My Panthers Big Board top 152...

[panther4life]

10 minutes ago, Bronn said:

Highlight reels are not the greatest things to use, and it is a bonus if you can find every play a guy has in at least one or two games, so you see the average and negative stuff too.

 

I'm sure you're aware of this site, but if some crazy reason you're not it will become a staple every draft season. 

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/

Thats a huge library of full games worth of snaps from individual players chopped down to minutes and easy to sort and search for prospects with.  

[Bronn]

8 minutes ago, panther4life said:

I'm sure you're aware of this site, but if some crazy reason you're not it will become a staple every draft season. 

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/

Thats a huge library of full games worth of snaps from individual players chopped down to minutes and easy to sort and search for prospects with.  

I watch a lot of their stuff on YouTube but haven't frequented the site as much as I should. There are just so many resources out there if you dig a bit you get swamped with stuff.

 

Thank you for posting the link though because it is a very useful site! Alongside sites like that, a lot of college sites still have interviews, etc. up that you can't find on the tube.

[Bronn]

I've had to decide to stand on the OP board going into tonight.

Otherwise, I am spending entirely too much time analyzing and overanalyzing my rankings, and have decided that the last 30 or so spots aren't a big enough of a dropoff to move guys around one or two spots.

Plus, whatever we do in the first three rounds will dictate the direction of 4-7. So, squeezing in an extra CB and bumping a LB or something similar might not even be worth the time or effort at this point.

Maybe I can reset a few things once we see how rounds 1-3 play out.

But yeah, this is my guideline, at the very least for tonight.

I'll leave with my thoughts on the top ten, and some names to keep an eye on for days 2-3.

1. Garrett is my #1. We need to get to the passer better and faster than we have been. Other teams kill our QB, and it is time to return the favor.

Adams is my co-#1 because I think he'll be a field general much like Luke. He isn't the greatest cover safety, but what he is amazing at is reading and reacting, getting to the ball, and delivering punishment. These are all things our scheme covets.

3. Thomas and Fournette are basically my co-#3's, because I would love us to get both. Thomas has a slight edge because he is more rounded than Garrett at DE, but almost as effective as a pass rusher. Fournette could anchor our ground game for another 6-10 years.

5. Lattimore is easily the best man-cover corner in the draft and could come in and start beside Bradberry. We'd have the youngest/most talented outside guys in the league, most likely, for a long time.

6. Allen's shoulders still scare me a tad, but I would still love to add him to the rotation. He and Butler would basically keep Short and Star fresh all game, and Allen could line up on the ends or as a 5th lineman in some packages. He'd likely be the most value left on the board at #8 in most situations, if he slides.

7. Hooker is my second choice at safety, but he is more of a man-skill free safety than the roaming SS enforcer that I feel we really need. Either way, Hooker could come in and pair with Mike Adams and Coleman to do some really good things for our defense. He'd also be an excellent answer for Julio Jones.

8. Barnett is a guy who I don't necessarily agree with popular opinion about. I don't think he's reached his ceiling, and see him as a potential better pass rusher/overall DE than Garrett. I give Thomas an edge over him just because I feel like Thomas has a little more development room, but with Barnett, you know what you're getting. He's an immediate starter, and could be used more like a 3-4 rusher than a prototypical DE.

9. OJ Howard is probably one of, if not, the best athletes in this draft. I think he has the potential to be the best offensive weapon in this class. I'd love to have him to cause mismatches in the middle of the field with Greg out there too.

10. McCaffrey is probably the second best overall athlete in this class. We'd have to design packages to insert him in to use him most effectively (and I'm not sure how confident I am that Shula can do that) but I believe the hype about him being in the discussion for a top ten pick. Personally, I would probably rank him a little lower. But, I think the Panthers are high enough on him that he is likely near this spot on their own board.

Later round guys I would love to have, and to keep an eye on, that have caught my eye at some point in the process:
Donald Payne (are you tired of that name yet)
Connor Harris
Tedric Thompson
John Johnson
Keionta Davis
 

[Bronn]

15	Forrest Lamp	G
18	Teez Tabor	CB
19	Zach Cunningham	LB
22	Malik McDowell	DT
23	Quincy Wilson	CB
26	Marcus Williams	S
27	Chidobe Awuzie	CB
30	Raekwon McMillan	LB
31	Desmond King	CB
32	Fabian Moreau	CB
33	Budda Baker	S
34	Kevin King	CB
35	Dan Feeney	G
36	Obi Melifonwu	S
37	Tim Williams	DE/LB
38	Ethan Pocic	G
39	Alvin Kamara	RB
41	Josh Jones	S
43	Carl Lawson	DE
44	Dion Dawkins	G
45	Jourdan Lewis	CB
46	Roderick Johnson	OT
47	Dorian Johnson	G
48	Zay Jones	WR
50	Dalvin Tomlinson	DT
52	Justin Evans	S
53	Ryan Anderson	LB
54	Taylor Moton	G
55	Rasul Douglas	CB
56	Jordan Leggett	TE
57	Montravius Adams	DL
58	Demarcus Walker	DE
60	Dawuane Smoot	DE
61	Jordan Willis	DE
62	Marcus Maye	S
63	Cordrea Tankersley	CB
64	Carlos Watkins	DT
65	Carlos Henderson	WR
66	Pat Elflein	G
67	Tarell Basham	DE
68	Larry Ogunjobi	DT
69	Samaje Perine	RB
70	Howard Wilson	CB
71	Cooper Kupp	WR
72	Aviante Collins	G
73	Daeshon Hall	DE
74	Jamaal Williams	RB
75	Gerald Everett	TE
76	Taywan Taylor	WR
78	D'Onta Foreman	RB
79	Chris Wormley	DT
80	Damontae Kazee	CB
81	Trey Hendrickson	DE
82	Jake Butt	TE
83	Antonio Garcia	OT
84	Chris Godwin	WR
85	Jaleel Johnson	DT
86	Eddie Jackson	S
87	Duke Riley	LB
88	Anthony Walker	LB
89	Corn Elder	CB
90	Kareem Hunt	RB
91	Bucky Hodges	TE
92	Cameron Sutton	CB
93	Tyus Bowser	DE
94	Curtis Samuel	WR/RB
95	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR
96	Josh Reynolds	WR
97	Brian Hill	RB
98	KD Cannon	WR
99	James Conner	RB
100	Ahkello Witherspoon	CB
101	Keionta Davis	DE
102	Vince Biegel	LB
103	Adam Bisnowaty	OT
104	John Johnson	S
105	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	LB
106	Isaac Rochell	DL
107	Tanoh Kpassagnon	DE
108	Carroll Phillips	DE
109	Isiah Ford	WR
110	Adam Shaheen	TE
111	Jeremy Cutrer	CB
112	Isaac Asiata	G
113	Julie'n Davenport	OT
114	Jeremy McNichols	RB
115	Donald Payne	S
116	Shaq Griffin	CB
117	Damore'ea Stringfellow	WR
118	Jon Toth	C
119	David Sharpe	OT
120	George Kittle	TE
121	Derek Rivers	DE
122	Elijah Qualls	DT
123	TJ Logan	RB
124	Lorenzo Jerome	S
125	Josh Carraway	DE
126	Jadar Johnson	S
127	Nate Hairston	CB
128	Jeremy Sprinkle	TE
129	Rudy Ford	S
130	Stanley Williams	RB
131	Sidney Jones	CB
132	Nazair Jones	DT
133	Tedric Thompson	S
134	Money Hunter	CB
135	Connor Harris	LB
136	Nico Siragusa	G
137	Montae Nicholson	S
138	Chad Wheeler	G
139	Vincent Taylor	DT
140	Channing Stribling	CB
141	Tanzel Smart	DT
142	Dylan Cole	LB
143	Noble Nwachukwu	DE
144	Marquel Lee	LB
145	Xaver Woods	S
146	Tarik Cohen	RB
147	David Jones	S
148	Speedy Noil	WR
149	Sojourn Shelton	CB
150	Rayshawn Jenkins	S
151	Fred Ross	WR
152	Amba Etta-Tawo	WR