Rivera: We Would Have Drafted Coples To Play Dt If Kuechly Wasn't There

[Panthro]

50%? I'd say it's more like a cople of people

[Lout]

We'd take OT you don't pass up OT's in the draft with a high grade. You can always get stop-and-plug linebackers

No reason to take an OT when you already have 2 high quality OTs. The FO has said they want to give Otah one more chance to come back from injury. I guess that's where we differ.

[frash.exe]

if the panthers really think they're going to draft BPA in every round, they're likely never to pull the trigger on a defensive lineman. DL gets drafted early and often in this league now and even when they're high enough to avoid the huge run from 10-20 like this last draft they can't even convince themselves to pick one.

then again Ta'amu was one of the best values and arguably BPA in the 4th when they passed him up. How is it they continually find ways to avoid acquiring DTs with any kind of real potential or talent whether or not they're a great value in the draft? Ta'amu and Adams back to back would've been clutch. I miss when it was our deepest position and Kindal Moorehead was getting like 5 sacks.

[Swaggasaurus]

Sure they want to give him a chance, but I'm sure that they also realize he is a cheeseburger binge away from IR.

[frash.exe]

No reason to take an OT when you already have 2 high quality OTs. The FO has said they want to give Otah one more chance to come back from injury. I guess that's where we differ.

i'll be phenomenally surprised if Jeff Notah makes it past week 6 without being IRed again

[Lout]

i'll be phenomenally surprised if Jeff Notah makes it past week 6 without being IRed again

I hope that he just needed 2 years to heal that knee injury. If he can't heal over 2 years, then he needs to be let go. I try to stay positive about it, because our offense seems to be much better with him in the game. If he comes back at a high level this year, I don't think OT is a need. I'd much rather take defense with our 1st rounder next season.

[JawnyBlaze]

I would have been MUCH more pleased if we had taken Coples than Barron. Holy crap would I have raged if we took Barron at #9.

[MadHatter]

Sure they want to give him a chance, but I'm sure that they also realize he is a cheeseburger binge away from IR.

It is funny that ill informed posters on here continue to try and correlate Otah's injuries with being overweight or out of shape. This has NEVER been the case. Otah has always been in excellent condition. His injuries have been focused around his knees. He has had difficulty recovering from previous surgeries. This very well may be something that ends his career....but it is NOT due to being overweight or out of shape.

[Swaggasaurus]

Wait so his extra stress on his knees due to being fat has nothing do with not being able to recover from a little knee scope

[Swaggasaurus]

And just because you are an ass who considers himself superior to other posters does not make you more informed

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Lets not kid ourselves: Cox was a need guy at a position that was weak for most the season.... He would have been taken in the late first or second round in 2010 and although young with time to grow(Amobi Okoye comes to mind) he is undersized and i dont see him being a dominant player.

If it was Dareus or a Suh type DR at that spot i am sure he is taken. There was not much seperating the Brokers, Poe and Cox Dts from the Still, Worthy and D' tambamabingbongs.

Kuechley has a much wider seperation from the other linebackers in terms of skill and prototypical size. Mychael Kendricks(5'11) is good but smallish and we have Beason and Senn who are smallish.

Lber is just as bad a need and we drafted the guy who can impact the game in coverage as well as stopping guy with his read and reaction ability.

[MadHatter]

Wait so his extra stress on his knees due to being fat has nothing do with not being able to recover from a little knee scope

Oath has never had a weight or conditioning issue. He came into camp last year in great physical shape. Yes he is s big man and that does put stress on his knee. But, he has not been overweight nor shown up at camp out of shape.

Being a large 320 lbs man playing OT is not the same as getting out of shape during the year like Kris Jenkins did every season.

Just stating a fact. If you can't handle that....that is your problem.

[MadHatter]

And just because you are an ass who considers himself superior to other posters does not make you more informed

In this case, I am more informed.

[Miaoww]

Huh, Coples at DT wouldn't have been a bad shout. Still prefer Clark Kent though.