Captain Morgan

He's a playmaker. I don't watch college games for the possible draftees much, but I tuned into a game that he was playing. The announcers called his name so much they were laughing about it. Think he has a serious med issue, maybe a heart problem, that he has overcome but is something that teams might think about

DT is one of the best positions in this draft, maybe the best. Problem is I'd rather get edge in the first if it's the right person, but I'll take Graham in a heartbeat. He is a disrupter. And our second round pick has fallen back a great deal since it was once flirting with a top 10. But there is a ton of talent that will go in the first at DT. After Graham, Ken Grant out of Michigan. 339 pounds with quick hands and feet Deone Walker, Kentucky. very athletic at 345 lbs Shemar Stuart Texas AM, 6'6 290 Walter Nolen Ole Miss 305 Derrick Harmon Oregon 310 Omar Norman-Lott Tennessee 315 TJ Sanders Scar 290 better rusher than run defender it's too early in the draft process to really say, but they could all be gone before our second pick.

Chuba "I love this team....family on 3!

he does have a roadgrading OL. However, it's his never get up, break a tackle, spin out and find a hole that is impressive. He has a winning attitude that this teams needs to build around. I checked our entire draft history of 4th round picks. He's the best we've ever had from that round.

Chuba is so good at turning chicken poop into chicken salad

yes. Myrtle Beach/Florence Sc is a different market than ilm

Giants up 7-3 on Atlanta. Penix is 5-10 for 52 yards

Mike Kaye @mike_e_kaye · 4m Jadeveon Clowney just hunched to the sideline, pointing at left knee. He still has a helmet on but is in clear pain.

pregame show is on in Myrtle Beach market

Steve Reed @SteveReedAP · 3m The Panthers have added C Cade Mays to the injury report as questionable with an illness. It's been going around the locker room this week.

Giants will want a QB, so I'm good with them being above us. Same with Raiders. NE is worrisome because they have their QB. Hopefully they go OL or WR for him. I want our choice of edge in the top 5.

looking more like less of a project as the season goes on. When a playoff team has to change their offense because one guy is seen is a problem, that's a pretty good sign that he's that dude.

man it would be nice to get a cee dee lamb type of receiver for Bryce

Bryce Young OVER 14.5 rushing yards (-125) While Young's success as a passer is all the rage recently, the Carolina Panthers QB has quietly been running the ball more willingly -- and successfully -- and has been over this number in each of his past four contests. Now he gets a Dallas Cowboys team giving up 24.4 rushing yards per game to opposing quarterbacks, second only to the Cincinnati Bengals for the worst number in football (and by 0.1 yards at that). By yards per rush surrendered (5.7), they're fourth worst. Some of those numbers are inflated because of the quarterbacks the Cowboys have faced this season, a list that includes Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson, Justin Fields and Jayden Daniels. But Drew Lock, Deshaun Watson, C.J. Stroud and Brock Purdy all cleared this number against Dallas as well, and those are quarterbacks closer to the Young mold -- decently mobile, though not considered elite dual threats. There's some concern that the Panthers won't need to drop back much against the Cowboys and their dreadful rush defense, but I do think Dallas is playing better against the run as of late. And the Panthers defense is so poor that it's unlikely this game becomes a blowout. (Imagine that! A Panthers blowout!) There should be enough opportunities for Young that he gets the two or three scampers he needs to clear this number.

after the short into, first item is this Props that Pop: Don't be shocked by a big day for Panthers vs. Cowboys QB Props: Bryce Young OVER 19.5 completed passes (Even) Loza: Young is by no means an efficient passer, but his completion percentage has improved since being reinstalled as the team's starter in Week 8. The second-year signal-caller has additionally managed at least 19 completions for three straight games since the Carolina Panthers' Week 11 bye. In fact, he recorded exactly 19 completions while facing a stout Philadelphia Eagles defense that has allowed the fifth-lowest completion percentage thus far in 2024. Young's odds of improving on that total are high, given this week's matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas' secondary got Trevon Diggs back last Monday, but the defense simultaneously lost emerging star linebacker DeMarvion Overshown. The compromised pass rush figures to work in Young's favor. https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/42898520/2024-nfl-season-betting-odds-daniel-dopp-liz-loza-football-props-pop-week-15

first, can a mod remove the 23 from this section of the forum? Just leave it as a draft forum without the year on it. 4. Carolina Panthers: Dl Mason Graham or EDGE Abdul Carter For most of 2024, it appeared the Panthers would utilize this selection on another first-round quarterback. But given Bryce Young‘s recent resurgence (ninth-best PFF passing grade since Week 10), Carolina may be better suited to upgrade a defense that ranks 31st in EPA per play. With Derrick Brown missing most of the season due to an injury, the Panthers' interior defensive line has largely been a non-factor. Starters A’Shawn Robinson and LaBryan Ray have both generated PFF overall grades below 55.0, including pass-rushing grades below 57.0. Getting Brown back will immediately help, but pairing him with a two-way disruptor like Mason Graham would be ferocious. Edge rusher is another focal area of need, especially given that Jadeveon Clowney (team-leading 30 pressures) is almost 32 and has only one year left on his contract. D.J. Wonnum (14.8% pass-rush win rate) has been a bright spot, but he’s played only 212 snaps — all of which have come over the past four weeks. Abdul Carter is elite in pretty much every department, boasting 77.0-plus PFF grades in pass rushing, run defense and coverage. His 90.3 PFF overall grade ranks sixth among all edge rushers in college football. https://www.pff.com/news/draft-early-or-2025-nfl-mock-draft they had T-Mac as an option much later in the first. This article does a good job matching team needs vs BPA. Of course, if you're drafting in the top 10, pretty much every position is an area of need.

"Back in June, when the weather was significantly warmer and rookies were significantly less experienced, defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero was heading home one evening when he passed by the secondary meeting room. It wasn't a special trip, it just happened to be on his route out of the building, but he peeked in the door when passing by and saw something that has stuck with him ever since. Assembled in the room were all the rookie defensive backs on the offseason roster, representing drafted players and UDFA's. At the front of the room, where a coach would usually stand, was fifth-round rookie Chau Smith-Wade. "He's running the meeting," Evero laughed, telling the story on Thursday as the Panthers prepare for their Week 15 matchup with the Cowboys. "And all the rookies are in there and they're watching tape and going through the calls. And so that was really, really cool to see a guy that we just drafted, who came in instantly with great habits. And we've seen that all the way along the way." It was foreshadowing into what Smith-Wade would become for this defense by the end of the season, playing 67 percent of the defensive snaps over the last two games and becoming the starter at nickel as a rookie. He has 34 tackles, a forced fumble, a pass defended and an interception during that time." https://www.panthers.com/news/notebook-rookie-nickel-chau-smith-wade-showing-many-skills

man the closed captions trying to keep up with him, rofl

CHARLOTTE — A funny thing happened in the locker room after Sunday's loss to the Eagles. There wasn't an immediate rush to the door. Usually, after a road game, particularly a road loss, guys shower quickly, change, and head for the bus that takes them to the airport. And it's not that guys were lingering, but there was a clear sense of camaraderie after that game, which you don't always see. After head coach Dave Canales spoke to the team and went back to his office to change for the flight, guys began to gather. Canales mentioned that Chuba Hubbard had topped the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career. People came to congratulate him. Hubbard then thanked his offensive line, and people came to congratulate them. And that circle kept growing. It wasn't just the starting five, but backup guard and eligible extra blocker Chandler Zavala was part of it; injured center Austin Corbett was on the trip and he got pulled into the group. Like a rock dropped into a still pond, the ripple kept expanding, bringing more and more guys into the recognition. It wasn't a party — they know they lost, and close isn't enough — but it was a growing number of people engaged in a shared purpose. And you could sense the difference. Canales didn't tell them to congregate, it happened organically. And that's the important part. This team is beginning to internalize his message, say his words back, and get closer to the goals that were abstract concepts at the beginning of the season. They know the expectation and that they're still short of it. But they can also see that the work is beginning to pay off, and that's drawing them closer together. https://www.panthers.com/news/ask-the-old-guy-coming-together-getting-closer

First time the Panthers are betting favorites since week 15 of 2022 (assuming the line doesn't move). https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42893760/panthers-early-favorites-vs-cowboys-first-2022

and that was against the Eagles tough D

PFF CAR Panthers @PFF_Panthers The highest-graded Panthers in Week 14 vs the Eagles: Adam Thielen - 88.2 Taylor Moton - 79.2 Robert Hunt - 76.4 Ikem Ekwonu - 71.9 Damien Lewis - 69.1

Brady. We gotta keep that guy somehow. He'll probably want starting tackle money, but it would be nice to keep him as he enters his prime.