The Ultimate Gettleman/Panthers draft analysis (must read)

[TheSpecialJuan]

20 minutes ago, chknwing said:

You have created 32  threads this month.  

This is the Carolina Huddle.  Not the TheSpecialJuan Huddle.

I'm giving you gold here and this is the thanks I get?  It's fine tho, I love you all

[TheSpecialJuan]

10 minutes ago, The Onion Knight said:

That is seriously the best write up I've seen period. 

Exactly. It's very well researched and well thought out.

[cultclassiccat]

Seriously how much f ukn time do all u guys have to write this stuff up? I'm thinking y'all have to be a part of the media or something cause dam

 

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[Ace_Aladdin]

51 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Corner isn’t a priority: Gettleman made it very clear last year that he was drafting the secondary of the future, and he seems to mean it because we have shown practically zero interest in the cornerback position. Despite a lot of (uninformed) people arguing that corner is the weakest spot on our roster, and Carolina Huddle’s weird insistence that Gareon Conley is at the top of our board (we didn’t so much as attend his pro day), the only CB we’ve used a private visit on or worked out more than once is Teez Tabor. With the way his stock is tumbling, don’t be surprised if Teez ends up with us, but I’m not seeing a high pick on corner this year.

We’re interested in WR, but not with a high pick: All totaled we’ve shopped about 16 WRs. Most of those are pro day glances, and only two of them we’ve held private visits with are top prospects (Curtis Samuel and Zay Jones). It’s a need I expect us to address, but not until day 3.

We want a safety but we’re not interested in a late rounder: Of all the positions in this draft, Safety is the most intriguing. There are three trends to note here with the players we’re interested in: we’ve worked them out very extensively, they’re all top rated prospects and they’re all strong safeties. There are no two players we’ve shown more interest in than Jamal Adams and Obi Melifonwu, who we’ve met with 3 and 4 times respectively. And we’ve also done considerable work with Josh Jones. Outside of that? We’ve done practically nothing to scout the position. We want one of those three guys, and we want them bad. If Melfonwu is there at 40, I’m convinced he’s the pick. Otherwise, expect Josh Jones at some point.

Edge rush is going to get at least one and possibly two picks: Apart from WR, no position has been vetted as thoroughly as DE. We’ve worked out 15 prospects at the position, and 6 of our 30 private visits fall squarely in the DE category. And unlike safety, we’re not just working out the top prospects. We’ve done extensive scouting of players projected as early as the first and as late as 4th round, with a concentration on guys projected for round 2. I would keep a particularly close eye on Jordan Willis, Tanoh Kpassagnon and Demarcus Walker as players we could see donning the Carolina hats by the end of day 2. I would not be at all surprised to see DE as our back to back picks either in round 2, or our late 2nd rounder and comp pick. If for some reason neither McCaffery or Fournette are available at 8, I think Solomon Thomas or Barnett becomes our first rounder.

Tight End is more luxury than priority: Upgrading the offense is important to the FO in this draft, and TE is one of the top places they aim to do it. But ultimately, I don’t think this is as high a priority as many draft experts seem to believe. Howard has gotten some cursory work, but wasn’t one of our 30 visits and only had a single private workout with us. I don’t see him being in the cards for us. We did a lot of tire kicking on David Njoku, and I’m sure he’s in the mix for us at 40 if he’s available, but he almost certainly won’t be. Evan Ingram is definitely on our radar, but I think defensive players and OL (more on that in a minute) are higher priorities.

Offensive Tackle is very much a target: We have worked out a ton of offensive tackles, and I believe the thinking of our FO is that A) the position needs an upgrade and B) day 2 is the time to do it. We’ve worked out a handful of borderline 1st/2nd round guys. Cam Robinson is very much in the mix for us at 40, and I would consider Dion Dawkins as a favorite for pick 64, depending on who we choose with 40. Other names to watch are David Sharpe from Florida and my personal favorite UDFA signing, Mason Zandi.

Half of it is meh fluff, Tight End is in play and Ron Rivera will have far more input in this draft.

Look for Offense to be addresed with first 3 picks followed by defense .

[Ace_Aladdin]

Luxury picks:

DTs

LBs

CBs

Safety

DEs 

 

BPA picks:

RB

TE

Slot WR

OL

 

 

[Toker Smurf]

Please ban this fugger. Or at least ban me, that would be close enough. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

11 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

I'm sorry but that's bull. We've got Thomas and Adams rated higher than McCaffrey. 50 bucks says if Thomas and McCaffrey are available at #8, we're taking Thomas without a blink of an eye. 

Fournette

Thomas

Adams

IF those three are gone, then it's McCaffrey.

Safety is an area of need. I definitely see us going after Obi.

More support that Howard isn't really being considered at #8. If we do trade back, we'll target Njoku.

incorrect

[chknwing]

44 minutes ago, The Onion Knight said:

At least he makes good threads. Go complain about that NCTarheel guy that seems content with shitting up the entire forum.

considering you have been here what a whole month and nctarheel, myself and specialjuan have been here for years,  I would say your input isn't needed. kthx.

[Malt Liquor]

I know defense is suppose to wins championships, but why do we draft defensive lineman without thinking about the offense? It's like f*ck it DE's and DT's is all we need... So let's say we pick Solomon Thomas at 8. That would mean that picking Vernon Butler last year in the 1st rd. was a waste?

[Jeremy Igo]

Decent write-up for 100% speculation and zero inside knowledge.

[therealmjl]

12 minutes ago, chknwing said:

considering you have been here what a whole month and nctarheel, myself and specialjuan have been here for years,  I would say your input isn't needed. kthx.

[MrBubba]

White out of LSU in the fifth. LOL, Mayock just had him the first round, and was among many others having him in the first

[Khaki Lackey]

 

 

• Round 1, Pick 8: Leonard Fournette (RB, LSU)/Christian McCaffery (RB, Stanford) - As I

• Round 2, Pick 40: Cam Robinson (OT, Alabama), David Njoku (TE, Miami), Obi Melifonwu (SS, UCONN), Jordan Willis (DE, Kansas), Garett Bolles (OT, Utah) Josh Jones (SS, NC State) Tarrell Bashman (DE, Ohio) -

Big time props for using full names, positions, and colleges.

I have a full time job, a family and I don't watch much college ball. It drives me absolutely plátanos when people talk about draft prospects with first name only or nicknames. It should be a bannable offense. Like these wankers are household names at this point.

 

"I like Obiwan and C-diff and PBJ could be the next OBJ, but I'd take ASJ3 if he were available at forty!" Jerkoffs.

 

 

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[panther4life]

That was a well thought out article/post whatever it was.

He seems to contradict himself with saying Gettleman only goes BPA, but then he says we're locked into a RB only at 8 and says the same about other positions later.

Also seems married to the idea we had to have top pick in for a private visit, which I disagree with.

He threw a lot of names out there in his mock. A lot of names I like and some I don't but still overall a good write up.