SmokinwithWilly

Mine too. His footwork was just beautiful. Balance damn near perfect. He and Sewell were 2 of the best LT prospects in a while.

For a 2-15 team, the first 3 picks should be day 1 starters or at least the 1st 2 with rotational 3rd. Certain positions are routinely found in particular rounds more frequently. It's like we draft without this in mind and gamble on raw prospects instead of filling positions of need with likely starters. I just don't get it.

Frazier made more sense than Brooks. We were going to have a starting C that was switching from guard on the last year of his contract. Taking a RB with a busted wheel for a 2-15 team isn't really a luxury you can afford.

Media doesn't give 2 shits about the Panthers. They only care about clicks and what Bryce is doing right now generates clicks. I guarantee you if he has a bad game or 2 he will disappear back into the media cobwebs.

Not necessarily a max contract stipulation, but rather a realization that devoting so much to a single, albeit extremely important, position can seriously hinder the teams ability to compete. I would lean more towards and offense and defensive cap, say a 40-60% dedication of resources one way or the other.

Juan will take that as a challenge

And paywall...

It's the rookie salary cap all over again.

We're seeing more and more the importance of high impact rookies on those cheap contracts. Having to pay Purdy anywhere near top 10 QB money is going to create some problems with that roster.

Sanders has been the least surprising for me. Anything at all was better than everything from Ian Thomas.

I heard that they asked him to be more "hands on" but he dropped the ball.

4 hour limit on those little blue pills so I've heard.

It's not hindsight. Called it then. Called it with TMJ over Humphrey. Our center play has been hot garbage for damn near a decade and relying on a guy moved from guard to C coming off back to back injury seasons was stupid. I've been beating the drum for a center since we traded for Paradis.

It's not that we're the cursed. We're just monumentally stupid at reading the draft and knowing where premium players at certain positions are typically found. Our GMs have been willing to take the Tier 3 guy at a premium position instead of a premier player at a position of need, just not as glamorous. And to no one's surprise, it works less often than not.

9 carries. 22 yards. 3 receptions. Those kind of numbers are irreplaceable. Frazier would have been a starter, not Corbett.

I've been wanting us to take one since Kalil's neck injury. We were spoiled with excellent center play and then we've had patchwork in the middle ever since. I've been told over and over on this MB that centers are easier to get than RBs and you can get one off the waiver wire that will be pro bowl caliber. I'm still waiting.

It's long term vs short term satisfaction. I'd rather lose the rest of the games this year and be able to draft a difference maker because he's actually available at our pick, than win a couple of games and end up 10-16 and getting another good player, but not game changer. No one remembers the feel good wins a year or 2 from now. They remember success and that's not something we've done with any regularity.

Can't tell if you're serious....

Or it could be that they're letting him get time to learn on the bench like a lot of new QBs need to do. I think it would be fair to say if Byrce had spent his 1st year on the bench instead of being thrust into the starting lineup before he was ready, this season may have been quite different.

I feel like we love projects in the early rounds. It's why we're where we are and other teams are where they are. You can take projects when you already have a well built team. When you have more holes than a block of swiss cheese, you get guys that can plug those spots.

I feel like this is an old bedtime ghost story. A long time ago, on a night much like tonight, the Carolina Panthers drafted Eric Shelton...

But it's not his true rookie season. His true rookie season counted and where it counted most was on his contract. That's a year of rookie salary cap that we can't get back. We're in week 14 of year 2 and are finally seeing good football from Bryce. We should not be going into year 3 asking ourselves if he can be the guy or if this is a flash in the pan type grouping of games. We need to see a full 3rd season of what we've seen the past few games. If he keeps playing like he is, we're probably going to be hearing about an extension somewhere early season 4. Personally, I'd like more than a single complete season of elite level play before we end up having to drop a 6 year, 360M contract.