Offensive Focus Next Year?

[Paintballr]

Even though we do have a chance to still make the playoffs this year (not holding my breath) I figured I'd bring up what everyone's thoughts were about focusing on offense next year and the lack there of in previous years.

Below are our top picks and where they were spend since 2003 (with John Fox era) * means still on the team

2003

Round 1

Jordan Gross T (8th Overall)

Round 2

Bruce Nelson C (50th Overall)

Round 3

Mike Steadman Te (76th Overall)

Round 4

Ricky Manning CB (8-12nd)

O Picks - 3

D Picks - 1

2004

Round 1

Chris Gamble CB (28th Overall)

Round 2

Keary Colbert WE (52nd Overall)

Round 3

Travellers Wharton T (94th Overall)

Round 4

No Picks

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 1

2005

Round 1

*Thomas Davis LB (14th Overall)

Round 2

Eric Shelton RB (54th Overall)

Round 3

Evan Mathis G (79th Overall)

Round 4

Atiyyah Allison DT (89th Overall)

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 2

2006

Round 1

*Deangelo Williams RB (27th Overall)

Round 2

Richard Marshall CB (58th Overall)

Round 3

James Anderson LB (88th Overall)

Rashad Butler T (89th Overall)

Round 4

Nate Salley S (121st Overall)

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 3

2007

Round 1

Jon Beason LB (25th Overall)

Round 2

Dwayne Jarret WR (45th Overall)

*Ryan Kalil C (59th Overall)

Round 3

*Charles Johnson DE (83rd Overall)

Round 4

Ryne Robinson WR (112th Overall)

O Picks - 3

D Picks - 2

2008

Round 1

*Jonathan Stewart RB (13th Overall)

Jeff Oath T (19th Overall)

Round 2

No Picks

Round 3

Charles Godfrey CB (67th Overall)

Dan Connor LB (74th Overall)

Round 4

No Picks

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 2

2009

Round 1

No Picks

Round 2

Everette Brown DE (43rd Overall)

Sherrod Martin S (59th Overall)

Round 3

Corvey Irvin DT (93rd Overall)

Round 4

Mike Goodson RB (111th Overall)

Tony Filaments Fb (8-128th Overall)

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 3

(This has got to be historically one of our worst drafts ever if you look more into it)

2010

Round 1

No Picks

Round 2

Jimmy Clauses QB (48th Overall)

Round 3

Brandon LaFell WR (78th Overall)

Armanti Edwards WR/QB (89th Overall)

Round 4

Eric Norwood DE/LB (124th Overall)

O Picks - 3

D Picks - 1

2011

Round 1

*Cam Newton QB (1st Overall)

Round 2

No Picks

Round 3

Terrell McClain DT (65th Overall)

Sione Fua DT (97th Overall)

Round 4

No Picks

O Picks - 1

D Picks - 2

2012

Round 1

*Luke Kuechly LB (9th Overall)

Round 2

*Amini Silatolu G (40th Overall)

Round 3

No Picks

Round 4

*Frank Alexander DE (103rd Overall)

Joe Adams WR (104th Overall)

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 2

2013

Round 1

*Star Lotulelei DT (14th Overall)

Round 2

*Kawann Short DT (44th Overall)

Round 3

No Pick

Round 4

*Edmund Kugbila G (180th Overall)

O Picks - 1

D Picks - 2

2014

Round 1

*Kelvin Benjamin WR (28th Overall)

Round 2

*Kony Ealy DE (60th Overall)

Round 3

*Trai Turner G (92nd Overall)

Round 4

*Tre Boston S (128th Overall)

O Picks - 2

D Picks - 2

So since 2003 we have used out of the first four rounds of the draft 25 picks on offense, and 23 picks on defense. You can see we have invested some picks on offense but A LOT do not work out. Out of 48 picks only 14 are still on the team currently. Of this 14, 8 are on the offensive side of the ball while 6 are on defense. We spent our top pick of that draft (not meaning 1st rounder all the time) 6 times on the offensive side of the ball out of 11 years.

We have a lot of holes on the offense side of the ball, most kf which we can't bank on 7 rounds to fill with starters, and our history has shown we don't always do well with those picks, why is that and where do you think we go after first in FA and draft next year?

[Dex]

BPA.

[KBRed]

Maybe.

[beckersteen]

.......Maybe?

[Paintballr]

Damn it anyway to merge this one and the complete one? Sorry

[Captain Morgan]

could you repeat the question?

[Paintballr]

could you repeat the question?

Only like the ten other posts I posted by accident? Haha

[top dawg]

Damn it anyway to merge this one and the complete one? Sorry

 

Don't worry about it. Needs to be fixed.  Otherwise it's just the Huddle being the Huddle. LOL

[Jase]

geez paintballr, wreck up the place much?

[Paintballr]

geez paintballr, wreck up the place much?

Figured I'd brighten the place up a bit with a 3-7-1 record we need it!

[TheCandyMan]

I'm still giving DG the benefit of the doubt at this moment.  I think we'll look OL and secondary help first in FA, and in the draft I think we'll see another WR, and OL if the value is there in the first 2 rounds.  Somewhere in rounds 3-7 will pickup a LB, DE, or a RB because it wouldn't be a panthers draft without at least two of these positions getting draft help.

[Paintballr]

I'm still giving DG the benefit of the doubt at this moment. I think we'll look OL and secondary help first in FA, and in the draft I think we'll see another WR, and OL if the value is there in the first 2 rounds. Somewhere in rounds 3-7 will pickup a LB, DE, or a RB because it wouldn't be a panthers draft without at least two of these positions getting draft help.

I am too, listening to 610 and even 730, there seems to be a lot of DG hate right now. Obviously this season has not gone the way he or we wanted but his past two drafts have been decent. Sure a miss or two there but he hasn't shown the Hurney style of drafting (look at last few years nobody but Cam is on the team any more from those pretty much)

[Car123]

BPA.

No, please.

[PandaPancake]

I thought the offensive focus next year would be for Cam to play just quarterback not quarterback/runningback?