McShay Says Gabbert is a Possibility for Us Now, as Well as Fairley or Bowers

[PanthersPhan18]

Fairley's the best choice as of right now.

[rayzor]

thats insane. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Gabbert has the physical tools. We don't even know if Clausen does.

lol.

[brandon_87]

who and who?

[raleigh-panther]

The NFL combine could help with this QB situation, if those guys show up.

Remember, Flacco was a relative unknown, and from the combine, he emerged.

[MWCarolina]

Fine.

Take Gabbert, and threaten to take McShay's life if he sucks.

i wouldnt mind taking Gabbert, but i dont think Richardson goes after him, BUT he's looks like the best NFL ready QB in the draft now.

I still say no to Gabbert, just for the simple fact that their is a realistic chance at getting Luck in the 2012 draft. If not Luck, Matt Barkley would be an option. Either way, we should just stick with Jimmy so we can either suck and get Luck, or Jimmy surprise us all and show some signs of being our QB of the future. I want AJ Green pretty bad on this team, but Bowers or Fairley would be a good good pick at #1. I still think it all depends on who the coach is.

i wouldnt mind either, sure we could suck, but if we have Gabbert or Newton, there's also that potential that they could suck. We cant say with fact that Newton will come in and win us 7 games, just like i cant say that Newton will only win us 3 games in his rookie year, it's likely they go defense, but i would NOT be shocked if they went for Gabbert, Newton or Green, it ALL depends on the coach. If Rob Ryan is hired, i see Newton here.

[jramsey4]

Have any of you seen Gabbert play? I can't believe hes even in the discussion for the 1st round. #1 overall is plain laughable.

[CarolinaSock]

Fairley is not worth a #1. Just because he's the best DT in this draft doesn't mean he's that valuable. He would have been the 3rd DT taken last year.

[Ruff]

I honestly think that Fairley is better than Gerald McCoy, but I don't think he's better than Suh, and I sure as hell don't think he's worth the #1 draft pick.

Blaine Gabbert is in the same situation, in my eyes, as Cam Newton is. I wouldn't mind for us to pick up either of them, but not at the #1 spot. If we had the #10, I wouldn't mind at all, but neither of them are worth the #1.

AJ Green and Patrick Peterson are your two best bets.

[whynot]

Cam Newton might lose us plenty of games next year, but when he does get it all figured out he will win big for somebody.Teams will have to know that if they don't have a Lb with eyes on him he be able to run on by the big linemen and over a lot of blitzing corners. How many times have you seen Rotlesberger or whatever get hit and still stand there and make the play.Cam is quicker and stronger ,Maybe even smarter

considering all the wise off the field moves he has made recently.

[Cat'sGrowl]

The only player worth taking at 1 is AJ Green.

He's the only other blue-chip prospect in this year's class.

Anybody else is a reach.

I think people need to remove that argument from their ammo stockpile, and start deciding if we should trade down, and for what, or if we should just accept that we're going to reach for someone if we don't take Green.

[Nicbsbll2]

Everyone that's calling for Gabbert needs to start watching college football and stop watching Sports Center.

[mav1234]

perhaps but he's now the #1 rated QB it seems which... seems strange for his stats and all.

[Nicbsbll2]

perhaps but he's now the #1 rated QB it seems which... seems strange for his stats and all.

Depending on where you look Mallet, Newton and Gabbert are all rated as the number one QB. No one really knows who the teams will actually rate as the #1 now that Luck's gone.

[Swarly]

there is no QB worth #1 overall. looking at this quarterback class, I wouldn't even take a quarterback in the first round...

if we can't trade down(which is what I'd prefer we do), then we have to get the best player available, which is Patrick Peterson/Fairley/Bowers/Green. Either of those guys would be fine, but I'm really starting to like the idea of drafting Patrick Peterson and having an elite secondary to help us against the pass-happy teams in our division.