Round 1 - Carolina Panthers select WR Kelvin Benjamin FSU

[LinvilleGorge]

Michael Irvin just called Kelvin Benjamin to the Panthers the steal of the 1st round.  Gotta like it when a HOFer at the position is calling your pick the steal of the draft so far.

[Diehardpanther02]

How am I supposed to sleep now, lol I can't stop thinking about the opportunity this years offense has with kb thrown into the mix with all the vets...shew let's hope for a couple tackles a corner and the next BPA...

[joemac]

We are gonna fug poo up for the next 10 years or so. I believed this before we got KB, but that pick shows me more what Gettleman is like....and I like it. The more beasts on the team the better.

[TheMaulClaw]

I like Benjamin but Lee is better god damn it

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Lee may be a bit more polished in route running....but KB fits us much better schematically and gives us blatant mismatches out wide. Defenses aren't just going to be able to throw 8 or 9 in the box and play press man with KB out there...it's a big play waiting to happen. Lee could be shut down with decent corner play in those situations considering he doesn't really have a size advantage.

 

One more thing about KB is that he breaks the jam really well and is a legitimate yaccer, and he also has the potential to be a crushing blocker at the wr position.

[yosemiteben]

Kid has Jameis Winston throwing to him in college, then Cam Newton throwing to him in the NFL.  Must be nice.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Reading more about him...had a wonderlic score of 7 out of 50.

 

Interesting that Rivera/Gettleman on record saying academics weren't an issue. At least he possesses good football instincts. 

[Mother Grabber]

he certainly wasn't the most insightful interview I've ever heard.  fortunately, that doesn't affect the final score.

[Yaboychris28]

Mcshay just said he dropped more balls than any top wr he evaluated. The Panthers have always failed with evaluating wide receivers, I believe this trend will continue

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[Riverboat Ron]

Already got his picture taken with Captain Munnerlyn?

 

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Mcshay just said he dropped more balls than any top wr he evaluated. The Panthers have always failed with evaluating wide receivers, I believe this trend will continue

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Then he didn't evaluate Lee very well who had a drop rate of 12%... easily the worst drop rate out of all the wide outs in the draft.

[Mother Grabber]

Mcshay just said he dropped more balls than any top wr he evaluated. The Panthers Fox and Hurney always failed with evaluating wide receivers, I believe this trend will continue

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the man in charge now knows his poo.

[Yaboychris28]

Then he didn't evaluate Lee very well who had a drop rate of 12%... easily the worst drop rate out of all the wide outs in the draft.

Doesn't change the fact that KB drops balls from time to time. We all know how that was a red flag with Lafell coming out of college and his drops drove us all crazy

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[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Doesn't change the fact that KB drops balls from time to time. We all know how that was a red flag with Lafell coming out of college and his drops drove us all crazy

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It's a concentration issue not a hereditary issues, so it can be coached out.

 

Personally, I believe by the time Prohel got to LaFell it was too late; once you get to 25 years of age (third year in the league), you've pretty much molded yourself into what you're going to be.

 

Running Benjamin through some hand-eye drills and jug drills should help him get rid of that concentration habit.

 

I'm also going to go out on a limb and say that Proehl will tell him that he was brought in to be a big play threat not a YAC receiver, so quit worrying about what you're going to do after the catch and worry about securing the catch.

[Mother Grabber]

he's a big, strong dude with big, strong hands. he's going to rip the ball out of DBs hands