NY Post-Panthers best drafting team last 5 drafts

[RelaxImaPro]

Outside of Cam our 2011 draft was horribly bad.  But I guess he alone kind of makes up for it.  Getting a franchise QB is about the most important thing a team can do.  Getting an MVP-level quarterback is obviously even better.

Wasn't that entire draft already off the team the following season aside from Cam and Fua?  And Fua was his own special kind of bad, yet he actually managed to stick around for a while... though he shouldn't have.  It's just that we were paper thin at DT at the time.

2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are all looking like some pretty nice drafts though.  If Big Frank can lay off the grass I still think he can be a pretty decent DE.

Including the UDFAs from 2014... that class was about as close as you can get to nailing the draft/UDFA signings.  Kelvin Benjamin, Kony Ealy, Trai Turner, Bene Benwikere, Tre Boston, Andrew Norwell, Philly Brown, etc.

[Clicheking]

How the hell are the Browns not drop dead last....Trent Richardson, Johnny Manziel, Justin Gilbert, Brandon Weeden, Barkevious Mingo, Greg Little,  Cameron Flemming....those are just some of the 1st and 2nd rounders. That's historically bad

[Jeremy Igo]

3 hours ago, TheRed said:

And honestly, it's thanks to Hurney for having the balls of steel to draft him first overall.

I know that's a difficult thing to admit for some of the folks with selective memories here about our last GM. But it's the truth.

Yeah, he was money when picking in the top 10.

 

Nevermind that the rest of that draft class didn't last 3 seasons.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

think of it like you're driving to myrtle beach.  you're ready to go put away some colt 45 tall boys, yell at girls to take off their tops, and get sun poisoning.  you're already wasted though so you have the choice of marty hurney or dave gettleman driving you.

hurney jumps in your 90s hatchback with a korn sticker on the back window and floors it for ten miles weaving effortlessly through traffic like he picked up an invincibility power up in a video game.  then he slams on the brakes and does 25 under for the next fifty miles.  then the process repeats again.  you may never get there but it's impressive to see him in the zone on the rare occasion that he visits it.

dave gettleman snaps his fannypack on and does the speed limit as a baseline.  when there are no cops around he'll do 15 or 20 over on certain open stretches of highway.  it's a lot less exciting but odds are you're going to get where you're going in a predictable fashion.

[The Huddler]

17 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yeah, he was money when picking in the top 10.

 

Nevermind that the rest of that draft class didn't last 3 seasons.

also, picking in the top ten isnt a sign of success either

[t96]

16 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yeah, he was money when picking in the top 10.

 

Nevermind that the rest of that draft class didn't last 3 seasons.

Not just top 10, pretty much all of his 1st round picks were amazing. Unfortunately none of the other rounds were.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

he had like one or two draft picks every year that were just stupid good, like all pro caliber

and then the rest would be in the kealoha pilares/corvey irvin tier

[Jeremy Igo]

9 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Not just top 10, pretty much all of his 1st round picks were amazing. Unfortunately none of the other rounds were.

Counting the first rounder given up for Everette Browne or nah

[t96]

3 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Counting the first rounder given up for Everette Browne or nah

I hate to get technical, but the pick ended up in the 2nd round...

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

4 hours ago, TheRed said:

And honestly, it's thanks to Hurney for having the balls of steel to draft him first overall.

I know that's a difficult thing to admit for some of the folks with selective memories here about our last GM. But it's the truth.

No one will fault Hurney for the things he did right. Its the other 90% that ruins him.

[TheRed]

37 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yeah, he was money when picking in the top 10.

 

Nevermind that the rest of that draft class didn't last 3 seasons.

You're absolutely right obviously.

But it's still interesting looking at all the variables that led to us drafting Newton.

Change a few things around, good or bad, and we might still be searching for a QB even today.

Thank you Jimmy Clausen.

[pstall]

There was an awesome article a year or so about teams tanking in the NBA and how it really never leads to anything. 

The Panthers got oddly luck with not just getting Cam but being in the position to do so in the right year.

With the core in place and a cap oasis soon coming, we might have a run like the Patriots for a long time.

[juliosantos]

gettleman is the best when it comes to drafts 

[billionairemonk]

10 hours ago, ctrcat said:

http://nypost.com/2016/04/24/ranking-from-1-32-the-nfls-best-teams-at-drafting/

Duh

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