Grade the Panthers Day 3 and Overall Draft.

[thefuzz]

P.S. this was not a "great draft", so I feel even better about it.

[Mr. Scot]

With the lack of talent we have at WR I seriously think we could of drafted a starter in the 5th round.

Instead we went LB

 

Oh yeah, I'm sure a fifth round guy was gonna start over Benjamin and Funchess

 

[GoobyPls]

Oh yeah, I'm sure a fifth round guy was gonna start over Benjamin and Funchess

He would start as a slot over Brown, Cotchery and Ginn.

[thefuzz]

He would start as a slot over Brown, Cotchery and Ginn.

 

Uhhhh, who is this player?

[pdub0702]

If Mayo can contribute to a better special teams love this pick. Out special teams last year-Suck..suck really bad.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

There are very few ways that we could've gone that I would've hated more than the draft that we had. Two LBers? Really?

 

Plus we finally had a draft with a lot of picks, finally after all of these years. So the logical thing to do is trade them all away, right?

 

Only pick I like is the Oklahoma dude. Sorry, just really don't like this draft. Hope I'm proved wrong.

[KendrickPanther]

I think this is a draft where Gettleman really needs that 4th and 2nd pick to work out. We used 6 draft picks on 2 players, those players need to work out. He said the comp picks gave him the flexibility to do that but then we used those picks on running back and linebacker. We only got 5 guys in this draft and Gettleman needs three of them to be quality starters in the long run.

 

I'm not doubting Gettleman, I'm just saying he made bold moves and that raises the stakes.

[Killa Cam 69]

The mayo pick leaves it a little sour for me but I'll give it a B

I'm guessing it's special teams and a quality back up for luke.. But it was shocking. Oh well gettle magic

[GoobyPls]

Uhhhh, who is this player?

The kid from William&Mary

He's definitely more talented than any of those 3

[Cpt slay a ho]

If these picks don't pan out dg may have fugged up big time, again I don't like the style he has literally no margin for error......ballsy draft

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Today/Overall: B-/B

 

Definitely a different approach than the last few years for Gettleman.

 

Felt a bit like a Marty Hurney draft.  Using our picks to move up several positions. 

 

To Gettleman's credit the picks given up were later ones from this year as opposed to early picks from the future.

 

Due to the limited talent available, it seems to make perfect sense. 

 

Plus, with the success of the last few drafts, the team now has less holes to fill and more depth than they've had in several years, if ever.  The later picks likely stood little chance of making the team under those circumstances.

 

Still, Gettleman seemed to go against conventional wisdom with some of his picks and may have reached for a few of these players.

 

Time will tell, but his strategy based on the limited talent seems sound.

 

Today: B-

 

Overall: B

[Brooklyn Bully]

Started with nine picks, right? Ended up with 5. Some of which we could've gotten without trading.

 

C

[osd22]

If Mayo is a ST ace then we all should be extremely excited. Getts knows mort than all of ua combined. How can all the wannabe GMs here seriously say Mayo was a bad pick? We will find out about it in a few months. I like ouc draft class a lot and it could be that we get three day one starters out of it. Awesome.

[Mr. Scot]

The kid from William&Mary

He's definitely more talented than any of those 3

 

You mean the guy that still hasn't been drafted by anybody with only fourteen picks left to go in the 7th?

 

Oh, yeah.  Instant starter there.