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The Panthers 1st pick should be about maximum value and immediate impact. That would be either S LB OT or DL. We also have a looming catastrophe at C if anyone goes down to injury. Legitimately this should be talked about more idk how some of you have completely erased the sight of Matt Paradis and Pat Elflein from your memory banks. There's no reason we cannot come out of this draft addressing virtually all of the above in some capacity. That is how Morgan and Tillis will earn their salary.

Brother you've been WR driven for going on almost two decades now. No need for us to discuss further.

Logically yes. Boston has the right balance though. Jalen Brown is #2 in the paint and their best shooters are 17th and 19th. While our best shooters are #1 and #2 and we have one player in the top 50 for points in the paint. And my understanding looking at the information I just referenced is we were basically at the exact same paint percentage last year in Charles Lee's offense. At the end of the day we either want to compete for a playoff series winner and the finals or we just want to stumble our way to another play in. We've already done that with James Borrego.

We don't need another first round WR to evaluate Bryce Young. You could give him a young Jerry Rice Randy Moss and Justin Jefferson and he would still struggle to lead the group to a top 20 passing offense because he simply cannot utilize the entire field consistently. All we're going to end up with by drafting another first round wide receiver is a disgruntled WR room. Because one there are not that many touches to go around and two the touches that will be available maybe half of them will result in good to great ball placement. And the bulk of them will be thrown at or behind the line of scrimmage. If the FO goes WR at 19 all involved might as well go ahead and start looking at other job opportunities down the line.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/points-in-paint-per-game The Hornets currently sit at 25th in the league in points in the paint. https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2026_totals.html#totals_stats::fg2_pct You have to scroll all the way down to 45 and 91 to find Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller for our 2pt leaders. LaMelo is all the way down at 99. As fun as some of the games have been this season I think it needs to be reflected upon through less rosier lenses. Current outlook of the Hornets. Pros: 7th youngest team in the league and one of the young cores with the most potential. Cons: Too much credit had been given to the staff for leaning entirely on simplistic offense that consists of chucking up absurdly high volume threes and virtually no emphasis on development in the paint. We need to pump the brakes on all this coach of the year talk for Charles Lee. Where we go from here is exceptionally pivotal. If the powers that be think we are on the cusp of something special and don't at all need to consider significant changes including on staff it could end up being an all time blunder.

The funny thing is we'll draft KC or whichever WR at 19 and by the fall when our OL is predictably not living up to billing as the highest paid unit in the league for the second consecutive year the same folks in here clamoring for yet another first round pick to not go to the defense will be whailing about getting more help on the OL. You just cannot reason with this insanity. I've never seen anything like this mentality that the QB is never expected to elevate the moving parts around him and instead must be carried by top end talent at all times. Honestly pathetic.

Well unfortunately that conversation opens a can of worms that few of us want to grapple with. This team runs through LaMelo Ball. He's the superstar the supermax guy. But much more often than not he is a complete non factor in the paint and at times can be downright dreadful. Yes he will go off for 30+ some games making insane off balance threes from damn near half court. But that's never going to take us on a playoff run. It is what it is.

Disappointing the way the team has stumbled down the final stretch. Even more insulting we cannot get past a team led by a surging player we traded away for literally nothing. I like the young talent of this team. But this upcoming offseason will be the most consequential in many years. The worst thing the Hornets can do is over think it by changing as little as possible.

Certainly it's about value. But it's also going to end up being a situation of in our draft slot there is surely going to be a few really solid prospects and maybe even a great one that might slip through if teams go on a run on one or two specific positions. And if we don't go BPA in that instance especially if it's a highly touted defensive prospect and we elect to throw another dart at receiver because we gave up a haul to draft the smallest starting QB in the NFL we would deserve to be ridiculed.

At the end of the day the Panthers are gonna be the Panthers. All I can say for sure is I damn sure hope they pick the right one. When you've got the 8th pick and select the consensus best receiver of the class and a huge need like we did last year with TMac that's one thing. This is not that. At pick 19 there's a lot of room for the Panthers to overthink this as they have in the past. And so far this regime has one solid draft and one pretty ugly draft under their belts. We'll see.

You do realize how ridiculous this sounds right? Historically winning free agency for the most part hasn't translated to Super Bowls for the overwhelming majority of teams. Building through the draft is the path.

Is that the parking lot of a run down Walmart? Looks like the stars aligned for this one.

Unfortunately I believe it. At this point they should just do it. Then when paired with the highest paid offensive line in the league for the second year in a row Bryce is still unable to lead us to a top 25 passing offense maybe then more people in the sports talk sphere will start to ask questions.

These famous last words could be our franchise motto.

This franchise invested through the nose to draft Bryce Young and has invested through the nose to try and throw anything including the kitchen sink at trying to make him look like a top 25 passer. The suggestion that the mere existence of skepticism of sinking three consecutive first round picks at WR and that maybe there could be a better alternative path later in the draft amounts to not liking him or rooting for him to fail is outrageous. At the end of the day this conversation wouldn't be nearly as contentious if Xavier Legette were not looking like he's more concerned with his social media presence than his career as a wide receiver. But the unfortunate truth is Dan Morgan and Bryce Young's own father wanted him here and they got him. In the meantime we have needs across the roster.

Unfortunately you just can't get through to some of these folks. The most successful season in Panthers history our #1 WR was Ted Ginn Jr who had just as many bone headed drops as he did highlight touchdowns. We already have the highest paid OL in the league two years running. We need a balanced roster more than anything else clearly.

Sam Darnold had one less pass attempt than Bryce Young last season and threw for 1,037 more yards. Yes talent matters and the Seahawks have a great deal of it especially on the defensive side of the ball. But Bryce is not suddenly going to just wake up one day and be as physically gifted as Darnold.

This group has certainly overachieved and shown glimpses of great basketball at times but it's still a young roster. 7th youngest roster in the league. We just need to get them some playoff experience and if we can win a few or more along the way that will be a fantastic bonus. But whatever we do in the offseason adding another legit center should be the priority.

I appreciate the optimism but there's no way in hell anyone is going to give us a 2nd or a 3rd. We'd legitimately be lucky to get a 5th. Logically it really makes no sense to move him this season anyways. We do know he is a high character guy and should be extra motivated to bounce back from last season. See how it goes and revisit next year.

This certainly needs some context. We had to have help from the Falcons just to win the division and managed to get swept by the Saints while finishing the season going 4-6. As it stands now the division does not look like it will be as easy as it was last year and paired with our schedule it's safe to say if Bryce Young can't lead this passing offense to top 25 we'll be damn lucky to make the playoffs again. If it did happen I would have to imagine it would be heavily driven by our defense.

It sure would be nice if this franchise weren't the butt of jokes thanks to the Tepper’s.

Personally I would rather deep dive the whole WR class and see if we can get a solid talent at the position in another round. We have been falling into the same traps repeatedly with overvaluing certain prospects and what have we had to show for it? It's time to approach the draft more tactfully. That's our pathway to any level of sustained success.

Although he may certainly be talented. Unfortunately I think there will be a high probability of folks getting themselves fired down the line by not only drafting another WR in the first round but once again targeting the only one who has ties to the area for marketing purposes instead of seeking the best prospect. Can't do this after the Xavier Legette mess. Just can't run an NFL franchise with blinders on like this.

DL or OT. CB WR and S our FO should be able to add in the other rounds and if they can't we're doomed anyways. Also need a C.

LaMelo and Miles put in work. Great to see from the two veterans. We're definitely going to need a a repeat of that tomorrow night against the Celtics in Boston.