Do you wait til draft day to pick Luck?

[CarolinaCatBrigade]

Once January 15th is over, all college players declare (including Luck in this scenario). We are officially on the clock.

Now we will ether:

1. Sign him before the draft.

2. Wait til day 1 of the draft to pick him (scares me)

3. Wait til day 1 of the draft to trade the pick away (really scares me).

If we wait til the day of the draft to secure our future franchise QB it will mean (to me anyway) that Hurney believes he can grab additional picks and still work with Clausen.

What scenario would you guys like to happen? Because I don't even want to debate waiting til day 1 and seeing all the trade offers, I want to secure the QB position ahead of time and call it a day. Start the party early. Who's with me?

[The Saltman]

u cant sign him until a cba has been agreed to.

[rayzor]

there is no need to wait until draft day to get our #1 pick all lined up, regardless of who it is.

[thefuzz]

Once January 15th is over, all college players declare (including Luck in this scenario). We are officially on the clock.

Now we will ether:

1. Sign him before the draft.

2. Wait til day 1 of the draft to pick him (scares me)

3. Wait til day 1 of the draft to trade the pick away (really scares me).

If we wait til the day of the draft to secure our future franchise QB it will mean (to me anyway) that Hurney believes he can grab additional picks and still work with Clausen.

What scenario would you guys like to happen? Because I don't even want to debate waiting til day 1 and seeing all the trade offers, I want to secure the QB position ahead of time and call it a day. Start the party early. Who's with me?

Gets in a car wreck.

Trips and tears all ligaments in knee.

You wait until the night before the draft to enter into discussions with the no.1 overall pick. Too much can go wrong.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

I wait until the day of our first regular season game and then I sign him. He'll probably use the downtime to design some rad houses anyway.

[grateflday]

Of course we are assuming the new CBA is in place.... that being said.... SIGN HIM before the draft. I dont want to have to stress out thinking the Panthers will do something stupid.

[mountainpantherfan]

The Panther should and will have contract discussions and agreements with several players leading up to the draft. They may even have a deal done, as much as possible considering the CBA situation, but will not make the official pick until the draft begins.

Why?

Because many things can happen in a matter of seconds and to put yourself in a position where you have committed before you have to is foolish.

However, if Luck declares and he is their pick, the Panther need to know if he is willing to come to Carolina or if he pulls an Elway/Manning. And they can do that in private but they need to know one way or another.

[Zod]

Yes, you wait until draft day. That way, everyone is talking about you until the draft. The Panthers get mentioned in every draft article written. If they publicly announce anything, the #2 pick becomes the #1 pick and we become an afterthought.

The smart PR and media thing to do would be wait and keep everyone guessing. The more the Panthers are mentioned, the more shirts and hats are sold.

[Kevin Greene]

Yes, you wait until draft day. That way, everyone is talking about you until the draft. The Panthers get mentioned in every draft article written. If they publicly announce anything, the #2 pick becomes the #1 pick and we become an afterthought.

The smart PR and media thing to do would be wait and keep everyone guessing. The more the Panthers are mentioned, the more shirts and hats are sold.

But if you identify Luck as the chosen one and there's a CBA you work behind the scenes to get a dollar figure lined up.

The Panthers know where Luck's contract number will be. You have to have him on the dotted line so he doesn't miss one second of training camp. None of this holdout BS and late to camp and a year wasted thank you.

[chknwing]

I think u can trade picks without a CBA, so if this is the case, If they are sticking with clausen, trade the pick now, because if luck stays in school, the #1 wont be as valuable afterwards.

[Zod]

But if you identify Luck as the chosen one and there's a CBA you work behind the scenes to get a dollar figure lined up.

The Panthers know where Luck's contract number will be. You have to have him on the dotted line so he doesn't miss one second of training camp. None of this holdout BS and late to camp and a year wasted thank you.

There is no reason why he would miss any camp. Talking to his agent earlier would not help things as everything works toward that camp deadline for negotiations to heat up anyways.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

The more the Panthers are mentioned, the more shirts and hats are sold.

Except for Luck jerseys.

[Jhyler12]

here you go... what if he decides to finish school... then what?

[Kevin Greene]

There is no reason why he would miss any camp. Talking to his agent earlier would not help things as everything works toward that camp deadline for negotiations to heat up anyways.

It would help if the Panthers and Luck agree on a contract number.

We don't want a Jamarcuss Russell type holdout/contract negotiation.

Not comparing Luck to Russell, just what can happen when a number one overall and a team don't agree on a number.