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I will be sad that we wasted a first round pick on any of the QBs in this draft, but I will be supportive of them as Panthers.

If anything, maybe he learned from the Bridgewater situation to not publicly disparage players currently on the roster?

I'll take Jimmy over the other QBs currently available.

Pls jsus just be trying to add to the smokescreening a QB at #6 narrative.

If they believe that Jimmy isn't much of an upgrade because they value arm strength and athleticism, then I understand. If they believe that Jimmy isn't much of an upgrade because they think Sam is as capable of a decision maker or passer of the ball, then I hate this.

Compared to last season's Erving/Jordan/Elflein/Miller/Daley... holy fug

Huge fan of the draft and football in general, so I'm excited to see where some of the best in college go at the next level. There's plenty of intrigue with the Panthers as well, so that'll give it some extra flavour for me.

Sucks to be y'all. I'm going to have a blast regardless. Sometimes it's fun to fortune tell. Sometime it kills the fun too.

I'm aware, tyty. It was just literally the last slot and I just wanted to be done with it tbh.

Aaaaand my final first round mock: 1. JAX - Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan 2. DET - Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon 3. HOU - Travon Walker, DE, Michigan 4. NYJ - Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati 5. NYG - Evan Neal, OT, Alabama 6. CAR - Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State 7. NYG - Derek Stingley Jr, CB, LSU 8. ATL - Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State 9. SEA - Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State 10. NYJ - Drake London, WR, USC 11. WAS - Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame 12. MIN - Trent McDuffie, CB, Utah 13. HOU - Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia 14. BAL - Jermaine Johnson, DE, Florida State 15. PHI - Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah 16. NO - Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh 17. LAC - Trevor Penning, OL, Northern Iowa 18. PHI - Andrew Booth Jr, CB, Clemson 19. NO - Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan 20. PIT - Malik Willis, QB, Liberty 21. NE - George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue 22. GB - Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama 23. ARI - Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia 24. DAL - Arnold Ebiketie, DE, Penn State 25. BUF - Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State 26. TEN - Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia 27. TB - Zion Johnson, OG, Boston College 28. GB - David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan 29. KC - Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida 30. KC - Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas 31. CIN - Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa 32. DET - Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss

Panthers spent a LOT of time talking to him at the Arizona State Pro Day.

I want Campen to get to coach Ekwonu as a Panther so bad that it hurts when I pee. That could also be a kidney stone though.

I think that Joe got flattened by the proverbial bus. Rhule didn't put any experienced NFL offensive play-callers on his staff to help guide Joe, nor did he seem to actually understand the type of offense that Joe wanted to run and whether or not it fit with what Rhule's vision of the team overall was. Joe had some Andy Reid-esque type moments in that he made some very, very bad playcalls in some crucial moments, but his offense never got the opportunity to be displayed behind a competent OL. If that was a selling point, then he definitely failed. If that was just the way the chips fell, then he got the short end of the stick for sure. McAdoo's offense boasts high percentage throws to playmakers in space (which is what we heard re: Brady's offense). The current selling point is that in his first year as Eli's OC he cut the interceptions nearly in half and almost doubling his TDs. He also coached Eli to his highest career completion percentage at the time. Hopefully he can do even better with Sam, but we'll have to wait and see if he can produce a miracle.

Oh, I get it. I took a break for a few weeks myself. While we can't control others, fans do have a lot of valid reasons to be frustrated. Personally, I'm incredibly excited to see what the offense will look like with an experienced play-caller as well as an actual NFL-calibre OL (Erving/Jordan/Elflein/Daley are all back-ups if the team gets a top 3 LT at #6, and Miller is straight up gone). On the other side of the ball, the pass rush has definitely taken a step back with the loss of Reddick, but the pass defense overall should be okay with the return of Horn + DJack. We're going to have a lot more to scream into the void about for the draft. I can't wait.

It's really, really hard for me to see the team have any success with Sam as the QB next season. Even with an improved OL and more experienced OC, I just can't see him being a capable starting QB.

Really wish the team had a 2nd round pick to gamble on Howell, Corral, Ridder, or Strong... Gambled on Darnold instead.

Sir, we live in a post pandemic society. That poo is getting door dashed.

Pretty sure that sharing a border with Virginia guarantees that South Carolina > North Carolina.

For context: Campen went undrafted himself and was asked about the talent level of the current OT prospects. It was not a declaration of, "Let's go draft a QB at #6 and try to make a bunch of late round picks work."

Of course a defensive player scoring two TDs on back-to-back plays is memorable, it rarely happens! That can't be the standard as that simply isn't something that you see... well.. ever. I mean, it accounted for both of his forced fumbles and fumble recoveries for the season. That alone attests to the rarity. fwiw, his INT vs. Buffalo last year was an impact play and memorable (for me at least). It led to the first scoring drive for the Panthers just before the end of the half when they were down 14-0. Team still got the dog poo beat out of them, but for a moment Jeremy gave us hope.

To add, he improved coverage wise but still statistically isn't very good there yet, but his pass rush numbers improved as well. He still misses a lot of tackles, but the fact that he's still producing AND improving is a good thing.

It's a bad thing for sure if your safety is racking up the stat line, but he was still able to maintain production despite the front seven falling off. Is the answer to make Chinn a LB full time? I don't think so, but that's because it's not necessary due to Snow's defense. He likes having a safety that can play in the box like Chinn does. Having somebody competent deep like Woods will allow Chinn to play more downhill again, and having the defensive line step up will keep him clean since he's only 220.

In Chinn's rookie season when he lined up at LB often, he had: 1 interception 5 pass deflections 2 forced fumbles 2 fumble recoveries 1 sack 5 QB hits 117 combined tackles (68 solo, 49 assists) 2 tackles for loss In his sophomore season at safety: 1 interception 5 pass deflections 1 forced fumbles 1 fumble recoveries 1 sack 5 QB hits 107 combined tackles (75 solo, 32 assists) 6 tackles for loss After being moved 10yds further away from the line of scrimmage, Jeremy Chinn had only 10 less tackles (but 7 more solo tackles), 1 less fumble recovery, 1 less forced fumble, and 4 more tackles for loss. I get that folks love their highlight reels, but how can anybody be claiming that he "disappeared" when the stats clearly show otherwise? Hell, he improved his TFLs while being 10yds further away from the line of scrimmage!

Exactly. The injury concerns alone make the rumored x2 2nd round picks they're asking for him not worth it. At that point, hitch the wagon to Darnold behind a rebooted OL with a new OC + OL coach. Would the Panthers win more with Jimmy Guap? Undoubtedly. That price has to be right tho.