Top Non 1st Round LT Prospects

[Kevin Greene]

So OT really doesn't seem to make sense value wise at our current #8 position. Barring a trade down very unlikely to get a Day 1 LT in the later rounds. I'm not comfortable with Oher being our starter after being dinged in the brain almost the entire season.

This is when Free Agency really needs to set up the draft (Right Nipple Shorts?). Gettleman needs to spend the bucks to acquire a starter at LT in FA and if it can't be done that way, trade our 2nd and/or 3rd rounder compensatory for a starter at LT. 

There simply is no other position on the field more key to the Panther's 2017 success.

Get er done!

[LinvilleGorge]

9 minutes ago, Kevin Greene said:

So OT really doesn't seem to make sense value wise at our current #8 position. Barring a trade down very unlikely to get a Day 1 LT in the later rounds. I'm not comfortable with Oher being our starter after being dinged in the brain almost the entire season.

This is when Free Agency really needs to set up the draft (Right Nipple Shorts?). Gettleman needs to spend the bucks to acquire a starter at LT in FA and if it can't be done that way, trade our 2nd and/or 3rd rounder compensatory for a starter at LT. 

There simply is no other position on the field more key to the Panther's 2017 success.

Get er done!

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/tackle/

If the draft is thin, the free agent class is virtually barren.

Mike Remmers is #6 OT available. The #1 OT is 35 years old. That pretty much says everything.

Wouldn't mind trying to pick up Kalil on a low money prove it deal like we did with Oher, but considering the FA and draft classes, OTs are likely to be at a premium.

[Kevin Greene]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/tackle/

If the draft is thin, the free agent class is virtually barren.

Mike Remmers is #6 OT available. The #1 OT is 35 years old. That pretty much says everything.

Wouldn't mind trying to pick up Kalil on a low money prove it deal like we did with Oher, but considering the FA and draft classes, OTs are likely to be at a premium.

Hence a trade me be required. Maybe Joe Thomas finally deserves to be freed from Cleveland.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Kevin Greene said:

Hence a trade me be required. Maybe Joe Thomas finally deserves to be freed from Cleveland.

His availability may depend on whether or not the Browns take a QB early. If they do, I doubt they'd be willing to deal Thomas. If the don't, why not?

His value will be tough to judge too. At 32, you're probably only going to get a season or two of elite LT play out of him.

[CWORS]

I think the reason none of the OT in this draft are getting much buzz is because of how bad the OT's from the past few drafts have played as a whole. But to me there are a few LT prospects I hope DG takes a look at:

Davenport

McDermortt

McGlinchey

If after scouting these guys and none of them look like a LT DG should ship out our No. 8 for the Browns No. 12, Joe Thomas and a 3rd rd pick in this draft. We've dealt with the Browns in the trade arena before so I would think we could do it again. 

[LinvilleGorge]

#8 for #12 and Joe Thomas? Yeah, I'd do that in a heartbeat, but the Browns wouldn't. According to the draft value chart, they'd be paying us to take Thomas. #8 = 1400 points. #12 + #65 = 1465.

[Nails]

1 hour ago, CWORS said:

I think the reason none of the OT in this draft are getting much buzz is because of how bad the OT's from the past few drafts have played as a whole. But to me there are a few LT prospects I hope DG takes a look at:

Davenport

McDermortt

McGlinchey

If after scouting these guys and none of them look like a LT DG should ship out our No. 8 for the Browns No. 12, Joe Thomas and a 3rd rd pick in this draft. We've dealt with the Browns in the trade arena before so I would think we could do it again. 

The 49ers/Staley appear more likely, but maybe just maybe the Browns would want to grab Thomas's replacement in Cam Robinson in front of the rival Bengals.  Obviously I don't see us fancying Robinson but character questions aside it would beg the question of why the Browns or Bengals would covet him so much more than us.

I would HATE to fall out of the top 10 and behind the Saints, but if the Browns are actually smart enough to give up a temporary two year deal and a 32 year old for a longer, younger, and cheaper one, then it'd be one way of many ways to find a LT.  It's so nice to be in front of the Bengals for multiple reasons but I'm just not sure there's enough to warrant the move up if I'm the Browns.

Obviously SOMETHING must happen at LT.

[*FreeFua*]

34 minutes ago, CWORS said:

I think the reason none of the OT in this draft are getting much buzz is because of how bad the OT's from the past few drafts have played as a whole. But to me there are a few LT prospects I hope DG takes a look at:

Davenport

McDermortt

McGlinchey

If after scouting these guys and none of them look like a LT DG should ship out our No. 8 for the Browns No. 12, Joe Thomas and a 3rd rd pick in this draft. We've dealt with the Browns in the trade arena before so I would think we could do it again. 

McGlinchey isn't entering the draft. Unless I missed something in the last 24 hours

[jumpman910]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/tackle/

If the draft is thin, the free agent class is virtually barren.

Mike Remmers is #6 OT available. The #1 OT is 35 years old. That pretty much says everything.

Wouldn't mind trying to pick up Kalil on a low money prove it deal like we did with Oher, but considering the FA and draft classes, OTs are likely to be at a premium.

Isn't that list based on their current contract? Because if the ravens can't afford Rick Wagner he'll be the best RT available in free agency 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, jumpman910 said:

 

[LinvilleGorge]

I don't understand calling a kid stupid or questioning his desire to play in the NFL because he wants to play another year of college ball. If I was in his situation, I wouldn't, but it's his decision to make. Maybe he's making a responsible decision because he feels he isn't ready. Who knows? But it just seems really knee jerk and judgmental to claim that he has to either be stupid or essentially scared to not go into the draft right now.

[LinvilleGorge]

26 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Don't put words in my mouth. There's a difference between calling him stupid and saying it's a stupid decision. This is a football message board, he can do whatever he wants with his life. It is a very, very bad decision. What could he possibly gain? He's finished 4 years at Notre Dame, so not education. His team sucks balls and is losing their QB, so they will not compete for anything next year. He's graded out in the 1st round and ranked in the top 15 in many sites as the top tackle, so he's got nothing to gain draft wise. He's losing out on millions for his career and potentially getting hurt and dropping way down.

Also, I didn't call him scared. That said, it absolutely does raise questions about his desire to go to the next level. You have guys coming out as red-shirt sophomores. He's going to go into next years draft as a red-shirt senior and he can't convince scouts that he was going back for a shot at an NC.

You should just stop right there. You have no idea what might be behind his decision if it's indeed the decision he makes. But you sure think you've got it all figured out.

[Harbingers]

7 hours ago, stbugs said:

I'm starting to think it isn't weak in the middle but just really weak at the top. There are no studs, the guys at the top have lots of questions. I think the 3rd to 5th...


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That is my main contributor to saying it's a weak class. You know everyone here will poo their pants if we don't draft an OL in the first two rounds. And if we draft later they will whine about another project OL.

In the majority of Huddlers eyes the Panthers are in a lose lose situation. That's why I firmly believe in BPA doesn't matter the slot. 

[Chief Keek]

On 1/5/2017 at 7:15 PM, Lemory said:

Garret Bolles-Utah

 

Panthers have a good history with guys out of Utah, this guy looks like a solid prospect.