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Football Gameplan's 2013 NFL Draft Grades - Carolina Panthers


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Love the Czar's hustle. I thought he would knock Gettleman and Rivera for the G we picked up from Valdosta St. Everything I've read says it was a huge reach. I'm not that concerned about the WR spot and I still think LaFell is a decent pass catcher. The DBs are a concern but we have a lot of young talent that didn't seem to keep us from winning late last season. With only 5 picks and 2 of them home runs, I'd give us more like a solid B or even a B+ considering we just shored up the DT spot for the next 3 years at minimum.

The LB and RB we got in the late rounds should pay dividends this season on special teams as well.

Not a flashy draft, but an effective one.

Thanks Czar!

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good job as usual, but just to echo what others have said, godfrey got the move from SS to FS where he's much better suited.

 

the need was SS and i think that lester actually might be the guy we needed although mike mitchell that we just picked up in FA a couple weeks ago might be that guy as well.

 

you are right, tho, that S and WR are areas that needed help. we've gotten some, but i don't think it's enough. i still think the draft was just plain good, tho.

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I haven't seen anyone refer to Kugbila as a "huge reach".

 

The ones saying reach are the same ones that look at NFL.com and see a 52 draft grade. So they base their opinion off of that score.

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