WUnderhill

He definitely knows nothing about the Panthers, but there’s no denying he’s a pioneer in this whole draft grading and mock draft field.

Has anybody said we gotta wait 3 years yet?

Uh oh, Nicole Tepper hugged him. In all seriousness though every time I see more about him my hopes get higher. Smart, great attitude, prototype size and measurables, and athletic. He could be a great one.

Cue the meltdowns.

Joe Person once again reporting that water is wet.

Oh dam, u right, here I was thinking that a draft grade was a guaranteed correlation with performance. Good thing you here to enlighten us. Ok everybody stop talking about the draft now we gotta wait a few years.

Even if Icky hadn’t gotten injured, I still prefer taking Freeling in the first. Freeling just looks like a natural LT, and I’ve always wanted to move Icky to RT or guard.

Yeah, anybody who says our first round pick did not address a need and cites Icky (injured and may not play all season), Walker (1 yr. deal who nobody wanted) and Moton (at the end of his career), their grade can be easily dismissed.

Love the Freeling pick even more after watching his pressers. Dude is sharp and definitely seems to have the right mentality. I loved hearing how personal he took having a bad game with a torn labrum and instead of seeing that as the reason for his bad game and not changing anything, it motivated him to work even harder. Such a great pick, we finally got our all pro level LT for the next decade and now we can move Ickey to RT or guard with no hurt feelings due to his injury. Second favorite pick is probably Brazzell. He said he false started on his 40 and it cost him probably 0.04 seconds, so he’s more of a 4.33 guy rather than 4.37. Really Randy Moss lite. I didn’t know anything about him prior to drafting him and first highlight reel I saw of him I immediately thought he looked like Moss. Then I saw the measurables and was like yep. Then I see that he’s drawn that comparison by many scouts and analysts. If he can add consistency and play to the level of his highlights every play then we got an incredible value. Oh, and edit to add I freaking love our 7th round pick. Perfect pick there. Take a shot on a guy with all the size and measurables and just limited reps/production and see if he can be coached up. At minimum we got a big, fast guy who can tackle for special teams.

Interesting to see which positions are being focused on. Guess they were pretty light on CBs and DEs for camp.

We could have done better. Could have gotten 7 hall of famers, but only got 6 hall of famers and 1 bum.

I’m Freeling really good about this draft. We got some Will-lee good players and value in every round. Looking forward to watching these guys Wheatley on Sundays in the fall, maybe even an international game in Brazzell in 2027. I’d Leen towards going back to Germany personally.

This guy and Freeling are my favorite picks for sure.

Did we trade our 6th round pick to move up for him? I’ve lost track of the trades.

We drafted a center? Truly a historic day.

There goes Lew. Who knows who they are targeting but these trade backs seem ill advised. 2 edges and a LB go after our first trade back, now we miss out on the #4 center in the draft.

Any word what we got in return for the trades?

Getting towards the middle of round 4 and only 3 centers taken the entire draft so far. Could be a good spot or maybe this is just a weak class.

Idk, he’s a 3rd round pick, has there ever been a 3rd round pick that didn’t make the roster? I don’t see a world in which Brazzell doesn’t make it. They would have no hope of him getting to the practice squad without being picked up by another team. Even if they have somebody like Tremayne, Horn, Moore, etc. slightly above him they would keep Brazzell and try to PS one of the other guys instead just because it is less likely another team would take them.

I don’t see the point in trading him, the return would likely be so small. Just keep him and hope he’s figured something out this offseason.

Uh oh, Jimmy Horn Jr. fan club coming for me. Unfortunately, nobody cares enough to make a lowlight reel of the many times he ran straight into defenders, but here’s some highlights in which he makes zero defenders miss, does nothing that any generic “speed guy” can’t do, and on his longest catch of the season was schemed open and steps out of bounds for no reason. I did like one route and catch he had in these highlights, the one where the Miami defender yanked on him and he still separated, so credit where due. https://www.facebook.com/reel/679852404733517/?mibextid=ZZyLBr

Bro pooing non inflammatory posts just because difference of opinion. L for you my guy.

I feel like I caught a stray here

Horn Jr. looked pretty terrible in the opportunities he did get. Lost and indecisive, and for all the talk about his speed and agility he didn’t seem to have the ability to consistently run away from the defense or make players miss. Turns out he was available in the 6th round for a reason. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if he doesn’t make the roster.