DaveThePanther2008

I saw where the pundits think he would be a perfect fit in New Orleans. Welcome to the NFC South the home of greatness in their twilight years.

Not when your name is Marty Hurney. Hurney gets his heart set and refuses to look at the truth. Little will not make this team.

And during that year he has a statically decent season for a 2nd year pro. Entire Body? Hurney f'd up the Bridgewater deal. I'll give you that Tepper should have fired him when he let Rivera. Tepper IMO did everything right with the exception of firing Hurney when he fired Rivera. Rhule w/Hurney 2020 draft was probably our best draft in many years. Rhule and Fitterer 2021 draft may in a couple of years be the key draft that brings us a Lombardi. There isn't one organization that does everything right. Not one. Some are better than others but IMO we have a staff that will run with the upper echelon of team management. I guess you prefer the old regime.

Epic Post SCP... I miss your game week rants and your bizarre wit. (Quite funny to tell the truth) You expressed my feelings about Hurney through and through. Great Post.

This has me believing that he will be the steal of the draft. How he slipped with that much Big 10 action is beyond me but We'll take it.

So tell us how you would have handled it. We had a QB that couldn't push the ball down the field but far worse was we had a defense that was horrific starting the season. You remember we were on a pace to set an NFL record for the worst percentage in football on 3rd down. IN NFL HISTORY. Fortunately our defense improved and we missed that amazing honor. You said their stats were similar. That puts Darnold well ahead of Bridgewater since TB had weapons and Darnold had very little. Putting Darnold with this offense will improve his stats greatly. AND HE CAN PUSH THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. That in itself will make this offense very potent. We traded for a QB that has as much potential to be solid starter as does Fields. We drafted a potential Shutdown corner. This helps us get off the field. We drafted concerns at just about every level with solid players. This draft could bring as many as 3 or 4 starts and 3 or 4 more major contributors and well as a deep bench. Where in anyone's right mind would they believe the Panther staff has no idea what they are doing? How many drafts did we go through where we were wondering if anyone was going to start outside the first round? I posted a couple of months ago Hurney overall record was 55.05% hit on his draft choices. And if you take away his first round it was 48.42% Round Picks Hits 1 14 14 100.00% 2 15 8 53.33% 3 18 10 55.56% 4 15 9 60.00% 5 16 8 50.00% 6 13 6 46.15% 7 18 5 27.78% Total 109 60 55.05% This is where you ask WTF is our front office doing.

The one comment I continued to hear before the draft was. "We have to figure out a way to get off the field" I think the nice additions in Free Agency on our front 7 and the belief they were going to live or die with Darnold at the helm made the decision easy. Find a player that can help you get off the field. JC Horn fits that player.

He's probably over on the WFT forum gussing about how wonderful Hurney and staff did and how incredible weak the Panthers did.

What I like about Nixon is he seems to be a very violent tackler. I cannot wait to see him in the rotation.

Notoriously we usually have TB within the first couple of games. If he can battle TB and the Bucs and do well and maybe even win. Can't wait for them to get together and start working.

We'll see what the schedule looks like soon. I think if he can get a couple of wins early. He'll gain confidence and be on the way to answering our QB situation.

It would be a disaster for our front office. They have done nearly the impossible and have put a decent squad in front of Darnold. So many weapons and now a decent line. Darnold doesn't have to put this team on his back the whole game. We need him to be consistent and if it comes down to the final drive for a win or lose. Than I expect him to put his big boy pants on and lead this team down the field for the win. If he fails it will be on him and the front office. Not to mention the huge buffet of all you can eat crow for many of the huddle faithful, including myself.

Any thoughts of Norman for safety? I hope we sign one of the OTs just to give Christensen a mentor.

Our long snapper pick was odd but obviously other teams had interest in him. Though it would waste a spot I would love to see him be mentored for a year behind JJ. He has the talent and I'm sure JJ can give him some NFL tips.

They say Keith Taylor is fast. Do you think he can be coached up to become a solid player? His score isn't elite but not bad.

Depending on how OTAs go and minicamps (as in what rules will be enforced due to Covid) Darnold will have a good feeling of who will be around him. If he gets into the playbook and knows it in and out he'll have a good start going into training camp. If he can play within Brady's scheme and not try to be the hero he'll play well.

Could be exactly what we'll do. Troy showed as a rookie that he can play. Moving him to Safety would keep the young talent on the field. I guess we'll see.

Well the one thing I can say is I think they have done a good job getting personnel to do just that. Darnold will have no excuse if he plays poorly. While the O-line may not be elite it will be good enough for him to excel especially with the weapons they have put around him. Just for the record. I think Darnold will do well in this offense and become a legit starter in this league. By mid-season many of us will be excited about our future.

Hurney used to draft players that he thought we could mold into what we do here. Fitterer drafted players that fit our mold. While there may have been others that we could have selected I think all of these selections were based on athleticism and their ability to fit into what we plan to do here. Tremble is a prime example. I watch some of his tape and teams will get so used to him blocking he'll sneak up and get us some crucial 1st downs. Imagine him slamming a linebacker or cornerback and CMC takes off. 2019 CMC had some great runs. This guy is going to give him more great runs. Fits our mold. Some of the latter round picks have a chance to contribute in rotation. Depth is critical.

I thought it was quite interesting, especially since most of the media wants to question each choice. I was surprised when I counted 9 of the top 150 and was even more surprised to see we so many of the "great" teams added only a few. Props to our Draft Team. I don't see how any outlet could give us a grade less than A. They use the passing on Fields as their justification but we gained a lot of good players that have a chance to make the team. You could put it in a different perspective. We only drafted 2 outside of the top 150.

I loved last years group but this group seem to hit on most of our needs.

This team, especially the defense, is full of young fast and smart players. I think we'll see a very exciting group. Last years defense that had so many holes improved as the season went along and gave us some exciting moments. With our FA and draft additions we are going to see some serious fight for playing time. I see many areas having rotations going on. (ie. D-line and CB) Offensively, we added some talent in every group except QB. I believe we may reach out for a veteran QB to back up Darnold. I like PJ but would hate to see a promising start go down the tubes because our backups aren't up for the task of taking over if Darnold gets hurt. Of all the players we drafted on offense, outside linemen, Tremble will probably touch the ball less than all of them but is probably the biggest addition to our offense. CMC getting a stud to give him a crease is going to pay big dividends. Super excited about him.

Not to mention he is also a big corner like Horn. I think our CB group got 100% better this weekend.

Guess who had the most players from Jeremiah's top 150. That's right The Blue Black and White. Carolina Panther 9 Jax, Philly, Atl, 7 Cinn, Den, Det Clev 6 Minn, NYJ, Mia, SF, Dal, LV, Pitt, NYG 5 GB, NE, Chic, TB, NO, Buf, KC, Tenn, WFT, Balt, LAR, 4 Hou, LAC, 3 Sea, Indy, Ariz 2 Daniel Jeremiah's top 150 prospects in the 2021 NFL Draft: Where did each player land?

I hope we aren't paying Potted Plant too much sounds like he won't be much of a help to our defense.