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Grade our 2013 draft


Carl Spackler

How would you grade the Panthers' draft?  

118 members have voted

  1. 1. How would you grade the Panthers' draft?

    • A
      20
    • A-
      22
    • B
      38
    • B-
      15
    • C
      13
    • C-
      5
    • D
      4
    • D-
      1
    • F
      0


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Solid B+ - A draft. They got depth and ST help in the 4th and 6th, Kugbila can be a starter in a year or two. Klein is going to help on special teams from the start and is good depth at OLB and ILB, also adds versatility to the LB core as he can play all three spots. Barner in the 6th is a scat back/change of pace guy that's surprisingly strong for being small, he's got quick feet and good hands. He's an air back, that can give you an extra dimension to your offense.

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Overall: A-

(1) Star Lotulelei : A+

(2) Kawann Short : A-

(4) Edmund Kugbila D

(5) A.J. Klein C+

(6) Kenjon Barner B+

It doesn't take all draftees to boom in order to have a A+ draft. We just need to boom with the high picks. The 2011 draft is disgusting but it's still an A grade draft bc we landed Cam.

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Overall: A-

(1) Star Lotulelei : A+

(2) Kawann Short : A-

(4) Edmund Kugbila D

(5) A.J. Klein C+

(6) Kenjon Barner B+

It doesn't take all draftees to boom in order to have a A+ draft. We just need to boom with the high picks. The 2011 draft is disgusting but it's still an A grade draft bc we landed Cam.

Championship teams find talent in late rounds. We didnt do that we passed on talent. He got lucky with star and short

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I loved Star, I think Short is gonna be siqq on our d-line even though i wish we'd liked someone else enough to take them (and if you listened to his phone interview on panthers.com he is very excited to be picked by us and was hoping that he would be which is priceless for a draft pick i think), the rest of the picks all make perfect sense but i selfishly don't like them anyway. this draft was truly gettleman making us take our medicine and it blows. that's why i gave this an A-.

i think we all tend to keep the blinders on in regard to our big name vets, but TD could be done any time, Beason could never come back right and if he does he probably will be gone after this year anyway, Dwill will probably be gone after this year too. Gettleman thinks we already have the answers at WR, S, and CB. at the end of the day I'm homer enough to eat that idea up.

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