Fa An Indicator Of The Upcoming Draft?

[stirs]

With the way the league has moved toward a "passing" league, you can look at free agency to get an idea of where the value lies. WR's and CB's went extremely fast and got top dollar as opposed to other positions.

This would also indicate that folks like WR's and CB's will get picked a bit above their "true" value. Sort of like QB's.

M Floyd is moving up draft boards and so is Stephen Gilmore.

I look for both to go above the 12-20 pick grades that a lot are giving them.

I think the Panthers could be picking Gilmore to stop the pass. Then pick up a DT in the second.

Panthers got beat in 4th qtr many times last year and it was not because someone ran the ball over us late in the game. Brees and Ryan twice, both Mannings, Rivers, Palmer.

We had better get better in coverage.

DE is something that will have to be more productive also, but Coples is hit or miss and nothing else is worth a first rounder in a 43 Defense.

Draft could definitely follow the example FA gave us

[koolkatluke]

With the way the league has moved toward a "passing" league, you can look at free angency to get an idea of where the value lies. WR's and CB's went extremely fast and got top dollar as opposed to other positions.

This would also indicate that folks like WR's and CB's will get picked a bit above their "true" value. Sort of like QB's.

M Floyd is moving up draft boards and so is Stephen Gilmore.

I look for both to go above the 12-20 pick grades that a lot are giving them.

I think the Panthers could be picking Gilmore to stop the pass. Then pick up a DT in the second.

Panthers got beat in 4th qtr many times last year and it was not because someone ran the ball over us late in the game. Brees and Ryan twice, both Mannings, Rivers, Palmer.

We had better get better in coverage.

DE is something that will have to be more productive also, but Coples is hit or miss and nothing else is worth a first rounder in a 43 Defense.

Draft could definitely follow the example FA gave us

A Elite DE got paid more then any other position. Plus no Elite DT were on the market teams don't let good Dlinemen hit FA. They let WR and CB go all the time that should tell you something.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

1st) Cox/Brockers 2nd) Jones/Curry if Gilmore is no longer available. Believe it or not there will still be good CBS in the 4th.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I think we grab a corner with 1 or 2. Can't chance waiting til the 4th unless a compelling player drops in the 1st or 2nd that makes it worth while. I think gilmore in the 1st.

[Lords0fPain]

Don't be surprised, if they go WR. Not saying I agree or disagree. But, Smitty siging for 3 years and Cam's rookie performance...a solid #2 WR to take the double teams off of Smitty, may not be too far fetched.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Teams typically don't let elite o-lineman or d-lineman go because there harder to find and much more valuable. A good draft would be

Cox

Trumaine Johnson

James Michael Johnson

We need a starter at DT, another quality corner, and depth at linebacker

[koolkatluke]

Teams typically don't let elite o-lineman or d-lineman go because there harder to find and much more valuable. A good draft would be

Cox

Trumaine Johnson

James Michael Johnson

We need a starter at DT, another quality corner, and depth at linebacker

That's what I was saying you can't use FA as a sign of how the league is going because elite Dlinmen or really good ones don't make it to FA. Teams sign them before they hit FA. Look at who gets the Franchise tag the most.

[Gallagher]

I'd say our biggest needs going into FA were defensive tackle, safety, linebacker and cornerback. We signed two safeties, a linebacker, re-signed Senn and restructured Davis. So I'd say if free agency is any indicator, we're definitely going either DT then CB or vice versa.

Had we not signed Nakamura and R. Smith, I'd still be all up on the trade down for Mark Barron bandwagon.

[sml1950]

One player that has gotten NO play on this forum is Barron. He is ranked just outside the top 10 on many boards and is probably more than a full round better than the next safety. If we become the heavy blitz team that McDermitt must have been brought in for, we must have a "last line of defense" safety, which we don't have now. Barron could be that safety that Dawkins was for Philly and taking him a few spots to soon should not be considered a reach.

[Seamonk]

I think Barron could be the surprise pick that not a lot of people are thinking about or saw coming especially with the FA safety pick ups. Not saying it's probable, just saying it's possible. Barron doesn't seem to be getting a lot of press either. Which could be a good thing since guys like Kirkpatrick and Claiborne have both had something bad pop up(weed and low wonderlic respectively) where as Barron has been very under the radar yet high on draft boards.

[pantherj]

I expect the pick to be Riley Reiff if he's on the board. If he's gone, then Coples is a possiblity.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Teams typically don't let elite o-lineman or d-lineman go because there harder to find and much more valuable. A good draft would be

Cox

Trumaine Johnson

James Michael Johnson

We need a starter at DT, another quality corner, and depth at linebacker

Saw my mock draft, did you now? :)

[stirs]

Teams typically don't let elite o-lineman or d-lineman go because there harder to find and much more valuable. A good draft would be

Cox

Trumaine Johnson

James Michael Johnson

We need a starter at DT, another quality corner, and depth at linebacker

True. But, if Cox and Gilmore are there, both are good, then would you not look at your weakest point?

2 3rds and another guy on DL plush a couple of guys who were getting better by years end make the DT position a bit less of a need than the CB position.