Once the Panthers tag Peppers and trade for their 1st rounder, what position.........

[carpanfan96]

it's ok to talk about what we can do with the picks we'll get when we trade peppers,but we got to get gross signed to a long term deal then tag pep before we get all excited about who we'll get with the picks...don't u think

Agreed it's looking more and more like pep walks and gross gets tagged.

[guyinchesapeake]

We need defense. Concentrate on quality defensive players in both the draft and free agency. I don't think we need WR help this year IF we can get Jake (or whoever starts) to execute QB fundamentals a little better. After defense, I would like to see the O line bolstered with some depth. Nothing will work offensively if our 'guns' don't have adequate blocking..

[ANDRE2FL1017]

I think we should draft RB in 1st since we only have Williams and Stewart.... could use a good back up!

[pantherclaw]

love how people are just assuming Pep will get tagged, and that there will be a first round pick. Carry on.

[357wayz]

i too think we should ignore the weakest part of our defense

Quick, name 5 Defensive Linemen in the past 6 years that have dominated being drafted out of college in a high round.

[carpanfan96]

Kevin williams, Suggs (plays OLB/de) both very well at that, (both from 2003), Ngata, Williams, (2006) Umenyiora (2nd round 03)

Will smith has had a good career with 36.5 sacks, this season being a down one for him.

Tamba Hali has been good so far (he had a down year this year (he switch sides on the dline) Before this season he actually had more sacks then williams.)

Gaines adams has had a good start to his career.

I'm not counting him because he was drafted in 2002, but Peppers has dominated in the last 6 years as well.

[SorthNarolina]

Quick, name 5 Defensive Linemen in the past 6 years that have dominated being drafted out of college in a high round.

it doesn't change the fact that D-line is the weakest unit on our team, and look how well we draft in the first round!!!

[guyinchesapeake]

"I think we should draft RB in 1st since we only have Williams and Stewart.... could use a good back up!"

With Williams and Stewart onboard, I wouldn't use a draft pick to back them up. Fred Taylor was just released by the Jags, although he's got some mileage on him, he may benefit from being a backup only at this point in his career. He may warrant a look, if he's not too pricey..

[thefuzz]

I think we should draft RB in 1st since we only have Williams and Stewart.... could use a good back up!

I hope I am color blind, and this is written in Green.

Also, funny to think that we are all very sure of the upcoming 1st for Pep.

He will be tagged, but there may not be tons of teams burning up the phones in Hurneys office. Pep would have to agree to the contract of the new team for this to work.

This is a very slippery situation.

[rayzor]

I agree somewhat. I am just B/S'n.

However- Last off season WE KNEW we needed to get some line help to make up for Jenkins, well we are sitting here saying the same sh*t.

Plus now we have to get a good DE.

The front office has a habbit of being too "re-active" in stead of "pro-active"

Its like we are always just 1 step behind. They need to get aggressive this offseason and load us out.

last season we knew we needed help at DT, WR, RB (foster had to be going), and especially OL which was the biggest concern.

I would say they addressed the offensive needs pretty aggressively. they brought in how many big OL FAs to find the best ones and they also made that monster trade (by panther's standards, anyway) for Otah. picking moose back up and hackett were no small moves either.

i just believed that last was the year that they wanted to take care of the offense and they did. Now this year is when they address the defense. I have little doubt that they will approach the defense this year the way they did the offense last year.