The Czar's draft grades

[Cyberjag]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-Draft-grades-every-team-bradford-The Golden Calf of Bristol-042410

Panthers: On paper, if this is GM Marty Hurney’s final draft with the Panthers, it has a chance to be his best. Hurney didn’t have a first-round pick and he tried to trade up with the Rams in order to select Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen, but got him anyway with the 48th overall pick in the second round. Clausen should give Matt Moore a run for his money sometime this season as the starter. With Carolina’s great running game, Clausen has excellent deep-ball accuracy. Remember, the Panthers traded away their first-round pick last year to San Francisco in order to draft Everette Brown, who had 15 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks last season. To help Moore and Claussen, the Panthers got two potential playmakers in Armanti Edwards and Brandon LaFell. Edwards was the quarterback at Appalachian State where he won two national titles, but he projects as a receiver and maybe even a wildcat quarterback. LaFell had a rough senior season at LSU and ran a poor 4.62 at the Combine, but he finished with 175 receptions for 25 TDs. The only bad thing was that Hurney traded away next year’s second-round pick to the Patriots to get this done. OLB Eric Norwood was also good value in the fourth round. Cincinnati QB Tony Pike was an interesting pick. Grade: A+

He gets it. :party:

[Kyle82]

Edwards as a wildcat qb is an interesting theory.

[Montsta]

I personally think that both Fox & Hurney will be here at least 3 more years. They will get to see this excellent draft develop. Way to go guys.

Little concerned that Hurney tried to trade up to get Clausen. The irony is, if they had traded anything to get up, I would have considered this draft a fail, but as it worked out, they did great.

[Khyber53]

Hey, if you had just picked a great quarterback at pick 48 who should have gone in the Top 10, what would be the smartest thing you could ever say to him?

"Man, we tried to trade up and pick you early, but no one wanted to trade. We tried, man, we tried and we thought we had lost you. But we got you, it must have been meant to happen."

It's a lot better than, "well crap, no one figured you'd be there when we came around and whammo! There ya were, passed over by everyone almost twice. We just had to take a swing at ya."

[Montsta]

Hey, if you had just picked a great quarterback at pick 48 who should have gone in the Top 10, what would be the smartest thing you could ever say to him?

"Man, we tried to trade up and pick you early, but no one wanted to trade. We tried, man, we tried and we thought we had lost you. But we got you, it must have been meant to happen."

It's a lot better than, "well crap, no one figured you'd be there when we came around and whammo! There ya were, passed over by everyone almost twice. We just had to take a swing at ya."

Good call.

[therealmjl]

Hey, if you had just picked a great quarterback at pick 48 who should have gone in the Top 10, what would be the smartest thing you could ever say to him?

"Man, we tried to trade up and pick you early, but no one wanted to trade. We tried, man, we tried and we thought we had lost you. But we got you, it must have been meant to happen."

It's a lot better than, "well crap, no one figured you'd be there when we came around and whammo! There ya were, passed over by everyone almost twice. We just had to take a swing at ya."

Good theory here...

[koolkatluke]

This draft alone could have 3 starter and 2 specialist who will play alot of snaps not to mention EB' Tank and Louis. Great draft!!!

[megadeth078]

Thank god we finally made up for the Brown-trade blunder by getting Clausen in the 2ND ROUND without even moving. Now people can finally stfu

[Hairless Cat]

Good theory here...

I would swear that I read somewhere or saw on a video that prior to the second round beginning, either fox or hurney called claussen and told him they were trying to trade up to get him - that sort of shoots a large hole in that "theory"

[firstdayfan]

Don't sleep on David gettis...he has all the tools and reminds me of Brandon Marshall without the drama. If he can put it all together and get better he could be a huge steal we will be talking about for years.