Still a litte Confused why we passed over .......

[Biggdaddi1022]

I trust the Panthers, I don’t question much but still not understanding why we passed on Jaelen Strong, I mean didn’t he have great production? Wasn’t he the more polished receiver? Isn’t he 6’4 also and ran a 4.4? I have made myself love the Devin Funchess pick, I them wanted to draft a receiver badly. Just wondering why we passed a on a proven player with potential, for a player who hasn’t really produced but has potential. Im just thinking do we think that Funchess is the better player overall, or didwe just not like Strong. Who knows, its the off season , just trying to saty engaged until things start flowing again.

 

[Mvp2014]

Ask me how many teammates were at Jaelen Strong's 21st birthday party

[Johnny Rockets]

Ask me how many teammates were at Jaelen Strong's 21st birthday party

 

 

How many teammates were at Jaelen Strong's 21st birthday party?

[Floppin]

Yes

[chknwing]

if you are making this thread, you absolutely don't trust the panthers and are questioning their judgement.  Also no college player is "proven" until after many years in the NFL.

[TheRed]

Considering the draft was nearly a month ago, it may be time to let it go.

[stirs]

Several reasons came out.

 

Mainly, his 4.4 time did not match his game film.  Lack of separation was a worry.

 

The wrist issue and then him blowing off the medical recheck which most teams required, did not sit well with a lot of GM's

[jdpanther5]

He went 29 picks after Funchess, so nearly every team had a shot at him but passed.

[Biggdaddi1022]

Considering the draft was nearly a month ago, it may be time to let it go.

Didnt know 2 weeks was a month, I but digress I'll let it go.

[Moorgan]

I trust the Panthers, I don’t question much but still not understanding why we passed on Jaelen Strong, I mean didn’t he have great production? Wasn’t he the more polished receiver? Isn’t he 6’4 also and ran a 4.4? I have made myself love the Devin Funchess pick, I them wanted to draft a receiver badly. Just wondering why we passed a on a proven player with potential, for a player who hasn’t really produced but has potential. Im just thinking do we think that Funchess is the better player overall, or didwe just not like Strong. Who knows, its the off season , just trying to saty engaged until things start flowing again.

 

I remember specifically the FO saying how Funchess' football smarts blew them away. All things being equal, that may be your reasoning right there. Additionally, DG talked about getting guys who absolutely hate to lose...maybe they didn't see the same passion from other guys as they did Funchess.

[Cary Kollins]

The Panthers had a first round grade for Funchess. /

[rayzor]

they had a first round grade on funchess and a 2nd round grade on strong.

 

that's why we (and a lot of other teams) passed on strong. the teams actually doing the drafting didn't have him hyped like the draftniks did.

[L-TownCat]

Can Strong play the 3 WR positions?  Does he know the TE position?  Is he determined to win?

 

From listening to G-man and the Funch I believe DF does and can.

[rayzor]

word has been that funchess wouldn't have made it to our 2nd round pick. several teams were really interested in him.

 

that just wasn't the case with strong. who exactly were the ones saying that he was polished and more proven? probably the same ones saying that funchess had a low football IQ based on zero conversations with the kid.

 

these draftnik hacks that people keep on quoting and listening to leading up to the draft are barely more knowledgeable than many fans and they all make a lot of pretty illinformed assumptions about what teams are looking for (if they even bother to research them at all) and base their rankings off of essentially a couple highlight videos and usually just parrot each other.