Carlos Dunlap

[pantherclaw]

I doubt he falls out of the first round.

[rmoneyg35]

I wouldnt mind us getting him. I would prefer us getting a WR first then if he is there with the next pick then we should get him. WR is our biggest need now that we have re-signed Brayton. We have three defensive ends that can start, I would say we need one more for insurance purposes but wide reciever should be our #1 priority.

[pantherclaw]

Let me say this, I don't think we should take a WR just cause it's our biggest need.

I want them to take the best athelet available.

I hate drafting for need ~ as you tend to reach for players.

[Ricky Spanish]

in my humble opinion, the WR class this year is super deep and if in the second round, the one or two guys that we have been eyeing are no longer there, draft the best player available in one of the other positions of need if they are ranked higher on their overall board. there will be plenty of good receivers in the third. that is where we got smitty after all...

[Urrymonster]

Smokescreen.

Do teams really set up smoke screens for 2nd round picks...?

[rayzor]

WR class is deep but not particularly stellar. there just isn't a whole lot of separation between talent. what you get in the 3rd or 4th round won't be a whole lot of drop-off from what you get in the 1st or 2nd.

dunlap can be a beast but he has motivational issues. there are other players i would rather have that don't have those issues and that haven't been found passed out in his car in the middle of an intersection just before the biggest game of the year.

we just got rid of one headcase and i'd rather not replace him with another.

[rayzor]

Do teams really set up smoke screens for 2nd round picks...?

definitely. thats when they are really hoping to get steals.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Do teams really set up smoke screens for 2nd round picks...?

I was just messing around.

It's not that I disagree that "smokescreening" takes place, but most on the Huddle seem to think that the Panthers aren't interested in any of the athletes they've been linked to so far -- that all of these workouts and meetings are just to make teams think we're interested.

Hell, we're also smokescreening Armanti Edwards, and he'll go much later.