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you actually hear athletes say that a lot, they know team X has said they will snag them if there at X spot.....but generally they spill those beans after the draft. Obviously, better players can fall and it sometimes doesn't go down as they were told though. But it seems pretty common for teams to let guys know they are on their list and target area.

Dan Morgan when he looks at you claiming they are going to go BPA no matter what or position

Think they are clearly factoring in Canales' TE usage last year in their evaluation. The TEs in Tampa caught less balls and had less yardage than the Panthers TEs last year. And the TEs last year sucked here. It's really hard to guess what the plan for this O will be next year. All we have really heard is the coach saying we want to run the ball (despite them being bad at that in Tampa last year).

the funniest thing about that clip....is the wheel route would have still been wide open. No one listened to Clay.

What I think we do….is draft a defensive player at 33 and then over draft Leggette at 39. I also think we neglect to draft a pass catching RB. what I want is this to primarily be an offensive skill draft. Double dip BPA at WR (Mitchell and Ladd) with the first two picks and then grab a TE and pass catching RB. I like Bell late at TE. I also like that CFL DB late that didn’t play college ball

We all remember the “I’m back!!” moment from Cam Newton. Well, what happened next? 2022 draft I kem Ekwonu -1st M att Corral - 3rd B randon Smith -4th A mare Barno - 6th C ade Mays - 6th K alon Barnes - 7th but it doesn’t end there I kem Ekwonu -1st M att Corral - 3rd B randon Smith -4th A mare Barno - 6th C ade Mays - 6th K alon Barnes - 7th and Cam Newton never saw a field again lol. Saw it on TikTok

You don’t draft Clemson DBs. Sincerely, A Clemson fan. The whole D lives and dies with the front. That’s been the case for a decade plus.

Take even a Curtis Samuel. Nothing on the outside vs a good slot option. Same can be said for corners. Take Captain. One of the better slot corners. Asking to play on the outside he then becomes a liability. you got to draft talent and then use it right

yeah, I think it is a combo of him being raw and the SC pass game being sporadic. He had pretty good games vs the best pass defenses he saw in UGA and Clemson. I think he is a raw freak. That’s the gamble. That wasn’t Mingo IMO I mean, like him and don’t pending where he went

Played 2 top 10 pass Defenses 6 for 68 7 for 71 I like Leggette but he was my 3rd round target. I think he gets over drafted now and goes round 2. I don’t want it to be us. I think we are targeting him with 39. And I’ll only like that if it’s a double dip and get a less raw kid at 33. But I don’t think that’s their plan

lot of guys I saw talked about his arm being a concerned when the pocket took away ideal conditions. Ideal conditions Bryce is fine. But playing QB in the NFL means you don't get those often. He doesn't have the arm strength when the pocket collapses and isn't set to make all the throws you want your QB to be able to make. And that's largely framed as what you would be expecting from a #1 overall give up picks for type player. And his size becomes an issue not just durability, but it limits his ability to extend plays. I think most deemed him the lowest ceiling, highest floor player of the 3. And that still might be true. The others could of looked worse in Carolina's mess overall. Who knows. But I still think the lowest ceiling part is probably true.

that's the Tepper way. He probably will draft that Purdue C that plays basketball to be our QB to stick with his overcorrection ways. That's about as polar opposite as you can get.

my biggest complaint of the Frank era....is that son of....didn't give us one usable gif to use on the huddle. Rhule had iconic shrug. Ron had the Star presser stare. Frank gave us nothing. Someone gif that so we can use it this season when needed.

Not me. We need that doctor that gave roids to our 2003 OL to hook him up w/ some HGH or something.

I think Bryce was #1 in a lot of media stuff. I don't think there is anyway to know where teams really had everyone. I mean, plenty of football guys did talk about Bryce's limitations as a NFL QB. And they look to be right. He doesn't have the type arm you ideally want. That's just going to cap his ceiling. So will his size.

think he is hanging with the youngsters on the facesnaptok.

nice to keep them, sometimes it is better to not bring it up though. I mean, let's just say random scout was a CJ Stroud 100% guy. Well, you probably don't go up to Dan and be like....see Dan, I was right. Morgan, if he was a Bryce guy..... already knows who was a CJ guy.

I mean, if your billionaire boss upon hiring you....strongly encourages you to do X and Y? I'd say the decision was made for him. But I agree there was never any cohesion on the players or system. That's why I think you look at Tepper. Because what coach doesn't' want cohesion and his dudes. I still think everyone was essentially setup to fail. Bryce to Frank. And I'm not a super huge fan of either of them but I still think the biggest blame is at the top. Fitterer and Tepper. It was easy to kick Frank and I certainly did it a lot. But I also thought he looked mentally defeated from the jump and IMO you can sort of see why in hindsight. I just think retaining Fitterer was the bad move. He was just on a unique timeline. He knew he was the next man out. Even if it didn't happen that way in real time given how Frank basically gave up IMO. I think Fitterer really need the all star staff and Bryce moves to save face and alter the narrative. Much more so than Frank.

Hasn't it basically been confirmed that Tepper dictated that Frank couldn't just hire and build the staff as he wanted?

as soon as a pick gets made, the PR narrative is always the same. We all agreed and got exactly who we all wanted. It went perfect. In reality, there should be disagreement in house on how virtually every pick is used. Your OC with a glaring hole at WR....shouldn't be like yeah, we should totally draft that DB Evero wants despite a WR they like being essentially right there in the same area on their board. Everyone tows a company line in the end. That's just work. NFL or the real world. I still think as reported, there was a split on the QB last year. Then a decision got made and everyone sings the same song. Because that's just what you have to do.

KB was always very TEish though. I mean, Greg Olsen was more dangerous after the catch. And that's wasn't reallly Greg's thing.

also a really good OL. Line basically just had a weakness RT given we started Bell. But he had Gross, Wharton, Kalil. Which really took care of your blindside and Kalil managing things in general up front for him. Cam was definitely put into a good spot.

I want a WR double dip. I'm fine if that a 2nd and then the 3rd. Mitchell and Ladd are probably my favorites at 33. There was a time I thought Leggette could be there at the top of the 3rd but I think the combine killed that dream.

feels like Gilmore wants to get paid more than the Panthers want to do.....but if they can't solve their DB problem they will give him what he wants. Think Gantt touched on the pay dilemma I think a couple weeks ago.

CBS says Coleman was 30%