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Panthers Show Interest In Draft TE Prospect

pantherfan81

By pantherfan81,
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jarhead Newbie

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Teams talking to potential draft picks really means nothing. What teams tell them means even less. The kid I coached was told by the Colts (the most honest franchise in football) that if he was there in the 5th they would take him. He fell to the 7th and got drafted by the Seahawks. Colts took another guy at the same position in the 6th.

Teams do not talk to players without some meaning.I thought it was a great post Pantherfan 81.If this guy can improve his speed he will get some looks and most likely be drafted.

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vorbis Community Regular

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what does it matter? not like the kids we draft can even come in after we draft them anyways...

it's not about getting them in to BoA stadium ASAP, it's about signing them and getting them on the training camp roster, whenever training camp is. are they going to be treated like normal free agents, i.e. absolutely no possibility of signing them before a CBA is reached, or is an exception going to be made and teams allowed to sign rookie free agents like they always do? the panthers have traditionally been very aggressive on that front, and i don't know how that is going to work this offseason.

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it's not about getting them in to BoA stadium ASAP, it's about signing them and getting them on the training camp roster, whenever training camp is. are they going to be treated like normal free agents, i.e. absolutely no possibility of signing them before a CBA is reached, or is an exception going to be made and teams allowed to sign rookie free agents like they always do? the panthers have traditionally been very aggressive on that front, and i don't know how that is going to work this offseason.

I thought it was obvious we couldnt sign any players to a contract without there being rules to signing players.

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I thought Julius Thomas and Luke Stocker both looked good. I'd love to get either (although I still believe Barnidge can be that guy if he's given a chance). DJ Williams also looked good, but I think he's too small to be an all-around TE. That Housler kid got some high marks after the events from some of the analysts, but he didn't impress me and he's too skinny. Virgil Green also looked decent, but I'd rather get Thomas or Stocker. I'm assuming we can't get Rudolph and he didn't participate anyway, nothing to talk about.

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I thought it was obvious we couldnt sign any players to a contract without there being rules to signing players.

dunno. it might be that simple. i wasn't sure, which is why i asked in the first place a month ago. rookie free agents aren't signed to the same type of contracts as drafted players. they are also dealt with differently in subsequent offseasons until they have a certain number of years in the league.

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