Mcnutt, Bond and King what impact will they have

[jptaylor84]

The title of the thread isn't the name of some country band, they are the names of the future of the panthers in my opinion so you an forget lafell and guys like this. after listening to gettleman talking about these guys in glowing terms, how do we all think they will fit into the team and will they be a success?.

I know little about mcnutt if I'm honest I as most on here only seen his catch out of bounds in ATL but he's a big physical receiver we do lack. Who can go get a jump ball when cam lobs one up!, King again is interesting had a good college career, manning and fox spoke highly of him and there fans seem to like what he did in a few pre season games but he was stacked behind all those receivers, Bond I again know little about but he's a huge guy who has played both tackle and guard.

Gettleman as we heard was all over these guys as we know his eye for talent spotting is upthere, my point is could they turn Into his best signings? They have all basically had a year to sit back and take in te playbook and schemes from our coaching staff, Mcnutt and King especially have no doubt been building up chemistry with cam in practice, Bond has no doubt been coached up the same way Nate Chandler was and he was a DT so the transition should be more natural for bond to take in, these guys equate to what would be I guess three picks in this years draft, but with the added extra of actually knowing the playbook and schemes which is just genius by gettleman, I think they may have even had some game time last season had we had a losing season to prepare them for this season, but now they will enter the season fresh and unknown to most teams which again is a good thing for us, these three players could be huge pickups for us.

The fact they have been here a year learning everything puts us a step ahead of all those other teams drafting players.

[top dawg]

Who knows? I'm hopeful, but will have a wait-and-see attitude. I do believe these guys will do better than most expect if/when they get on the field.

[rayzor]

full time back ups at best.

 

if they are our answer we're in for a frustrating season.

 

act in the offseason as if those three are scrubs.

 

one of those guys might be worth something, but i wouldn't count on it.

[MHS831]

Travis Bond's name came out of nowhere.  I saw that he played some vs. Tampa and New Orleans; I did not realize that he was on the active roster at any point.   But I can say that there were some interesting rotations going on at RG--I saw Scott in at times for Chandler, and I think I saw Bond once but can't recall.

 

Regardless, Bond reminds me of Bruce Campbell in that he is a physical specimen who needs some work, however, Bond lacks the learning disability.  He is 6'6" tall and his best playing weight is around 330 (As a JR at UNC he balooned to 375).  Here is the kicker---he has 35.5 inch arms.  He does not use his reach to his advantage, which is why he was not effective at Minnesota, the team who drafted him in the early 7th round.  They tried him at OT, however, and then G. 

 

Bond has power in the run game and he is a good athlete. He is a road grader and can blow up LBs on the second level. The problem?  He is a bit of a waist bender and plays high at times (all linemen over 6'5" are prone to do that) can be beaten by quicker DL.  I think that he has been going through a lot of technique training over the past year, and something has given Gettlemen a reason to mention his name.

 

So, RG could be a camp competition between Bond and Kugbila .  Forget Chandler; I am not sure that is where Gettlemen and Ron are thinking about playing Chandler.   When a GM starts talking about an OL's athleticism, I think they are thinking OT.  I think Chandler is a value as a backup because he can play 4 positions on the line.  However, if we do nothing at OT in the draft, he could compete for the RT job.  That is just a hunch.

[MHS831]

Marvin McNutt has very good hands.  He is nearly 6'3"  and has a 37" vertical, runs a 4.55 40, carries almost 220 lbs.  He is smart and adjusts welll when things break down and he has to improvise (based on College video).  The knocks on McNutt are fixable, but 2 bother me.  One, he was known to take plays off in college if the ball was not to be thrown to him.  (That could be conditioning or coaching, so I do not worry much).   He does not have a burst off the LOS--that can be probllematic if he is ever to become the #1.  He needs to beat jams and get a step on slants etc.  Again, that could be coaching and reps.  FInally, in colllege he was not happy catching balls over the middle.  THAT has to change if he is ever going to be a force in the NFL.

 

A big WR needs to take on the middle of the field.  He needs to be able to beat the jam and if a guy tried to jam him, use his momentum to get a step or two on him out of the gates.  If he can get these two things done, and learns to block better (somenting I just mentioned) he can be very good.

[MHS831]

This write up sums it up pretty well--

Tavarres King's best asset is probably excellent straight line speed. He's a field stretcher, the kind of guy pro-style offenses need to keep defenses honest. King isn't a big guy at 6'0 and around 190 pounds. But he runs the forty yard dash consistently in the 4.42 to 4.47 range, plenty fast enough to force NFL corners to turn and run.

King's struggled at times with dropped balls, though he generally does a great job catching with his hands and making plays on the ball in the air. If there's a knock on King it's his size. He's no Megatron. While a passable blocker, with better upper body strength than you'd expect, he just doesn't have the bulk to go toe to toe with bigger players.

But if you're looking for a pure pass catcher who runs great, fluid routes, Tavarres King is your guy.

 

http://www.dawgsports.com/2013/4/27/4275372/nfl-draft-player-profile-tavarres-king

[MHS831]

full time back ups at best.

 

if they are our answer we're in for a frustrating season.

 

act in the offseason as if those three are scrubs.

 

one of those guys might be worth something, but i wouldn't count on it.

 

Rayzor--I think Gettlemen will have 13-14 WRs in camp.  I look at it this way---they are fighting for the 3-5 WR jobs and Bond sounds like a work-in-progress and could be a backup/goal line RG at best.. At WR, Their skill sets are different, so both could add depth.  Our #1 and #2 need to be studs.  I have no problem with Smitty moving to a slot role and bringing in a #1 and letting guys like this fight it out for the rest of the duties, but I hope we are not banking on these 2 grabbing 40 balls each.

 

Back to Bond--He has the physical tools, so if he can put it together, he could be awesome.  Why does he remind me of Duke Robinson?

[IamSoClutch]

We should hope just 1 comes out of the bunch and produces. Still not a reason to not draft a wr in this deep class

[Snake]

I would expect maybe one to make it through camp. I really do expect DG to upgrade this position because its the one that struggled the most. We don't need more guys that can't catch, we have plenty already.

[Kuech the Sneak]

I feel like they could all be solid contributors, but who knows at this point

[TheRed]

I guess if we keep looking in the lost and found bin long enough that we will find a hidden gem? When you have a franchise quarterback, you don't surround him with projects at key positions. You go out and get talent. Gettleman is no fool, he knows what needs to be done.

[TheMaulClaw]

McNutt is the only one I can see having a chance ofds making the team next year.  He did make a good endzone grab at a critical time in the game this past season.  Unfortunately he was out of bounds.  Out of the 3 he was the one that dressed, and he showed up to play.   I doubt very seriously though any of the guys are the answers.

[Kuech the Sneak]

McNutt is the only one I can see having a chance ofds making the team next year. He did make a good endzone grab at a critical time in the game this past season. Unfortunately he was out of bounds. Out of the 3 he was the one that dressed, and he showed up to play. I doubt very seriously though any of the guys are the answers.

Bond played at the end of a couple blowouts

[heel31ok]

full time back ups at best.

 

if they are our answer we're in for a frustrating season.

 

act in the offseason as if those three are scrubs.

 

one of those guys might be worth something, but i wouldn't count on it.

 I like the approach of looking at them as draft picks. that is a smart way to do things. If they don't work out you don't have a ton of money tied up and if they do work out you look like a genius.