What Do You Think About Our Rookies Thus Far?

[Gapanthersfan]

In the fact that they contribute and look like they belong in the nfl, this is the best draft class since I don’t know when. If they end up being depth at some point I’m 100% good with that. I don’t see sanders, XL, Wallace or Coker (undrafted) out of the NFL in 3 years so that’s progress. 

[TD alt]

Well, at least the people responding aren't dogging X out like some. He's an unfinished project for sure, but all the talk of three years seems a little outlandish to me. He has made progress. He mostly just needs to get work in on the JUGS. I don't really understand why some others can't see that. I guess because they don't want to. 

[Ricky Spanish]

19 minutes ago, TD alt said:

Well, at least the people responding aren't dogging X out like some. He's an unfinished project for sure, but all the talk of three years seems a little outlandish to me. He has made progress. He mostly just needs to get work in on the JUGS. I don't really understand why some others can't see that. I guess because they don't want to. 

XL is getting himself open by using his size and with some downright good routes. He just needs to work on finishing the catch.

JT Sanders has been the biggest surprise for me in terms of immediate impact. I didn't expect him to do jack the first year or two just based on how TEs tend to progress in the NFL, but he has been a legitimate contributor in the passing game thus far. Hope he continues to improve moving forward.

[Joe Bear]

XL can get open. No one (well, no one should) denies that. It's just that when the ball approaches him he's more of a defensive back.

[TD alt]

X needs to work with 89.

[WhoKnows]

48 minutes ago, Gapanthersfan said:

In the fact that they contribute and look like they belong in the nfl, this is the best draft class since I don’t know when. If they end up being depth at some point I’m 100% good with that. I don’t see sanders, XL, Wallace or Coker (undrafted) out of the NFL in 3 years so that’s progress. 

Since 2017, which was a much better draft. It’s progress in that we didn’t just waste picks on guys who had no business being drafted, but it doesn’t even have a marquee guy like Burns, Moore and Brown (for the drafts since 2017).

Brooks was the only guy until this week that we weren’t sure about in terms of maybe elite. Losing two years and not knowing what he’ll be makes it a bad pick. The best value we got was Coker and we really do need to do better this draft. It’s nice we’re competitive but if we actually want to be a playoff team, we need better drafts.

[SmokinwithWilly]

1 hour ago, Ricky Spanish said:

XL is getting himself open by using his size and with some downright good routes. He just needs to work on finishing the catch.

JT Sanders has been the biggest surprise for me in terms of immediate impact. I didn't expect him to do jack the first year or two just based on how TEs tend to progress in the NFL, but he has been a legitimate contributor in the passing game thus far. Hope he continues to improve moving forward.

Sanders has been the least surprising for me. Anything at all was better than everything from Ian Thomas. 

[Gapanthersfan]

12 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

Since 2017, which was a much better draft. It’s progress in that we didn’t just waste picks on guys who had no business being drafted, but it doesn’t even have a marquee guy like Burns, Moore and Brown (for the drafts since 2017).

Brooks was the only guy until this week that we weren’t sure about in terms of maybe elite. Losing two years and not knowing what he’ll be makes it a bad pick. The best value we got was Coker and we really do need to do better this draft. It’s nice we’re competitive but if we actually want to be a playoff team, we need better drafts.

Agreed, especially on Brooks. I’m not sure who pounded the table for him, but dang. I guess they were really headstrong on offense. I think an offseason with Bryce 2.0 will do a lot in taking the proverbial next step. 

This next draft needs a guaranteed blue chip 1st round defensive player and if we can luck our way in to a 3rd round stud safety or CB, we could really work on rounding out the secondary. 

Coming away with quality depth is a job well done compared to what they’ve done recently. 

[Jackie Lee]

So just Bryce Starting and DJ Johnson in rotation after all that trading. I guess Zavala is on the bench somewhere and that's it. 

@mike_e_kaye

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The #Panthers only have three players left from the 2023 draft class after waiving Robinson and trading Jonathan Mingo. GM Dan Morgan was part of the draft process last year but scholarships clearly didn’t extend to his tenure at the top.

[SOJA]

Go back and look at our previous 5 drafts before this, they are littered with mostly misses. The fact that right now five guys are contributing to this team (including Brooks because he looked good before injury) is a huge win. 

Not every class is going to be the saints Marshon Lattimore and Alvin Kamara level class, finding guys who can contribute to the team is a vast improvement from years past. 

Bryce's class alone looks like an unmitigated disaster right now

[TheSpecialJuan]

2 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

So just Bryce Starting and DJ Johnson in rotation after all that trading. I guess Zavala is on the bench somewhere and that's it. 

@mike_e_kaye

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The #Panthers only have three players left from the 2023 draft class after waiving Robinson and trading Jonathan Mingo. GM Dan Morgan was part of the draft process last year but scholarships clearly didn’t extend to his tenure at the top.

Robinson was given every chance to show what he could do, but he's simply a special teams guy, no big loss. Besides, he might be brought back to the PS. 

Looking ahead to 2025: the only SAF we have under contact is Demani Richardson 

Xavier Woods, Jordan Fuller, Nick Scott, Lonnie Johnson, Sam Franklin all UFA's