1/17 Athletic/Brugler Mock: Panthers Trade Up

[Tr3ach]

40 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Playing it safe on relatively cheap investments at QB is working so well.

There are a lot of question marks with Stroud.  It would be different if he was a for sure prospect.  I'm fine with giving up a couple seconds or something but I dont like giving up next year's first when we very well could be a bad team next year even with Stroud.

[Mother Grabber]

i’d be down with this. spending a Trey Lance-esque haul would be too much, imo.

[LinvilleGorge]

24 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

There are a lot of question marks with Stroud.  It would be different if he was a for sure prospect.  I'm fine with giving up a couple seconds or something but I dont like giving up next year's first when we very well could be a bad team next year even with Stroud.

If he was a "sure thing" then he'd be going #1 overall and there wouldn't be any discussion.

[ForJimmy]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

If he was a "sure thing" then he'd be going #1 overall and there wouldn't be any discussion.

Yeah teams don’t trade out of “sure things.” We inquired about Burrow but the Bengals said nope.

[Daddy_Uncle]

Too bad we won meaningless games and now would have to give up next years first rounder. 

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Yeah teams don’t trade out of “sure things.” We inquired about Burrow but the Bengals said nope.

Yep. Justin Fields has definitely shown promise but if there was an Andrew Luck or a Trevor Lawrence type prospect in this draft the Bears would be taking him and trading Fields.

[ncfan]

44 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Oh Brugler had some minor notes about the Gibbs pick in Rd 2:

 

Heckuva player but I’m still not sold on that pick.

Need more explosive pass catchers in that area

As far as RB,  I’m still taking one in. Rd3-4

We all like what Foreman did and want him back.  But he was a big Wilks guy, and fit his power run scheme/identity.

New Coach, new system.  He may look elsewhere.

[amcoolio]

I'm leaning to staying at 9 and picking BPA, if Stroud is there, that's great, if its Richardson, great, but we also need a dynamic WR and LB so I wouldn't be mad if an elite one were there

[Bear Hands]

6 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Heckuva player but I’m still not sold on that pick.

Need more explosive pass catchers in that area

As far as RB,  I’m still taking one in. Rd3-4

We all like what Foreman did and want him back.  But he was a big Wilks guy, and fit his power run scheme/identity.

New Coach, new system.  He may look elsewhere.

I'm a fan of the RBs projected in RD 3-5. 

Nothing against Chubba, and we'll need to see if we re-sign Foreman, but added RBs are always welcome in those mid rounds.  

One of my personal favorites to fit with those two in our backfield is Tyjae Spears.  Tulane had an awesome year mainly due to him and Michael Pratt.  His vision and quick cuts to find holes are awesome.  He capped off a sensational year dominating USC, big part of why they won.  

He's like Pollard meets Herbert.  Tackle breaker, quick accelerator, quick cuts, pass catcher, home run hitter.  

 

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, joemac said:

Ehhhhhh, IDK about that.  Kyler Murray went number 1 and hes smaller than Young.  Baker went 1 and hes not a big guy either.  

Kyler Murray is shorter than young, but he is bigger than young. Young is naturally a smallish guy. Baker is bigger than young also. All you have to do is look at these guys, and you will see that Young is smaller. 

That being said, someone may overlook that, and I don't believe we will have that opportunity. 

[top dawg]

21 minutes ago, amcoolio said:

I'm leaning to staying at 9 and picking BPA, if Stroud is there, that's great, if its Richardson, great, but we also need a dynamic WR and LB so I wouldn't be mad if an elite one were there

Richardson is a straight-up project. I don't see us passing up another day-one starter to draft AR.

 

[Mistuh Jones]

FWIW I would much rather spend picks on a highly rated rookie than on reclaimation projects 

[JawnyBlaze]

3 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

FIFY

Oh I musta misread. Thought it was ludicrous they were interviewing him for HC. Him going to be their DC would be good for us too heh

[top dawg]

11 minutes ago, Mistuh Jones said:

FWIW I would much rather spend picks on a highly rated rookie than on reclaimation projects 

I have a hard time viewing Lance and especially Fields as classic reclamation projects if that's where you're going. Fields is still a budding star, and Lance hasn't even been able to show what he has (two games and a fraction aren't anywhere near enough). The fact is that it's arguable that both, particularly Fields, are more talented than any prospect in this draft. There are no sure bets coming out of this draft. Just drafting a QB in the first round because he's a first rounder is not a recipe for success, regardless of how much Huddlers opine to the contrary.

Edited January 17, 2023 by top dawg