Re-Grading the 2013 draft

[Jeremy Igo]

All this Gettleman talk made me look back and actually see how he did with his first draft at GM. 

How I see it.. 

 

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/2016/06/23/regrading-2013-carolina-panthers-draft/

 

How would you grade it out?

[ctrcat]

A+.  Won't knock him too hard for Kugbila given that he was going to take Klein there anyway if not.  We missed nothing by taking Kugbila (i.e. Kealoha Pilares over Richard Sherman).  We nearly got a comp pick from Philly for Barner and he eventually showed decent promise there for a 6th rounder.  Star and KK alone are an A+.  Star falling is my favorite draft pick on draft day in my fandom.

GMan deserves nothing less than an A+ for everything, just can't wait to see what he does with our CURRENT/2016 nearly $30 million of available funds when there are "a lot" of options as a/THE Super Bowl front runner.

[The_Rainmaker]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

All this Gettleman talk made me look back and actually see how he did with his first draft at GM. 

How I see it.. 

 

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/2016/06/23/regrading-2013-carolina-panthers-draft/

 

How would you grade it out?

With Paul Solia and Butler Star can get more 1-1 matchup , could have 3-6 sacks this season 

[ctrcat]

Also got White and Lester, who had the INT on the final play against the Pats, in UDFA.  As good as anyone else did in UDFA in an overall weak draft/UDFA year.

[L-TownCat]

5 AB's

2 HR's (Star,Short)

1 BBB (Klein) 

2 K's (Kugz, Barner)

 

With only 5 picks Getts reinvented Carolina's interior DLine, and got invaluable depth for his backers while simultaneously  improving ST's.

So he took a couple good swings at Ed and Kenjon, it happens.  I'm sold on this draft even more now than I was then.

Klein gets the triple because he helps in 3 important ways, OLB (starting caliber) MLB (backup/starting caliber) STs (ace).

[TN05]

I agree with everything except the Kugbila grade. He never played a snap. Never even made it past a day in training camp. There's literally nothing worse than that. He gets an F.

[pantherphan96]

Star A

KK A

Kug F

Klein A

Barner D

[caatfan]

I think it's a fair assessment. I can't even give Barner a C- myself, but it hurt worse to strike out on the 4th rounder. OTOH Klein ended up being such a steal with the 148th pick that I could see giving that one an A+. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th rounds make this class a winner and a better one than anyone had a right to expect.

[PhillyB]

A- is fair by pure outcome metrics. weight it based on the nfl standard (where nobody every nails all draft picks) and it's easily a high A. star and kk were two of the best picks in the entire draft.

[ctrcat]

8 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

A- is fair by pure outcome metrics. weight it based on the nfl standard (where nobody every nails all draft picks) and it's easily a high A. star and kk were two of the best picks in the entire draft.

When Eric Fisher is #1 overall it's a WEAK draft to boot.

[top dawg]

I am a hard taskmaster. No curve. No pluses or minuses. Straight B.

KK gets an A for obvious reasons

Star gets a  B. His injuries, which have to be taken into account, have held him back and hasn't given the clearest picture of his abilities.

Klein gets a B. He hasn't proven to be top tier yet, but he's good.

Barner gets a C. Maybe too high a grade considering his stint here, but 7th round pick compensation raises the grade to average.

Kugbila is an absolute and total failure.

 

[uncfan888]

I'm going to grade Jeremy's grade of the draft..  I give it an A

[L-TownCat]

14 hours ago, top dawg said:

I am a hard taskmaster. No curve. No pluses or minuses. Straight B.

KK gets an A for obvious reasons

Star gets a  B. His injuries, which have to be taken into account, have held him back and hasn't given the clearest picture of his abilities.

Klein gets a B. He hasn't proven to be top tier yet, but he's good.

Barner gets a C. Maybe too high a grade considering his stint here, but 7th round pick compensation raises the grade to average.

Kugbila is an absolute and total failure.

 

While I am a proponent of meritocracy, I fail to understand how Klein is a B because "he hasn't proved to be top tier yet".

What more can a fifth rounder do other than learn and effectively backup/start all three LB positions and do so with little drop off while replacing one of, if not the, best LB in the game?

I don't believe the measure of success for a fifth round pick is all-pro is it?  I mean it happens(Norman) but it's hardly commonplace.

The selection of Klein in the 5th deserves an A because he has proven not to be a wtf pick like we all thought and further illustrates the meticulous talent selection processes our front office has in place.

 Without Klein there is little chance we make it through those Luke-less games last season undefeated.

[TheRed]

That Kubgila pick was fuging Turrible with a capital T.

Anyone giving this draft higher than a B+ needs to take off the homer glasses for a sec.