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I'm wondering if he's going to have a start similar to what Jalen Hurts experienced. I can see Seattle moving up to take him or even Atlanta. Both would be ideal for him as he'd maybe even get to start during his rookie season depending on how the team's season goes.

I can understand Willis falling to the 2nd round as many teams want that 1st round pick to be an instant starter, but was surprised that a team didn't want to move up and have a 5th year option available.

Ekwonu/Christensen/Bozeman/Corbett/Moton is real now and I'm so happy

PRAISE FITTERER

LET'S fuging GO

PICK IS IN THANK YOU OMG

ALL THREE TACKLES ARE THERE PLEASE GOD FITTERER DO NOT fug THIS UP

omfg we're really going to get one of the top 3 OTs I'm geeking

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.