Rivera confirms Panthers will be drafting a RB

[thefuzz]

Yup I didn't realize how banged up he has been until a looked a little deeper at his history at Georgia. Definitely troubling and worrisome especially with his physical running style. I really am leaning away from Gurley if he's available in the first. BPA, maybe, but that doesn't do much good if he is struggling to consistently play 16 games a year for his tenure in Carolina. Haven't we endured enough injuries at the running back position in recent years here?

 

Agreed.

 

Get a healthy running back, not one with obvious injuries, and can't last a full college season.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Plus, looking at who we have brought in for visits thus far... Gurley is the only true first round talent on the list at the RB position and it may just be due diligence in the event he falls to the second. The rest of the group features a second rounder or two, a couple mid-round guys, and some late round prospects at the position. We aren't sure where we will take one but its a good bet we will at some point if BPA matches with need at the right time.

[davos]

Buck Allen in like the 4th or Taz Crockett in the 5th could be good ways to go. 

[stan786]

As I stated in another thread yesterday, please go look at Gurley's carries per game, and injury history.

 

And that's in college.

 

I saw this post in another thread and wanted to look into it. Here is what I got.  Feel free to correct me I hadn't paid that much attention to him and I could be missing something.  I used touches as carries and receptions but excluded kickoff returns and added them up and divided by the number of games he appeared in.

 

 

Freshman year - Played in every game.  Averaged 17 touches per game and 6.31 yards per touch.

 

 

Sophomore year - Played in thirteen games.  Missed first half vs Clemson with pulled quad but came back.  Missed 3.5 games due to ankle injury suffered in second quarter against LSU.  Missed second quarter in first game back from ankle injury against Florida for conditioning reasons.  Averaged 20.2 touches per game and 7.08 yards per touch.

 

 

Junior year - Played in six games.  Suspended four games for improper benefits.  Missed 3 games with torn ACL. Averaged 22.5 touches per game and 7.17 yards per touch.

 

 

Overall based on what I have found he has had two big injuries one was an ankle injury that easily could have been much worse, and the big big one with the ACL.  Neither is a spot you want your running back getting injured in.  I think personally I would only take him if I was comfortable with his knee, but if I was comfortable i'd be salivating at his potential.

 

 

[Cheek]

I hope we get Josh Robinson in the later rounds. Dude will be a steal in my opinion. He will fall to rounds 5-7 cause of his 40 time, but he still put in that work against some strong SEC defenses. 

[Riverboat Ron]

I really like Telvin Coleman and Jay Ajayi as 2nd and later running backs, that being said if Getts likes Gordon or Gurley enough to take them at #25 I won't argue with him.

[davos]

Looking at the RB class, with Gurley, Gordon, Ajaye, Coleman, Abdullah, and Johnson, some of the RB hungry clubs could go on a run and they're all gone before 57.  DAL, JAX, TEN, NE (didn't re-sign Ridley), STL, OAK, MINN, CLE, AZ could all use one. This could allow a stud at another position to slip beneath the cracks. 

[Nick_81]

Looking at the RB class, with Gurley, Gordon, Ajaye, Coleman, Abdullah, and Johnson, some of the RB hungry clubs could go on a run and they're all gone before 57.  DAL, JAX, TEN, NE (didn't re-sign Ridley), STL, OAK, MINN, CLE, AZ could all use one. This could allow a stud at another position to slip beneath the cracks. 

Bring that poo on!

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Tevin Coleman is my dude in the second. We had a visit with him and I hope he's available at 57 but it'll be close. Guy hits holes so hard and goes 0 to 100 real quick. 

[bandu]

the Panthers want to out muscle their opponents and use a power back.what does Gurley and Coleman both have in common...they are both physical backs.

btw,we are NOT a finesse team,just saying

[KendrickPanther]

Fozzy will be fine. He's not physical enough to be an every down player. He's a change up.

[KendrickPanther]

Kinda makes me wish Gettleman would have carried that guy on the 90man roster laster offseason though....

 

[LawCat]

What Ron says means very little - I bet G-Man just let's him fire off at the mouth because it's a pretty solid smoke screen and it satisfies the media. In nipple - shorts I trust.

[TheWiz]

My prediction of the first 3 rounds is that we're drafting a Tackle, RB, and WR in these rounds... whoever is best at those positions.

 

If Gurley is there in the 1st, we grab him, Tackle in the 2nd, and WR in 3rd (Justin Hardy?)

 

But I wouldn't mind us going Tackle in the first, with a combination of Duke and Hardy in the 2nd/ 3rd

 

OR ....

 

with the emergence of Perriman hype...

 

a 1st round receiver could fall to us late in the first, draft a tackle in the 2nd