Report: Shula And The Panthers Planned On Getting McCaffrey And Samuel Months In Advance

[CPF4LIFE]

It's easy to have so much respect for them now for trying to build around cam. The problem is this should have been done years ago. Cam is going into his 7th season. Why it took so long is the question that needs to be answered.

 

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[csx]

1 minute ago, CPF4LIFE said:

It's easy to have so much respect for them now for trying to build around cam. The problem is this should have been done years ago. Cam is gkiing into his 7th season. Why it took so long is the question that needs to be answered.

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We drafted a first and a 2nd round receiver in consecutive seasons.  That they were the best weapons after the fact is a legitimate debate but they did invest in young receivers 

[CPF4LIFE]

We drafted a first and a 2nd round receiver in consecutive seasons.  That they were the best weapons after the fact is a legitimate debate but they did invest in young receivers 

Very true, I just feel like going from drafting big possession receivers to help cam to Swiss arm knives is doing a complete 180.

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[csx]

2 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Very true, I just feel like going from drafting big possession receivers to help cam to Swiss arm knives is doing a complete 180.
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I think it's rounding out the array of options. It's a positive not a negative.

Newton should be in his prime now with a feel for how to work with all of them 

[Woodie]

Just now, CPF4LIFE said:

Very true, I just feel like going from drafting big possession receivers to help cam to Swiss arm knives is doing a complete 180.

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I think they realized their mistake in focusing too much on size over speed/quickness.  I think they also realized that Cam needs to be able to get rid of the ball quicker, and to do that, he needs playmakers closer to the LOS.  And the offense in general needed guys that can make something happen with the ball in their hands.  

[Icege]

3 hours ago, Hallin'AllDaeDae said:

Who the hell is Edgar Salmingo this is no more than a fan piece

Panthers contributor for USA Today

Search engines are incredible things. :3

[Panthers8969]

i did not like these picks initially but i have warmed up to them. All thats left is to see them play

[bandu]

i wanted and even thought Dave would trade up for Fournette instead of drafting McCaffery at #8...it didn't happen i was WRONG

40 minutes ago, RoaringRiot said:

I still get a huge kick out of these threads. Read the whole thing just to watch a few people continue to poo all over themselves. 

It was always going to be him - no matter how bad you don't want to believe it. 

and i'm cool with that because ..the Panthers drafted McCaffery who happens to be one helluva a ball player also,and thats who i root for now;period.

[Woodie]

Just now, stbugs said:

At 8 and 40, we had a really good chance of getting both players. I still am not going to say that if Fournette fell to 8 that we would have passed on him, but I think we knew he wasn't going to be there. We certainly wouldn't have traded away Samuel and Moton to get Fournette. I also think with the Ealy trade, Gettleman made his point that even just that little move was big. We had draft capital to move up if we needed, but based on everything I recall seeing before the draft, 8 and 40 was more than enough to get both.

Yep.  While many scoffed at us only moving up a few spots for Ealy, that move likely landed us a future starting OT.  And New England lost out on the guy they wanted by dropping back those few spots. 

Apparently, they really wanted Dan Feeney at 72 (originally our pick), but the Chargers took him one spot ahead of them at 71.  The Panthers, on the other hand, reportedly wanted Taylor Moton, and if we had stayed put, someone would have likely snatched him up before we would have had a chance to get him.  

So, Gettleman was absolutely right, those few draft spots were gold to us.  And unless Ealy really turns it around there, they clearly lost that trade badly.  The move allowed us to get who we wanted, but they lost out on their guy.   

[Kevin Greene]

Logical, great minds could see that.

[dcpanther89]

Who the hell is Edgar Salmingo this is no more than a fan piece

He used to write for an inferior site


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[Mr. Scot]

33 minutes ago, Icege said:

Panthers contributor for USA Today

Search engines are incredible things. :3

And to be clear, Salmingo is sourcing NFL insider Albert Breer in many of his statements about Shula.

[csx]

And these quotes about offensive strategy regarding the short passing game came out after the draft as if they were asked not to disclose the interview yet. 

I think they had some interest in Fournette but Mccaffery fit their thoughts about direction better.

[CPantherKing]

Shula is recreating his 1999 Bucs offense.

Alstott/Dunn/King = Stewart/McCaffrey/Newton

Green/Anthony/Emmanuel = Funchess/Samuel/Johnson

Moore/Williams = Olsen/Benjamin

So, the 1999 Bucs offense with a better QB, TE, and WR/TE.