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Let’s say all the rumors and pundits are right, and Bryce Young is drafted by the Panthers tonight. All signs point to the diminutive yet heady QB being the first overall pick. Should the Panthers pull a 2012 Redskins, (who traded up to draft Robert Griffin III 2nd overall, and later drafted Kirk Cousins in the 4th round), and draft another QB? Honestly I am not against it. Maybe later than the 4th round, but I don’t see it being a bad idea. Based on the QBs on the roster, there could be a spot for a later round QB. Andy Dalton is the backup and veteran mentor. But after that there’s Matt Corral, who wasn’t drafted by this staff and was said to be available via trade “for a ham sandwich” earlier this off-season, probably won’t even make the roster as it stands now. Jacob Eason is another practice squad level QB who is most likely just a training camp body. I could definitely see this playing out if the Panthers trade down from one of their other picks. If a player they like doesn’t fall to 39, maybe they trade down a bit and get some later round picks. Who knows. Either way, given Bryce Young’s small size while playing one of the most violent sports on earth, I don’t think hedging the bet is a bad idea.

Turn the huddle into one continuous thread like a chat room on draft day. Reaction threads can wait until Friday

Having a veteran WR like Thielen to mentor younger WRs also makes me think they are drafting a WR with their 2nd round pick or maybe even trading up into the 1st to get one.

I am more optimistic than I've been since before the Steelers game in 2018

I hated Matt Rhule and his gang of cronies as much as anyone here and I hated Tepper equally as much for hiring such a certified bozo, but he turned around and hired one of the most experienced QB friendly head coaches in the NFL and put together a staff full of experience to develop a young QB. I think Tepper has made it clear he's deferring to his experienced staff. I'm 100% sure he offered his input. But I think the final call is with Reich with Fitterer a close second.

I could honestly see them trading up to get back into the 1st round if a player they like falls using that high 2nd round pick. If a top WR prospect falls and they have the chance to move up to grab him, I think they will. And like others have said, outside of a few positions like OL, CB, WR, and maybe LB, there aren't a lot of holes based on who is under contract. Personally I'm more in favor of trading down and acquiring picks for future years as well as this year but I think Tepper is hungry to win now and they'll want to get Bryce some weapons.

I doubt it. They might have still traded up to #2 but I doubt that trade would have happened in March. Fitterer admitted they paid the price they paid because they could “control the draft” at #1. With #1 off the table, and most likely Bryce off the board, they would probably be more patient and evaluate the other QBs before making the trade. We might have seen a draft night trade with different comp if they liked a QB other than Bryce.

Bird in hand is worth two in the bush or something like that. No guarantee he could turn around and get what the Panthers offered for #2.

It’s about time. Also f*ck the islanders. Their chippy garbage doesn’t work and they got their asses beat. They’re on the way down after they fired Barry Trotz

This game is going the islanders way sadly. They want a chippy game. They want it to be physical. Hurricanes need to put another goal on the board and get the game back in their corner

Yea how can they exist at the same time. It’s either a penalty or the guy flopped.

Bryce Young’s are real. He owns his results because he took the test before he was in college too. everyone else who knows.

He’s been the pick since Vegas closed the book on it. Can we move on now? Let’s talk about who he’s gonna throw the ball to now

With the first overall pick the Panthers announce they have invented the first fully functional Time Machine capable of sending someone back in time and bringing back younger versions of human beings to the present time. The sacrifice is the person who goes back in time must stay in the past as to not rupture the space time continuum for some reason that’s explained in the fine print and totally explains how you wouldn’t meet the younger version of yourself in the past. The Panthers announce using this technology that they have drafted 23 year old Peyton Manning from the past and everyone immediately forgets he started playing in the NFL 25 years ago and the history of the NFL is changed to a point that no one is able to remember the way it was in the other timeline. They use this technology to assemble a team of hall of fame level players from the past in their primes. Unfortunately the Time Machine causes a rip in the multiverse and a Cyberplex robot from the year 3651 is mistakenly sent to the year 2023. The robot splits earth into two halves that orbit each other around the sun that the robot has now encapsulated with an aluminum case to harvest the sun’s fusion energy. Humanity and all life on earth is destroyed in the process. With all the energy of the sun at the robot’s disposal and no comparable robots to compete with, the Cyberplex robot colonizes all the planets of the solar system and beyond, creating an army of vicious star harvesting robots that consume all energy in the galaxy. The universe is extinguished of all light and energy within 5 million years. With all energy and atomic processes halted, the fabric of the universe itself collapses inward which creates an inverse black hole that resets the mistaken multiverse timeline where the Cyberplex robot was mistakenly sent to the year 2023. The timeline is reset to just before the announcement of the Time Machine is made public where an Angel of Reason destroys the Time Machine and all memory of it for all eternity. With the natural order of time restored and Al things set right with the space time continuum, the Panthers select QB Bryce Young to mixed reactions from the fanbase.

Corner is definitely in the conversation in the 2nd round but I have a feeling they will try to trade down unless an elite player drops to them

Bijan is the best RB prospect in a long time. I know they say don’t pick a RB early because of longevity but for a team with a questionable or young QB, Robinson could be a godsend

With this staff it’s definitely good. The previous staff, it wasn’t.

Rumor has it that Tepper wanted Justin Fields and this desperately QB needy team instead picked a CB so knows if this is good or bad

He’s already the best QB that ever was or will be amen

She’s up and down. Sometimes she has really good insight and is on point. Other times she’s making stuff up. Either way she beats the crap out of David Newton.

I couldn’t believe he actually wrote this. Maybe he started a new medication.

It’s gonna be Young. Y’all got get ready. I am pretty confident that Thielen asked the team which QB they would pick before he signed. So y’all go and tell me why the only QB prospect he follows on IG is Bryce Young, and why Bryce Young follows him back.

Based on Instagram I do have to say it’s really leaning that Young is the pick. Thielen and Chark both follow Young and Young follows them back. I have to think both of these WRs asked which QB the Panthers were drafting before signing. Thielen does not follow Stroud nor does Stroud follow Thielen. Thielen doesn’t follow any of the other QB prospects nor do they follow him. Chark also follows CJ Stroud and Stroud follows him back. Terrace Marshall follows CJ Stroud, but Stroud does not follow him back. Marshall does not follow Young nor does Young follow him.