Brooks wasn’t the worst offensive draft mistake the panthers made this year

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Crazy to think we could have Stroud, McConkey, Frazier - 3 cornerstone players to build around for the next 10+ years.

Instead we took a midget QB, a stone hands WR, and a RB permanently on IR - and our entire college scouting department still all have their jobs.

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

 

 

Well it looks like some drugs might have been involved…

[electro's horse]

3 hours ago, frankw said:

 

 

Listen 

[BEASTfromdaEAST]

It's crazy our 2nd Rd picks really are cursed 

[flagfootballcoach28]

8 hours ago, electro's horse said:

Doing that good huh 

 

Yeah but when he gets the ball he looks like he’s playing a different game. XL gets the ball and he has to juggle the ball multiple times while he tries move it from his gut to his hands. 

Exactly this. Ladd plays the game at a different level than XL 

[kungfoodude]

39 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

Exactly this. Ladd plays the game at a different level than XL 

It's the same level of simple as Coker vs. XL. Excellent fundamentals which lead to more consistent separation and the ability to haul the ball in when it comes their way. XL has none of that.

This shouldn't be a surprise, these were knocks on XL coming in.

[Aussie Tank]

9 hours ago, BEASTfromdaEAST said:

It's crazy our 2nd Rd picks really are cursed 

Trade em for proven players 

[rayzor]

It's crazy how much we whine in here over things that didn't happen

[csx]

16 hours ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

Crazy to think we could have Stroud, McConkey, Frazier - 3 cornerstone players to build around for the next 10+ years.

Instead we took a midget QB, a stone hands WR, and a RB permanently on IR - and our entire college scouting department still all have their jobs.

There were changes in the college scouting after this years draft. Scouting changes typically happen after the draft.

One of the knocks on McConkey coming out was his last year injury history limiting his playing time.

Edited 37 minutes ago by csx

[kungfoodude]

10 minutes ago, csx said:

There were changes in the college scouting after this years draft. Scouting changes typically happen after the draft.

One of the knocks on McConkey coming out was his last year injury history limiting his playing time.

And he will likely be banged up over his career in the NFL but will always be able to produce when healthy because he is such a fundamentally sound player.

This is the polar opposite of XL. His fundamentals are almost nonexistent. Those are things we have to attempt to develop. Sadly, these are the traits of a Day Three pick, not a first rounder. 

Once again, I very much doubt history will be kind to taking a halfcourt shot on a high potential, extremely low floor player over a polished, NFL ready WR.

I hope XL makes me eat those words but this just seemed like such a no-brainer move at the time. Same with the Frazier move over Brooks.

The only pick I liked in this entire draft was Sanders. TBH, he was the only one that came close to proving his value, for that matter.

[csx]

23 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

And he will likely be banged up over his career in the NFL but will always be able to produce when healthy because he is such a fundamentally sound player.

This is the polar opposite of XL. His fundamentals are almost nonexistent. Those are things we have to attempt to develop. Sadly, these are the traits of a Day Three pick, not a first rounder. 

Once again, I very much doubt history will be kind to taking a halfcourt shot on a high potential, extremely low floor player over a polished, NFL ready WR.

I hope XL makes me eat those words but this just seemed like such a no-brainer move at the time. Same with the Frazier move over Brooks.

The only pick I liked in this entire draft was Sanders. TBH, he was the only one that came close to proving his value, for that matter.

It certainly seems to be the wrong pick now. But things aren't always black and white. I'm not writing Legette off yet by any means. He has work to do for sure