Kiper has Cam as one of the first QB off the board

[micnificent28]

Cam Newton is something the nfl has never seen. you can't compare him to young or russell,because coming out he clearly is ahead of both of them in most areas. His situation is like vick coming into the league, you cant label him or stack him up to the next player. But if i had to.....i'd say as close as you can get is Culpepper. They both were good athletes and possesed a rocket arm coming out with decent accuracy.

[AKPantherFan]

Here is the deal.... When you have the number one overall pick you better use it on someone who can change your team the day you draft them, and not make them worse.

You dont want to take "a chance" on a guy with the #1 overall pick.

There is a ton of time between now and the draft and draft boards everywhere are going to continue to change until after the combine.

I say we go after Kolb or even a Brady Quinn type player who can let Clausen sit, hold a clipboard and learn without getting sacked and throwing underneath every other play.

We need to use our #1 pick to trade down, get an impact player and get back our 2nd round pick...

We have a lot of areas we need help, so trading down makes a lot more sense than taking a "chance" on a guy.

If we do use our #1 pick it will be defense, so just forget about the rookie QB crap.

I still honestly think Tony Pike deserves a chance, the kid was better than clausen in college, and maybe Fox was smart by not throwing him into the fire last season.

[micnificent28]

Here is the deal.... When you have the number one overall pick you better use it on someone who can change your team the day you draft them, and not make them worse.

You dont want to take "a chance" on a guy with the #1 overall pick.

There is a ton of time between now and the draft and draft boards everywhere are going to continue to change until after the combine.

I say we go after Kolb or even a Brady Quinn type player who can let Clausen sit, hold a clipboard and learn without getting sacked and throwing underneath every other play.

We need to use our #1 pick to trade down, get an impact player and get back our 2nd round pick...

We have a lot of areas we need help, so trading down makes a lot more sense than taking a "chance" on a guy.

If we do use our #1 pick it will be defense, so just forget about the rookie QB crap.

I still honestly think Tony Pike deserves a chance, the kid was better than clausen in college, and maybe Fox was smart by not throwing him into the fire last season.

I see your logic but i think its flawed. Drafting anyone in the first round is a long term commitment. Yes you want them to make a big splash year one but often its not likely. look at manning,rodgers, and defensive tackle b.j raji.(i know raji is random lol) all of these players didnt make any good impact year one but factored in to the teams long term success.

Having a high pick doesnt mean you have to be a star from day 1.

[Dpantherman]

Why does the pick have to be exciting? I'll be excited if we pick the best player for us, and he succeeds.

[King Taharqa]

Naysayers gonna Nay.

Not like their gonna be around much longer anyway. Let them continue to box theirselves into that corner. :yesnod:

[King Taharqa]

Why does the pick have to be exciting? I'll be excited if we pick the best player for us, and he succeeds.

Because the Panthers are the worst team in the NFL. They usually have half-filled arenas on game days and arent even the most popular NFL team in the city they play in. In fact, its not uncommon for Panther fans to get clowned for supporting the Panthers in the city of Charlotte. Add in the fact people go out of their way to avoid watching our games (including our "fans") and you can understand why we need someone to sell tickets and boost morale. People pay money for this, good money, and I dont think you can assume they're gonna support no matter what. Throw in a potential lockout and you can see easily how people could turn away. The Panthers have to win back support much like the Bobcats have been doing the past 3-4 years.

[teeray]

I know there are other Cam threads floating around, I just wanted to post this for every saying he's a late first-early second round pick. He also stated he likely won't make it out of the top five after this latest workout. People who are saying we should trade down and maybe select him then it's not happening.

Alot of people are say there are no Elite QB in this draft,but what Newton is an Elite talent. Not saying he's a better prospect than luck or manning but he does have once in a generation talent. If i'm handling Newton as much as i want to see it, I don't let him throw at the combine. I don't see a reason for a top 10 lock to potentially drop his stock.

With the value of qb being a higher than any other position and us needing a qb, How can a guy being projected as the 5th best prospect not be good enuff for number 1? We averaged 12 points a game last year and most of the huddle wants us to draft a defensive player?

We for the first time in ages have a chance to Get the best qb prospect in the draft. How often will we be able to say we have our pick of the litter? How often does a 6'6 250 player with a rocket arm and 4.4 speed come along?

It isn't just that we averaged 12 points a game. If we cannot sustain some drives I don't care if we draft Ronni Lott and Lawrence Taylor we will still struggle mightily. We at some point have to let these guys breathe. We cannot lead the league in three and outs again or else we will negate whatever improvement to the talent on the defensive side of the ball.

[teeray]

Here is the deal.... When you have the number one overall pick you better use it on someone who can change your team the day you draft them, and not make them worse.

You dont want to take "a chance" on a guy with the #1 overall pick.

There is a ton of time between now and the draft and draft boards everywhere are going to continue to change until after the combine.

I say we go after Kolb or even a Brady Quinn type player who can let Clausen sit, hold a clipboard and learn without getting sacked and throwing underneath every other play.

We need to use our #1 pick to trade down, get an impact player and get back our 2nd round pick...

We have a lot of areas we need help, so trading down makes a lot more sense than taking a "chance" on a guy.

If we do use our #1 pick it will be defense, so just forget about the rookie QB crap.

I still honestly think Tony Pike deserves a chance, the kid was better than clausen in college, and maybe Fox was smart by not throwing him into the fire last season.

VERY few rookies, number one or otherwise make that much you better form day one. Suh is the exception not the norm.

And if this FO is serious about wanting a franchise QB. Then do it. It is time. Take some lumps by drafting a QB but set us up for winners the next 12-15 years. I don't really care about next year (don't misconstrue that to mean I don't want us to win next year but I would rather set us up to be successful long term than just a short term remedy, we have tried that method at the QB position)

[rayzor]

Here is the deal.... When you have the number one overall pick you better use it on someone who can change your team the day you draft them, and not make them worse.

You dont want to take "a chance" on a guy with the #1 overall pick.

There is a ton of time between now and the draft and draft boards everywhere are going to continue to change until after the combine.

I say we go after Kolb or even a Brady Quinn type player who can let Clausen sit, hold a clipboard and learn without getting sacked and throwing underneath every other play.

We need to use our #1 pick to trade down, get an impact player and get back our 2nd round pick...

We have a lot of areas we need help, so trading down makes a lot more sense than taking a "chance" on a guy.

If we do use our #1 pick it will be defense, so just forget about the rookie QB crap.

I still honestly think Tony Pike deserves a chance, the kid was better than clausen in college, and maybe Fox was smart by not throwing him into the fire last season.

this makes sense if you don't think about it.

[teeray]

Here is the deal.... When you have the number one overall pick you better use it on someone who can change your team the day you draft them, and not make them worse.

You dont want to take "a chance" on a guy with the #1 overall pick.

There is a ton of time between now and the draft and draft boards everywhere are going to continue to change until after the combine.

I say we go after Kolb or even a Brady Quinn type player who can let Clausen sit, hold a clipboard and learn without getting sacked and throwing underneath every other play.

We need to use our #1 pick to trade down, get an impact player and get back our 2nd round pick...

We have a lot of areas we need help, so trading down makes a lot more sense than taking a "chance" on a guy.

If we do use our #1 pick it will be defense, so just forget about the rookie QB crap.

I still honestly think Tony Pike deserves a chance, the kid was better than clausen in college, and maybe Fox was smart by not throwing him into the fire last season.

If you use this pick on defense and our defense is on the field for 70% of the game it will effectively do nothing to improve this team immediately. Hopefully our new regime will improve this.

Having said that if we draft Fairley I won't go jump off a bridge. But if we don't pick Cam I hope don't draft any QB's at all.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Well AK thinks we shouldn't draft Cam, that pretty much seals it as the best idea ever.