Hurney interview...

[scpanther22]

interview with hurney...

http://www.850thebuzz.com/blog/?p=9223

big points

1.Has talked about some spread offense packages here

2.thinks the WR is deep.

3.thinks DE is deep

4.thinks CB is deep

did not mention DT so i am thinking we will take a DT with our first pick..since hurney thinks DE and CB are deep think we will take one later..and i think we might take a WR in the later rounds if we get more picks..

i wish hurney could give interviews with someone that knows what questions to ask...like about our new DEF scheme

[Lone Buc Fan]

I really don't see how Carolina could pass on Ziggy Hood if he is still there at your 2nd round pick.

[Jangler]

Because the Panthers take needs, not the best player available.

[Lone Buc Fan]

So DT isn't a need when we've been hearing everyone gripe about it all off-season?

[Brandon]

Because the Panthers take needs, not the best player available.

I disagree, in our 2007 draft it was 100% BPA, which is how we ended up with Beason and Kalil even though there wasn't a pressing need at that position. Same goes for the 2008 draft after the first round.

[Murph]

Fox/Hurney have never drafted a DT higher than the 4th round and have only drafted two ever in any rounds. Like QB's it appears to be an area they rather plug in free agency.

[Jangler]

They knew Morgan was coming to an end even though they gave him a new contract. Beason was a need.

[The Link]

I disagree, in our 2007 draft it was 100% BPA, which is how we ended up with Beason and Kalil even though there wasn't a pressing need at that position. Same goes for the 2008 draft after the first round.

LB was a NEED.

[Lone Buc Fan]

Murph - Thats a good assumption to go by, but you have to figure as most of your team is filled with its starters... they'll look to grab other spots where they need to address depth and develop a young guy and plug them in some. DT would be the perfect fit in the 2nd round as the depth of DT is bad in this draft. I see it being very hard to pass up on a good DT prospect if there isn't any other depth worth taking later in the draft. Thats just my assumption on that, but having Moore and McCown backing Jake just leads me to believe that the Panthers will sway from even taking a QB.

[carolinarolls]

I think we typically take BPA but you can argue any of the picks as need or BPA. The fact is that every now and then a pick is both or a weighted combination of the two.

[monstercat]

Dan Connor sure as hell wasn't a need pick, so to say that they only pick for need is rediculous. You could also argue that Stewart and Otah were the best available players where they were picked.

[X-Clown]

I think we typically take BPA but you can argue any of the picks as need or BPA. The fact is that every now and then a pick is both or a weighted combination of the two.

It's the dawn of the apocalypse, I agree with you. Stewart probably fell more on the needs side of the coin (not that it turned out we needed him more, but I think that's what the FO thought). I think Otah and Godfrey both happened to fall as both need and BPA, and Dan Connor was clearly a case of BPA.

[scpanther22]

Dan Connor sure as hell wasn't a need pick, so to say that they only pick for need is rediculous. You could also argue that Stewart and Otah were the best available players where they were picked.

..but both were also needs...i think fox will do BPA but will fill our needs at DT and DE first..

[Brandon]

They knew Morgan was coming to an end even though they gave him a new contract. Beason was a need.

I disagree, they even had Beason slated to be OLB from the time they drafted him. While it's apparent now that MLB was a need, at the time that wasn't the consensus.

If you also look at the DJ, Kalil, Godfrey, Rosario, Shaw, Connor, and Barnidge picks over the past two years it's fairly evident that we subscribe heavily to the BPA philosophy. There are times we will go out and grab a player at a needed position (Davis, Stewart and Otah) generally we feel safer going after talent.