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Coach Rivera Says "adding Lb Depth Important"

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What don't you like about David being the WLB?

Don't get me wrong. I like David very much but with our needs at cb/dl, for me I think it'll be a reach for David at 40th. I'll rather take a cb there and look for a lb in the fourth bc there's depth with lb in this draft.

The reason why I said i would only take brown or hightower at no.40 is bc they're BPA if they falls that far to us. David wouldn't be consider BPA imo.

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Linebackers aren't valued in todays nfl.

I couldn't disagree more with this statement. With the rise of the TE position in "today's NFL" as you put it, the LB position has never been more important. LBers will have to check these TE's and if they can't keep up, u will get burned every time!

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I couldn't disagree more with this statement. With the rise of the TE position in "today's NFL" as you put it, the LB position has never been more important. LBers will have to check these TE's and if they can't keep up, u will get burned every time!

You would think after the way the Panthers have been abused by TEs over they years that they would figure out we need linebackers who can cover in zone coverage. Everyone else in the division has at least 1 premier TE who love to play us.

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If Beason and Davis never recover we will rue passing on Kuechly. I just think dline and cb are bigger needs. Linebackers aren't valued in todays nfl.

I agree....I just don't agree this draft is how that becomes corrected. Specifically the DT spot. Grab a vet and let the young guys develop.....or grab a comparable DT in the 2nd to what you would get at 9.

Claiborne would be ideal falling. But LB is a need. Gap between LB talent is big between our first 2 picks.....isn't for DT

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If Rivera is going to pick a lb at all, it'll be in the fourth or if we trade back up though. Unless brown or hightower is there.

They key word in rivera's statement is 'depth', not 'upgrade' the position.

Upgrading the position creates depth.

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Kuechly at #9 is not that bad a pick imo. He's by far the best LB in this draft.

There are no elite DTs imo in this draft(had hopes for Brockers) & we don't know how how the coaching staff views Fua/McClain/Shirley/Edwards.

For me we'll take Coples/Kuechly/Reiff/Ingram at #9. Unless we trade back. (Claiborne won't fall)

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That's very true and for some reason I knew someone were going to say that. But, dt and cb is much more important. It's going to be harder finding gems at dt/cb in this draft than lb later.

There are also a ton of comparable DTs to whoever goes off the board first. There aren't comparable LBs to Luke.

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