Panthers Blueprint: Draft

[Daddy_Uncle]

Drops tonight at 6 on the youtubes

[Captain Morgan]

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[SetfreexX]

At a dinner, but I'll be watching after.

[Butterflyj30]

It is great soo far!!

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

take a shot every time Dan says "man"

[UnluckyforSome]

This was a very good and worthwhile watch. A mild spoiler..the pick was always going to be a LT. Even if it meant some wheeling and dealing.

[AceMan]

"I love you"
"VIOLENCE!!"
"On my mama!"

[Fenrir]

Kudos to the media team for putting these together. I really enjoyed the insight into the draft room and the process that goes into it. Great stuff!

[strato]

I know I saw Dan pre draft say they were down (from 600) to 200 players on the board and usually would be around 150 or 160 by draft day.

I would like to know how many they started with this year.  
I found it interesting that they made a group of players that they would pick for day three.  I didn’t hear it all right but they might have said that we would not trade out of the pick if they were there.  
Made it sound like they targeted every player we took 1-7, going into it  Which I would think would be rare.  But exactly what you would hope for.  

Edited 14 hours ago by strato

[CmC2k]

Watching this confirms that this staff and front office is super high on Monroe Freeling. I wouldn't be surprised if he's gotta a real chance to win the starting LT job in camp. If he does, we can look to flip Rasheed Walker to a contender desperate for tackle help.

 

As for Ickey I still really like him and wanna extend him but based on how the staff was talking about Freeling it might be time for ickey to start taking some practice sets at guard if he wants to stay here as we are gonna have to have figure out a solution for the contracts of Lewis and Hunt. 

My preferred scenario for the Oline in 2027 is Freeling-Ickey-Hech-Lewis-Moton. 

[OldhamA]

8 hours ago, strato said:

I know I saw Dan pre draft say they were down (from 600) to 200 players on the board and usually would be around 150 or 160 by draft day.

I would like to know how many they started with this year.  
I found it interesting that they made a group of players that they would pick for day three.  I didn’t hear it all right but they might have said that we would not trade out of the pick if they were there.  
Made it sound like they targeted every player we took 1-7, going into it  Which I would think would be rare.  But exactly what you would hope for.  

From my watch last night:

• They weren't trading out of 19 unless it was a daft offer once Freeling got there.
• They were clearly antsy to get Hunter - and Minnesota actually called to offer the trade down.
• They weren't trading out of the third round pick once Brazzell fell to it (and Canales would have been happy with him in the second round).
• They traded back a lot on Day 3 - even if Morgan 'Babe Ruth'd' it with Lee, Hecht and Wheatley; they clearly weren't the only guys they would have taken at those picks.

I'm curious to know which player caused the reaction at the start of day 2 (Dan Morgan): "of course they'd pick him"

[OldhamA]

7 minutes ago, CmC2k said:

Watching this confirms that this staff and front office is super high on Monroe Freeling. I wouldn't be surprised if he's gotta a real chance to win the starting LT job in camp. If he does, we can look to flip Rasheed Walker to a contender desperate for tackle help.

 

As for Ickey I still really like him and wanna extend him but based on how the staff was talking about Freeling it might be time for ickey to start taking some practice sets at guard if he wants to stay here as we are gonna have to have figure out a solution for the contracts of Lewis and Hunt. 

My preferred scenario for the Oline in 2027 is Freeling-Ickey-Hech-Lewis-Moton. 

I'd hold on to Walker - we have no OT depth at all.

Freeling is a block of clay - all the tools are there and he appears to have a great attitude. He needs serious work on his technique to realise his potential though.

[WUnderhill]

This was awesome. I want to know who they were reacting to coming off the board in the 2nd round. They seemed to really want somebody. Maybe Rodriguez or Kayden McDonald?

[PanthersNCSU]

1 hour ago, OldhamA said:

I'm curious to know which player caused the reaction at the start of day 2 (Dan Morgan): "of course they'd pick him"

Feel like it had to be about J-Rod. Maybe just my own opinion/wants, but I think he's the target in the 2nd and the editing makes it look like Hunter was our guy all along there. 

Either way, after watching I can't help but feel "better" about the FO, albeit I don't want Tilis to ever leave for a better gig. Tepper has his influence with the analytics and numbers guys more than anything IMO, which could at least prevent some crazy trade ups or panic moves.

Editing, sure, but this seemed like a 100% Dan Morgan draft. He got his guys, now let's see if he's right.