Panthers meeting with Landon Collins

[davos]

Debatable that he is even the top safety anymore. Big time liability in coverage and really just a box safety to me. Rather we wait and address the position in the 3rd with someone like Sample or Tartt if he's available. Collins' stock has been falling as of late and will honestly probably be available at 25 but I don't want him there.

 

There's been a fair amount of huddlers talking about Sample and he seems like a good option. 

 

...but I gotta say though I'm a huge Tartt fan.  Would love for us to grab him more than any other safety in this class. 

[rhyslloyd]

No. We've had enough safeties that can't cover.

[Kuech the Sneak]

I don't think he will be there, but definitely could be the pick if he is. Was my initial first round mock pick

Adding him and another DE would put our defense over the top

[Donald LaFell]

I feel bad with Newton not having any help but I really love the idea of Rivera being able to implement his defense just the way he wants.

 

I don't think we can win a SB any other way other than Rivera fielding a 2000 Ravens defense. 

[frash.exe]

Eh

I've always loved the idea of that dominant safety roving around creating havoc, but as long as Rivera and Gettleman can find Johnny Nameless in the fourth round and turn him into a starting quality defensive back, I say fug it. I hope we go offense offense offense with our first three picks because that unit looks absolutely pathetic a lot of the time, especially since the boy wonder Mike Shula is calling the same plays his father called 40 years ago.

[juliosantos]

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[juliosantos]

^ typo up there on my part i didn't mean to post a question mark.  i love collins , guy plays with the fire we need in the secondary. allot of people want to question collins coverage but when i watched film i didn't see any flaws in his coverage.

[LinvilleGorge]

Seems like we've been sniffing around the top rated safeties in the draft for about the last three years. 

[mbarbour21]

Eh

I've always loved the idea of that dominant safety roving around creating havoc, but as long as Rivera and Gettleman can find Johnny Nameless in the fourth round and turn him into a starting quality defensive back, I say fug it. I hope we go offense offense offense with our first three picks because that unit looks absolutely pathetic a lot of the time, especially since the boy wonder Mike Shula is calling the same plays his father called 40 years ago.

I would absolutely love:

1st Round- WR

2nd Round- OT

3rd Round- RB

[DaCityKats]

i thought he had decent ball skills from what i seen. hard to watch safety play because of no all 22 games out there.

[Mol3m4n]

I won't be happy, but I would understand the pick.

[panthers55]

Seems like we've been sniffing around the top rated safeties in the draft for about the last three years.

Because. Rivera learned under Jim Johnson who believed in having big physical safeties in his system. Guys like Brian Dawkins were studs in the secondary and experts at dislodging receivers from the ball. He could play strong safety, free safety, or corner. We either need a big physical corner who can play free safety or a fast athletic safety with good pass defending skills.

[Swaggasaurus]

I'd like to draft him. Wouldn't mind seeing his mom in some panther gear.

[t96]

We've been saying it but no one wants to hear it. Did the Panthers ever meet with Sample?

 

Geathers is better than Sample.