top dawg

What a stupid and immature response.

And here is Gil Brandt: "Perriman (6-foot-1 3/4, 212 pounds) was clocked between 4.19 and 4.27 seconds in the 40, but the official times being forwarded along to teams are 4.24 and 4.27. He had a 36 1/2-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-7 broad jump. He did 18 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. Perriman -- who has 32-inch arms and 9 5/8-inch hands -- caught the ball better than expected during his positional workout. Some people thought that he didn't have very good hands, but you didn't see that today in his workout. He also showed very good change-of-direction skills." http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000481537/article/breshad-perriman-of-ucf-uses-fast-40-to-boost-draft-stock

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-12-20/sports/os-ucf-breshad-perriman-beef-bowl-1221-20121220_1_george-o-leary-herman-moore-brett-perriman

Very little football smarts? Where the hell did you read that? He has a football pedigree.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. It's akin to KB debates all over again.

And yes, he is a natural hands catcher according to reports. A CP comparison is just wrong.

You're way off base. Perriman not only runs better routes (even now), but he has no problem getting separation. He will get separation based on speed alone, just think what he can do once coached up.

To have such a dynamic duo with a play making vet in the slot, or even one of them in the slot, would make for a valid triple threat, not to mention Olsen being left one on one underneath. Man. I can only dream.

I don't know what they showed you, but it wasn't twice as much. Benjamin was over 9% while Perriman was over 12% (closer to 13, maybe). I know that number didn't come from all his plays, just a sample if I am not mistaken.

I can't say that for sure. We will know in a few years at latest, but I always suspected that he was more explosive. I can't remember who it was that convinced me that it was more an illusion due to his level of competition, but I don't believe that there is really any argument that Perriman is flat out more explosive and exciting.

Both being gone is a real possibility. If nothing else, it will make round one that much more interesting, if not just downright suspenseful and tense, for Panthers nation. I know that I am getting ahead of myself, but I wonder if or how our compensatory picks could play into this.

Why isn't information about his pro day other than his astounding speed not been published in masse yet? Does anyone have any I formation as to how he did in position drills?

Well, I dare say that it needs its own thread. Unless someone surprises us, he will likely be in play when we go on the clock. Moreover, his pro day may have implications for us as far as other receivers, like Jaelen Strong, being in play even if Perriman isn't.

Damned autocorrect. Fix that title for me if you like.

Surprised that no one has mentioned his pro day. He is blazing fast and squarely in first round conversation. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000481430/article/breshad-perriman-wows-scouts-with-425second-40yard-dash

I wouldn't necessarily classify it as "huge" or "big", but I appreciate your underlying thought. At least the point didn't go over your head.

LOL. OK, maybe you got me. The DMo thing is the damnedest thing though. He must really have a fuged up attitude and work ethic or something. If I had a $100 for every time someone basically said that he'd be a good fit here, I could get me a nice little toy. But it is whatever it is. I honestly don't hate the Ginn decision, and I fully understand on an intellectual level why it was made, but I didn't exactly jump for joy either. I guess everyone who had previously bought their Ginn jerseys can dust them off and wear them with pride once more... LMBO

"Lie" is such an inappropriate and harsh word for this situation. Anyway, I've had my therapy for the night. I am signing out and going to bed. Have a good day, Cracka and the rest of the Huddle.

And that's really all I was looking for. I am not so much as upset as I am just trying to express a little frustration at what I perceive as a lack of understanding and/or a speed bump in communication. I may be the only one that feels this way, and it may be all me. But just in case I'm not, at least others who were thinking along the same lines will think to temper their expectations even further next year. That being said, I would be excited to have Jennings too, much like most of the people in the Huddle (even the ones who intimate that they fully expected the move ever since Jennings was cut).

OK, that's fair. I totally understand your point. I still think he could have been a little more clear without giving away any material trade secrets, but I understand.

I find it kind of disingenuous of you to say that you understood his words "PERFECTLY". I guess that you were one of the few that expected Gettleman to sign Michael Oher and were all smiles about it at the time, right? Please. It wasn't until after he explained his reasoning that most sane people got on board with the pick. I don't care if it was in my mind or not, it was also in others' minds as well, and it doesn't have anything to do with having any extra knowledge or understanding of Gettleman either. But let me give you a cookie for being on a case by case anointing with Dave Gettleman. That must be marvelous.

And yet another example of missing the point altogether. And, by the way, i agree with Gettleman's general philosophy about team building even if he doesn't make all the moves that i would like him to. I am still a Gettleman guy even though i don't have to sniff his jock. BYW, Hurney was paid millions, as are a lot of GMs who end up washing out of the league, so paying someone millions just doesn't do it for me. I think that Gettleman could have worded things a little differently to keep expectations to a minimum, and I am sticking to my point.

People seem to be missing the point of the OP. It's not even about the moves and draft philosophy per se, but about G-man's wording as far as what he was going to do that led to certain expectations unnecessarily. You can try and make it about draft philosophy and specific people or moves all you like. And it's easy after the fact to say Gman said this and Gman said that, but apparently he wasn't as clear as he could have been to many people. In my estimation, anyone should be able to see that. You may have understood what he said perfectly, but others did not.

So I guess that spending 3 million per year on Stevie Johnson for example was just an unreasonable expectation. I suppose that signing a very fast TE with good hands like Rob Housler who will probably come cheap for example is an unreasonable expectation. I am not crazy in thinking that Gettleman could have wording things differently in such a way that bloggers, reporters and writers would have not been carried away with fiscally responsible possibilities, nor am I off base in thinking that we could have done these things and still stuck to the core principle of building through the draft, and filling out holes in the roster with modest free agent signings who would upgraded the roster.

Actually I did. I was looking for something new. Something to get a little excited over, but that''s not really the point. If Gettleman had said that we may try to make a signing or two to fill some basic needs, but specifically concentrating on re-signing or extending some of our own guys, then I wouldn't have had even the slightest bit of expectations. That was the whole point. We never had a whole lot of money, but we did have a little to spend here and there. You saw all the tiered lists of WRs just like i did, so you should at least have some idea of the names that were flying around as possibilities. You should have also seen the relatively modest money that would have had to be doled out also. But the names don't even really matter at this point, because the point is is that if G-man had worded things a little differently, then the writers wouldn't have even made lists in reference to whom we may have targeted and expectations would have been held in check accordingly.