Brooks has ACL tear same knee

[rayzor]

grumble grumble grumble

[Growl]

21 hours ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

It's not hindsight. Called it then. Called it with TMJ over Humphrey. Our center play has been hot garbage for damn near a decade and relying on a guy moved from guard to C coming off back to back injury seasons was stupid. I've been beating the drum for a center since we traded for Paradis. 

yeah but nobody cared then just like nobody cares now.

It’s a weird take given how they’ve had consistently good center play from a rotating cast of guys there this season. It’s not a valuable position to invest in and they absolutely should not set a high pick on fire trying to fix a problem that isn’t broken. 
 

if anything this season has completely disassembled the argument that they should so we find it odd you’re trying to beat the drum for it just because a guy got injured 

[electro's horse]

Why do we always draft second round RBs instead of safeties? I’ve been saying for 23 years that the panthers needed to trade back up into the first to take Ed Reed. No one ever listens to me about this. 

[45catfan]

Took Brooks who was injured during the draft, but wouldn't touch Payton Wilson who was actually healthy because of his injury history.  Complete Panthers logic.

[Martin]

2 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Took Brooks who was injured during the draft, but wouldn't touch Payton Wilson who was actually healthy because of his injury history.  Complete Panthers logic.

Just imagine where we would be right now with Wilson’s 33 tackles on the season? Total game changer

[Bear Hands]

Seems we need a General Second Round pick venting thread lol.

[45catfan]

23 hours ago, Martin said:

Just imagine where we would be right now with Wilson’s 33 tackles on the season? Total game changer

He's a reserve for the Steelers because they are actually deep..  Imagine the amount of tackles he would have in our defense that can't stop the rush.  I have no doubt WAY more than Wallace.

Point remains, they veered away from a healthy dude because of past injuries and actually drafted a dude with a serious one at the time. STUPID.

[rayzor]

17 hours ago, Bear Hands said:

Seems we need a General Second Round pick venting thread lol.

Lol

 

[kungfoodude]

On 12/12/2024 at 7:23 AM, uncfan888 said:

We also have a 1000 yard rusher picked in the fourth round on the roster.. They really need to stop drafting RBs so early. There's no point

It's so fuging infuriating that people cannot see something that is so simple. 

A top 5 RB is already at an AAV of almost $8.5 mil.  

[kungfoodude]

On 12/12/2024 at 7:59 AM, Growl said:

yeah but nobody cared then just like nobody cares now.

It’s a weird take given how they’ve had consistently good center play from a rotating cast of guys there this season. It’s not a valuable position to invest in and they absolutely should not set a high pick on fire trying to fix a problem that isn’t broken. 
 

if anything this season has completely disassembled the argument that they should so we find it odd you’re trying to beat the drum for it just because a guy got injured 

It's literally the weakest position on the OL and has been from Corbett to BC to Mays. Why not get a top center? I mean, they are literally the cheapest of all OL.

[kungfoodude]

14 hours ago, 45catfan said:

He's a reserve for the Steelers because they are actually deep..  Imagine the amount of tackles he would have in our defense that can't stop the rush.  I have no doubt WAY more than Wallace.

Point remains, they veered away from a healthy dude because of past injuries and actually drafted a dude with a serious one at the time. STUPID.

He is a significantly more NFL ready guy than Wallace now but he is also a lot older. I also probably would have rather had Wilson but I completely understand the reasons to avoid him. The same reasons we should have avoided a far lower value position in RB in the 2nd.

I am way less perturbed about taking Wallace over Wilson than I am Brooks over Frazier. That's a lightspeed stupid move that most intelligent Huddlers could have even made while above a legal driving BAC limit.

[Shocker]

I wanted Zack Frazier with that Brooks pick personally.  Center is a need no doubt

[SmokinwithWilly]

58 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

It's literally the weakest position on the OL and has been from Corbett to BC to Mays. Why not get a top center? I mean, they are literally the cheapest of all OL.

Frazier made more sense than Brooks. We were going to have a starting C that was switching from guard on the last year of his contract. Taking a RB with a busted wheel for a 2-15 team isn't really a luxury you can afford. 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, SmokinwithWilly said:

Frazier made more sense than Brooks. We were going to have a starting C that was switching from guard on the last year of his contract. Taking a RB with a busted wheel for a 2-15 team isn't really a luxury you can afford. 

This is the crux of the Panthers situation. Consistently making luxury picks that don't pan out.

TBH, it's been a rough draft so far. XL is looking suspect for a guy that was a trade up. Brooks may never play meaningful snaps for us again. Wallace could be a guy? Hard to say so far. Sanders may be a stud. The guys after that are basically nothing.

If XL or Wallace don't pan out, this was a classic Panthers dumpster fire draft.