Panther Elders, has *any* rookie ever looked as good in camp as McCaffrey?

[Dex]

Just now, The Huddler said:

@Dex

I've seen it. I just don't want to get worked up until he plays an NFL game. Then I'm free to get a chub.

[electro's horse]

Peppers, beason, deshaun foster, dan Morgan

not flashy but Kalil was better than hartwig in camp and everyone knew it. 

Also we drafted some insane punt returner in the third round one time....

[Sam Mills Fan]

40 minutes ago, Dex said:

I'm only referring to like through one week in training camp not anything beyond that.

[Daddy_Uncle]

How the hell did he fall to us. Also how the hell did Luke fall to us in that draft. Would Marty have made those two picks

[Daddy_Uncle]

2 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

Peppers, beason, deshaun foster, dan Morgan

not flashy but Kalil was better than hartwig in camp and everyone knew it. 

Also we drafted some insane punt returner in the third round one time....

Nah the only one of those that was comparable to CMC is Peppers. Luke is the only other one. 

[Daddy_Uncle]

6 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

@Dex

not sure Luke is going at Game speed in tramp, but you don't make the best linebacker in the NFL look that silly. Heaven help linebackers of this league. CMC will get so many yards this season

[Cyberjag]

3 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

How the hell did he fall to us. Also how the hell did Luke fall to us in that draft. Would Marty have made those two picks

Marty did make one of them.

[Jimmy]

Luke may have been polished in camp but the expectations were tempered because he hadn't played a snap yet and many were still baffled at his selection at the time...CMC on the other hand is also polished AND the expectations are also there. There is some correlation but CMCs expectationsare higher at this point than Luke's were. 

[The Huddler]

9 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

not sure Luke is going at Game speed in tramp, but you don't make the best linebacker in the NFL look that silly. Heaven help linebackers of this league. CMC will get so many yards this season

i dont understand why our players would be taking the foot off the gas in practice. makes no sense.  practice fast play fast

[Wyank]

You would also think the Panthers D players are tired of being in CMC highlight reels so some effort would be put in to not being the next player looking like a fool.

or

Maybe CMC isn't going game speed yet either ... Please let there be another gear we haven't seen.

[backINblack28]

Even in preseason, in Cam's rookie year he looked like a QB who was adjusting hard to an NFL scheme...wasn't really until the Cardinals/first actual game until he blew the doors off.  

People were weird about the Kuechly pick for a while until Beason's injury troubles/that problem was resolved at least enough that his camp hype wasn't producing a whole lot other than we have a log jam at talent at LB.

Peppers definitely was huge.

DW was pretty well hyped, but still took second fiddle his first year to Foster.

So no.  I don't rightly really remember a first round pick getting this much attention right away other than Peppers

[Chaos]

How the hell did he fall to us. Also how the hell did Luke fall to us in that draft. Would Marty have made those two picks

Marty drafted Luke

[thefuzz]

Peppers comes to mind.  Morgan was pretty great as well right off the bat.

 

However, I think that we are all just super excited, as it's been a long time since we have had a rook in there that is this electric....think 2001.

[Ivan The Awesome]

3 minutes ago, carolina-chuck3 said:

Luke did not look that great until Beason got hurt and was pushed inside

(eyes roll)

 

Mmmmkay.