Say it ain't so.... Joe...

[hepcat]

How many starting LT's went to small schools vs big D1 schools?

[KSpan]

doesn't every team have 27 guards on the line? one more couldn't hurt.. sigh

It's the 'New Orleans defense' approach to OL players. Best 11 and all that...

[TheRumGone]

whatever happened to barrett jones from alabama?

 

i know STL drafted him but did he ever play or anything?

[panthers55]

I think you can draft a small college guy as long as you don't invest a high pick on him. Silatolu was a problem because it was a second round not a 5th or 6th. Same with Kugbilla as a 3rd. Invest the high picks on talented skill positions and fill in with projects and small school projects as UDFAs or late rounders. After the 4th round, you are glad to find a contributor and ecstatic to find a starter like we did in Benwikere in the 5th. Gambling is fine as long as it is not with a high pick and you don't overvalue the size and minimize the experience and history.

[philw5289]

Can we please stop experimenting with these small school lineman

[pstall]

O line do seem to be your Big 6 conference's. Small schools produce dbs and wrs more than linemen.

[sml1950]

IMO THE major reason Gman was hired was his long term experience in college and pro personnel depts. I believe he is the best judge of talent the Panthers have ever had. He has analyzed thousands of players at all positions and has developed a good sense of what traits translate best from college to the pros. Nobody is perfect, but I'm not about to second guess a draft choice just because he didn't go to a major conference school.

[top dawg]

From Joe Person's latest.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/14/5515376/person-nfl-greg-hardy.html#storylink=cpy

Joe is dead on in that this is the type of player the front office would take a close look at in the past. However...

This is the mentality I want this organization to move away from. Small school offensive linemen who did well against inferior talent. Please please please don't waste a pick on these guys.

 

I just can't get with this sentiment, Jeremy, because this is exactly how you miss out on some gold nuggets that are out there. I am of the same mindset as Emory Hunt, Football Czar, who says that "traits translate" regardless of where you come from. If you notice his indepth analysis of receivers last time he gave reviews that had a "traits focus instead of level of competition focus".   Plenty of big time school prospects wash out and bust just as well when it comes to offensive linemen.  That is just the nature of the beast.

[CarolinaNCSU]

I don't have a problem with a small school lineman in say...the 7th round. 

 

 

As for the first 5 rounds or so? No mas. Somebody send the FO a Fathead of Kugzilla riding an exercise bike to stare at them from the walls of the draft room. 

[CBDellinger]

Zod is spot on... Get linemen from the big schools where they have faced legit defensive talent. We don't need guys that have been mauling practice squad level talent for three years...

[teeray]

I agree 100% with Zod on small school guys in the trenches. It is just to hard to truly evaluate. Skill positions don't worry me as much

[teeray]

Oh... and come on Zod you can't best answer your own post in your own thread. That is bush league.

[Jeremy Igo]

Oh... and come on Zod you can't best answer your own post in your own thread. That is bush league.

Huh? Been on app all day. Can't see answered posts.

[top dawg]

In other words, Igo's opinion is being buttressed by his "amen" choir, unbeknownst to him.   ***LOL***