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the thing about Golden is if your going to go in the draft & draft for need like everyone is assuming the Panthers are going to do by drafting an edge rusher such as Jaloʻn Walker or Mykel Williams well then on the flip side of that approach drafting for need the Panthers desperately need a WR who can play on the outside & is a really good route runner who can get open on all 3 levels & if nothing else it keeps the other teams defense honest they have to respect Goldens speed & will not able to as easily play man coverage on the outside & then just stack the box to stop the run like teams were doing all so often last season against the Panthers idk is there a WR i am forgetting about on our roster right now or is it in fact XL & Coker at 1 & 2 WR with Theilen in the slot ? if so my goodness I just can't imagine Bryce Young not struggling with that as his his primary targets at WR

yeah it's hard to tell with size I mean just look at what Steve Smith did in the NFL at his size Golden is another small guy at 5'11" who in my opinion is the best WR in this class ran a 4.29 & then the kid is a terrific route runner & get open at all 3 levels something the Panthers desperately need right now idk what to say about an injury it's really all about genetics some people are more injury prone than others no matter what their size is

yeah size & measurements really has nothing to with it .if so Shemar Stewart standing at 66" & 290 lbs. would be a top # 3 can't miss pick

yeah he has no real change of direction short bursts of speed he struggles to get off the line I already know he has top end speed once he gets going

T-Mac route running is predicable & will be really easy for these best of the best elite NFL corners to anticipate where he is going on the field T-Mac struggles to get off tbe line & separate no real burst . TMAc is just simply put slow by NFL standards for a WR T-Mac for sure yes he has a large catch radius for contested catches & a big frame .T-Mac YAC is not a physical smash mouth in your face type of player more of a finesse guy so what happens after he catches the ball does not play to his strength/size whichi limitis his ability to gain extra yardage & when T-Mac blocks n the run game he does not use his size to his advantage by aggressively engaging the defenders no thanks on T-Mac at #8 its to much of a risk & not a enough reward ...just saying

trading back & drafting Golden/WR makes so much more sense for this team right now desperately needing to score more points & then not only that it also helps therir young Qb who they already know has struggled in tbe past due to the lack of talent at WR & then finally you acquire more draft capital to plug all the various holes you have on defense it's a win win win situation I just don't see Jalon Walker having that same type of impact at #8 ...just saying

you have Xavier Leggette & Jalen Coker starting on the outside at WR two very young & inexperienced players.. if the Panthers want to go out there on a limb & reach for a player based solely off what the team needs instead of drafting BPA at #8 then the kid from Texas Matthew Golden would be the perfect player /fit for this team right now i guessi am confused to why it has to be a defensive player with the first pick ? & I am also confused to what happened to blah blah blah over & omg over again with just about everyone saying the same thing well you know Bryce Young was drafted to the worse situation possible he had no one to throw the ball 2 & by far not even close the worse group of WR's in the NFL / to all of a sudden that's not an issue anymore because why we have XL & Coker ? alot of things makes no sense just like drafting Mykel Williams at #8 makes no sense ...just saying

that's it you have to really know how to properly evaluate your team .if not you trade up thinking your just one player away when in reality you are 2/3rds of a team away & in the process trade away the #1 overall pick the following year because your team had the worse record in football & was nowhere close to just one player away when you trade up or down it all BEGINS with evaluation not player evaluation but the team as a whole evaluation ...just saying

I just feel like even if the Panthers traded back they would at some point still trade back up like last year they traded up to draft their first 2 picks .if this team likes a player they do not patiently wait on him it's not in their DNA to trade back & be patient

LOL the Panthers the team who always overeacts & trades up is now going to trade back if Mykel Williams is there at #8:then Mykel Williams it is ...just saying

i have a feeling the Panthers are going to reach for a player in the draft it's in their DNA to not draft the BPA ...just saying

bingo that's the problem we want to play balanced football .however if you want to play balanced football then why would you do this ? this season it's been all defense while all at the same time ignoring the offense in FA the season before that it was all offense & even let a lot of key contributors walk on the defensive side of the ball in order to free up cap space so they can in turn spend more money on the offense & then in the draft they drafted a WR in the 1st & a RB in the 2nd & then before that a few seasons ago when we needed a Qb we traded Caleb Williams & Jalen Carter & 2 seconds our WR1 DJ Moore for a Qb Bryce Young LOL there is nothing balanced about this team whatsoever if anything it's the complete opposite of balanced

i think a significant portion of our problems last season on the defensive line were due to injury if not for Derrick Brown's injury this dL would have had a different outcome / end result

i just can't imagine how anyone could honestly look at this current roster & think we do not need to draft an offensive weapon who can catch the ball at #8 ...just saying

nah I will pass this kids not an NFL WR1.the problem is not so much can he catch the ball i know he can do that. it's the corners in the NFL will have no problem covering this kid ...just saying

best case scenario right now for the Panthers is trade back 3 or 4 spots & draft the TE from Penn State Tyler Warren whoever that 1st pick is needs to be a day 1 starter & fill a big hole/need

I am hoping Ashton Jeanty is still avliable at #8 & we trade back .

yeah when you dig/ create alot of holes you in turn have alot of hole sto choose from ...just saying

this current team will not take BPA they never do take BPA .it's been a long time since this team drafted BPA in the 1st round

Dan Morgan assembled not one of but the worst defense in NFL history last season .DM draft picks are not producing he took an injured RB in the 2nd & has has made some questionable FA moves Idk I could go on & on but why beat a dead horse...just saying

LMAO you hear this all the time & it's especially with these draft picks people saying "yeah i still really like this draft pick even though he has not really done anything yet the kid sure does have alot of potential ." but wait a minute now you could actually say this about any player that was just recently drafted because they all in fact yes have potential & if not, then they would have NO not have been drafted in the NFL draft ...just saying

yeah but that PFF grade does not take into consideration that Johnny Hekker in 2023 -2024 was punting the ball on average almost 80 times per each season while on the other hand Sam Martin was averaging only about 50 punts per season & i am almost certain that a higher volume of punts would in turn most likely lower your overall PFF grade...just saying

i get it the defensive line was bad really really bad last year .however ,I think & anyone would agree that had alot to do with Derrick Brown not playing basically the entire season last year .& so my point being I think yes we overreacted & as a result over spent on the DT position while all at the same time the answer was already on the roster / injured (Derrick Brown ) & with as many holes as there is on this team right now that money could have been allocated to obtain other resources ...just saying

it's an ideal time to trade Bryce Young ...just saying

I still believe in Evero.the problem with the defense is injuries & lack of talent not Evero ...just saying