Panther Grades from around the web

[jarhead]

Proof is always in the pudding

[frash.exe]

I wanted to say when Thompson was drafted I started thinking it might not be him, because I felt like if it were, Davis would be grinning from ear to ear on his way to the stand. Instead he put his poker face on.

[GoobyPls]

We'll see how it goes

I can see why the gave us a bad grades though. A lot of unknown potential picks.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Grades are based mainly on picking for need IMO. Gettleman does not do this, in case anyone just came out from under their rock for,the first time in 3 years.

[Snake]

These will be funny next year, like last year's grades.

Yea then they do the redraft and give everyone our players.

[Mr. Scot]

Yea then they do the redraft and give everyone our players.

 

That seems to happen a lot.

 

[O-Ther]

Gonna be hilarious in next year's 1st round redraft seeing Shaq going to Atlanta and Devin going to Naw'lins

[Frank Hollywood]

What people keep forgetting is that we picked 25th in a draft with weak elite talent. Whomever we picked at 25 was going to have a question mark or two.

As for funchess, I thought he was incredibly slow based solely off the talking heads, until I read about his pro day and how hes been injured and watched his highlights. His speed is fine.

I LOVE the RB selection in round 5 and like the potential of daryl williams. I'm still scratching my head at the no name LB in round 5.

[Cyberjag]

 

 

Carolina Panthers: C Grade 

Goals Entering the 2014 NFL Draft: The Panthers lost a ton of talent this offseason, particularly at wideout and on the offensive line. Some contrarians think they can look at other positions, but the receiving corps and front are in such dire need of help that the front office almost has to address them early and often. 

2014 NFL Draft Accomplishments: The Panthers had to obtain multiple receivers and a left tackle. They failed in both matters, which has to be frustrating for the fans. They did, at least, snag one receiver, but he was a reach. Kelvin Benjamin was a consensus second-round prospect, and one team we spoke to even had him in the middle rounds. The 28th pick was too early for him, but Carolina was at least addressing a huge hole. 

I don't know what happened after that, but receiver and tackle were ignored. I don't mind the second-round choice of Kony Ealy because he presented such great value at that juncture, but one of the next three selections should have been used on a greater position of need. 

Given all that's happened, who's Newton going to throw to, and how will his blind side be protected? Carolina's franchise quarterback can't be happy with what his team did this weekend.

 

Walter Football, last year at this time...

[nctarheel0619]

Charlie Casserly gave us a B. Said Thompson was his favorite player in the draft. Shrugs.

[top dawg]

I think Carolina’s second-round selection of wide receiver/tight end Devin Funchess—and last year’s first-round selection of Kelvin Benjamin—will only pay full dividends if a true speed receiver is brought in to threaten coverages over the top. (Veteran Ted Ginn isn’t a quality every-down player.) Conceptually, Carolina’s array of plodding receivers (throw Jerricho Cotchery into the mix) is too easy to defend.

 

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/03/2015-nfl-post-draft-analysis/

 

Yeah, this may be the case. I only hope that this Byrd kid is the real deal, especially after we chose to draft an LB that we likely could have acquired as an undrafted free agent instead of Tre McBride with his 4.41 speed.

[Firefox]

http://profootball.scout.com/story/1543507-draft-report-cards-nfc?s=127&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=150504_newsroom_profootball_1story_v2%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=22586259&spUserID=ODkxNTY4ODg2ODQS1&spJobID=560330122&spReportId=NTYwMzMwMTIyS0#/story/1543507-draft-report-cards-nfc?s=127&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=150504_newsroom_profootball_1story_v2%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=22586259&spUserID=ODkxNTY4ODg2ODQS1&spJobID=560330122&spReportId=NTYwMzMwMTIyS0

[Fidel Cashflow]

Check out Peter King's Monday Morning article on SI.com.  Peter was critical of Gettleman's picks.

[L-TownCat]

I have decided to give all these draft experts an F without even looking at their work... Seems fair, since they're doing the same to our picks

 

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OP!  best answer this man.