Round 1 - Panthers Select Tetairoa McMillan at Pick 8

[XClown1986]

14 minutes ago, bandu said:

yeah Tet McMillian is not Mike Evans that is not a good comparision it's a lazy one if anything Tet looks like a slightly heavier George Pickens coming out of college 

What? No. McMillian is Drake London

[BEASTfromdaEAST]

1 minute ago, XClown1986 said:

What? No. McMillian is Drake London

Yup and XL needs to get into Deebo mode like we heard about. Throw in Coker and we finally start to have some talent on offense.

[TheSpecialJuan]

The Rams were making calls to move up and teams believed L.A. was seeking to draft Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan, per source.

McMillan was selected by the Panthers at No. 8.
 

Per Dianna Russini 

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

The Rams were making calls to move up and teams believed L.A. was seeking to draft Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan, per source.

McMillan was selected by the Panthers at No. 8.
 

Per Dianna Russini 

Good news for us. Rams know how to evaluate receivers. 

[Bostonheelfish]

He runs like Julius Ozempic Peppers

[BEASTfromdaEAST]

10 minutes ago, Bostonheelfish said:

He runs like Julius Ozempic Peppers

[Bear Hands]

He has our HC's stamp and our HC made his name as a WR coach who made 3rd-7th rounders into difference makers.  Let's see how it rolls.  Let's see how this class rolls.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Out of all the top prospects I looked into heavily, he was the one I wanted the least. Just looks so slow overall. Slow off the line. Slow straight line speed. Slow out of breaks. Struggles to get open against any halfway decent competition.

Reality is that he put up huge numbers vs bottom tier garbage competition - guys who are not even on the NFL radar and will end up selling car insurance. Whenever he went up against potential NFL talent, he couldn't get open.

Twice against Travis Hunter, 2023 15 yards, 2024 38 yards - and go back and watch the games (if you want), he could not get open AT ALL. Was completely blanket covered all game long. That's what you're going to be getting in the NFL, no insurance salesmen to beat up on anymore. Probably best case scenario he ends up a mid-tier forgettable JAG type WR. Really low ceiling for a top 10 pick.

I'm honestly not even sure if I would have used a 2nd rounder on him much less #8 overall.

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[pantherclaw]

I sincerely don't understand the disappointment that I am reading in this thread. So many wanted another pass catcher.  

They drafted the best one in the draft. 

The huddle is never satisfied. 

[tukafan21]

5 minutes ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

Out of all the top prospects I looked into heavily, he was the one I wanted the least. Just looks so slow overall. Slow off the line. Slow straight line speed. Slow out of breaks. Struggles to get open against any halfway decent competition.

Reality is that he put up huge numbers vs bottom tier garbage competition - guys who are not even on the NFL radar and will end up selling car insurance. Whenever he went up against potential NFL talent, he couldn't get open.

Twice against Travis Hunter, 2023 15 yards, 2024 38 yards - and go back and watch the games (if you want), he could not get open AT ALL. Was completely blanket covered all game long. That's what you're going to be getting in the NFL, no insurance salesmen to beat up on anymore. Probably best case scenario he ends up a mid-tier forgettable JAG type WR. Really low ceiling for a top 10 pick.

I'm honestly not even sure if I would have used a 2nd rounder on him much less #8 overall.

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I'm not going to keep refuting when people say dumb things about T-Mac like the last few months, but I'll still love when people spout off dumb stuff like this and make it sound like they've done their research watching full game footage to make statements like this.

You gave yourself away when talking about how he couldn't get open vs Hunter in this year's Colorado game.

Hunter came into the game hurt, played sparingly in the 1st half and then didn't play a single snap in the 2nd half, literally not one and if I remember correctly, he had even changed into street clothes at halftime so he wasn't even dressed in the 2nd half.

There's a ton more I can say, lots of other stats to refute your nonsense about him not performing against good teams (I've pulled the data against ranked teams and it proves you wrong, just don't feel like going and doing it again or finding an old post of mine), but just not worth doing all that.  

But yea, every time I see someone talk about Hunter getting the best of him this past season while saying people need to go watch the tape, just makes me crack up because if they actually watched said tape, they'd know how dumb of a statement it was.

Edited 10 hours ago by tukafan21

[PadresPanthersFan]

After having some time to ponder it I understand the pick but doesn't mean I agree with it

As I said awhile ago given how the price of even mediocre wr has gotten insane theyre becoming some of the most valuable pieces on the football field and getting 1 for cheap is a valuable resource if he's any good.  

I think Canales is trying to recreate what he had in tb with 2 alpha wr. If and it's a major if both tmac and x grow into legit wr having them on rookie contracts will allow us to blow more money on the def. Just look at the problem the Bengals have with how much money is invested in a qb and 2 wr

[R0CKnR0LLA]

3 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Hunter came into the game hurt, played sparingly in the 1st half and then didn't play a single snap in the 2nd half, literally not one and if I remember correctly, he had even changed into street clothes at halftime so he wasn't even dressed in the 2nd half.

Yeah that's why he was able to notch a whopping 5 catches for 38 yards, instead of the 15 yards he did the previous year when TH was healthy. I did notice TH wasn't on him for most of the game BTW, but doesn't change anything I said.

[UnluckyforSome]

4 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

I sincerely don't understand the disappointment that I am reading in this thread. So many wanted another pass catcher.  

They drafted the best one in the draft. 

The huddle is never satisfied. 

Of course, but that is being a fan. 

I wanted defense. We are so terrible and incapable on that side of the ball. I very much believe a team can punch above its weight class with a strong defense. That, coupled with our historic inability to get the wr position right, certainly gives me pause.

If he works out..wonderful, great, fabulous. I hope he is our next hof-worthy wr.

[Navy_football]

6 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

I sincerely don't understand the disappointment that I am reading in this thread. So many wanted another pass catcher.  

They drafted the best one in the draft. 

The huddle is never satisfied. 

I wouldn't say I'm disappointed. I just don't think he's the missing piece. This receiver room really lacks a fast twitch guy (or 2) that scares you when you press.