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Peterson wants to be a Panther

Mr. Scot

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...and not just because of the chance to be the #1 overall pick.

There were several former LSU players on hand, though, both to support their former teammates and because they're back in Baton Rouge working out during the offseason.

Among them was receiver Brandon LaFell, who happens to play for the Panthers.

"I wanna come join him," Peterson announced as he walked over to shake hands with LaFell.

Funny enough, though, Peterson has always been dreaming of playing for the Panthers, it seems.

He remembered back to when he played running back in pee-wee football and wore 48 because his favorite player was Carolina tailback Stephen Davis.

"Man, when I first started playing little league football, I always wanted to play in the NFL," Peterson said. "But I never thought I could be in this position right now, coming from a little 6-year-old playing pee wee ball now to a 20-year-old young man."

His dream is close - but not close enough, with another five weeks until the draft.

"Man, they need to hurry up. It's just nerve-wracking right now," Peterson said. "I'm not nervous. I'm just waiting to see where I'm going to land. That's the nerve-racking part about it."

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From the same article, Ron Rivera's take...

Rivera said that he "absolutely" would not rule out a cornerback with the first pick in the draft, though he did say that the Panthers have identified five or six positions that could help them with that first pick, with "at least 10 guys" who could fit their needs.

"So we'll go through the process," said Rivera, who has been to Alabama, Auburn and Nebraska so far, with other stops to come.

"It's something I want to do, obviously, but it's also something I have to do because of our situation," Rivera said of his hands-on approach to the draft search.

The only other head coaches in attendance at LSU's pro day Monday were Saints Coach Sean Payton and Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin.

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I don't know what that means?

Free agents are obviously different than draft picks. Not saying he's right or wrong but you can't compare the two.

If this were a matter of a draft pick "not-leaving" then you could say that, but this is a case of a player saying he'd prefer to be here over anywhere else.

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i definitely like this guy more than the others in the speculated top 10. i'm on the trade down wagon though.

Me too.

But if we do stay at #1, I'm becoming more intrigued with the possibility of Peterson over someone like Dareus.

The question for me is, between the two, who would folks say has a better chance to be a special player?

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