pick forced by the trade up. DJ Johnson was a panic pick. It was the end of a run on edge rushers and he felt we had to get somebody, anybody and we got something all right. 

There were so many issues, but his drafting was some of the worst I've seen. You can't miss year after year and expect to compete. 

[thennek]

1 hour ago, SOJA said:

the funny thing about that draft is if we just never do that trade, re-sign Darnold to a one year deal, draft Jalen Carter

We likely end up with Caleb Williams or Drake Maye the next year and have Jalen carter plus all of that other draft capital 

I am convinced the Panthers were being run by idiots during that time. They could have down just about anything with the QB situation…..except for what they did and the Panthers would have been better off. 

[strato]

2 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Franchise crippling Draft. We're still digging ourselves out of that hole.

He just had his 5th year option picked up, I think we are still digging the hole.

As far as DJ Moore, fools. How many picks did we waste chasing a replacement? I count a second and two firsts being what that cost. And going without for two years.  
I guess they traded him because you don’t need to spend as much on receivers with Bryce… or some such bullshit as they thought at the time.