45catfan

^This. If we take a S at #19 I think it would shock most people although some mocks have us doing just that. Extremely few, but they are out there.

I told y'all Lomu would overtake Proctor. Freeling jumped over both of them and will be the second OT taken, even over Fano who some teams are projecting as an OG. Freeling will be gone to the most needy LT team after Mauigoa gets drafted; somewhere in the early teens. That leaves the guy who I've been saying for a couple months is best fit for us, Lomu.

'Looking for' and getting are two different things. Most scouts would tell you once you get past the mid-point in the first round, in a typical year, you have past the threshold of sure-fire starters. At that point you are hoping for a day1 starter, but in reality that guy isn't quite ready yet. He's a heir apparent with training wheels for a season. There's nothing wrong with that. That's why LT absolutely should not be off the table at #19. We got one guy with a possible career ending injury and a rent-a-tackle for a season. Solid reasoning for glossing over the second most important position on a NFL team.

Y'all are acting like Walker is a All-Pro on a 4 year deal. He's a rent-a-tackle on a one-year deal that got past over in FA until we snagged him. There are worse things than having a $4M back up left tackle if he gets beat out. Even if he doesn't get beat out by a hypothetical LT rookie, at least said rookie wouldn't get thrown to the wolves and can be eased into the League. Walker also has a injury history. Who says he stays healthy all season?

Wagner played both sides, i believe, but settled in at RT. I'll take the RT that can play both sides if the play on the right side is on par with a couple other guys in question. That's the tie breaker.

At #19, you get a fringe starter, so I guess Dave and Dan are moving up?

They aren't, but Sadiq is overrated. We don't use TEs that much anyway. It's a bad return on the investment at #19. I'm hoping another team has a crush on him ahead of us and I don't have to worry about it.

Rounds 4-5 for center. There's no dominant guy for an early selection, but a good group of solid guys later on. Be patient.

Sure, let's use our first round pick on a position that we targeted a little more than 5 times a game last year with a 4 catch per contest average. That's so much more efficient than a 3 down LB or 2/3 down DL or even a pass rush specialist EDGE. I mean, even a nickle corner would be more useful. RAS goggles in full effect. Our front office probably puts RAS scores on the War Room wall like we used to put up posters of scantily clad swimsuit models back when we were teenagers. Maybe even with the lotion and tissue near by too. I'm old enough to remember when Kyle Pitts was going to completely redefine the TE position forever. How has that worked out?

Drafting Sadiq would be the most Panthers move ever. Trading up for him? LMFAO.

Have we not learned our lesson about RAS warriors? The dude had no slouch at QB either. Some had Moore QB1 over Mendoza before he opted to stay in school. See the difference?

A late day3/FA prospect. Since we don't have a 7th rounder, we would have to take him in the 6th if we hadn't drafted a center beforehand. That's a bit steep, TBH. Otherwise, pick him up as a FA if he goes undrafted, which is very likely.

Since Morgan and company filled nearly all the gaps in the roster in FA, mocks for us have gotten even more scatter-shot. WR, OT, TE, DL, EDGE and CB, with WR and CB occurring in more mocks recently than in the past.

While I'm happy with us taking Tet, the trade off was missing out on Warren (who I really wanted us to draft). Warren was on a historic run for a rookie TE until Daniel Jones got hurt. You can't undo the past, so taking Sadiq because we missed out on two much better TEs last year (Loveland as well) is chasing fool's gold. If we draft Sadiq, there had better be no more OTs, DLs, EDGE, LBs, CBs or Ss left with a first round grade. Then, and only then, would I be okay drafting him.

It shows how short the actual span of a NFL career actually is. We get caught up with the few guys that play until 40-years old, but that's an extraordinary tiny fraction of the League. What you may or may not have intentionally done there is show how we quickly move off guys like that but are stubbornly hanging onto Bryce. His new running mate, Kenny Pickett, drafted just one year earlier is already on his 4th or 5th team. Kenny isn't horrible, but he's not good enough to be a franchise QB. Some franchises get it, chalk it up as a miss and move on. Others double down on trying to make things work until the relationship completely deteriorates. *cough* Dolphins and Cardinals *cough*

Last season most of these guys that were eligible were RSOs, JRs and JRs. The unknown was who many were going back. The answer was 99%. Could some return for '28? Sure. It won't be 99% like this time. I think the only RSOs were Moore and Sellers. Moore would have arguably been QB1 this time around. No way he stays again. Sellers could depend on how good of a season he has and his projected draft grade. Teh rest of those guys will be coming out save a horrid season

True, they still have to prove themselves all over again. Some could have bad years or get injured. However, the Panthers just signed the lone first round QB in the worst QB class in a decade plus. So calling the '27 class mid at the moment is the face of the Kenny Pickett signing is like convincing yourself the 2am last chick in the bar is just as good as the model your buddy took home hours ago.

Please tell me you are being sarcastic. This may be better than the '24 class.

OT or defense at #19.

Take a gander at this: That's about as appealing as going to a buffet after being on a being on a strict diet. So many options, all of them look really good.

That's right, horde those picks for '27 in case we need to move up for...you know what.

Yawn.

Do I care? Nope, not one bit. We will bring in a QB for certain now, either draft one of priority UDFA.

Production is production. That should trump one substandard physical metric. Plenty of players do well with so-called substandard measurements/tests in a certain area. I remember when we passed on Slater because his arms were to short. All he did was dominate future NFL Ends in college, but the staff couldn't overlook those stubs for arms.