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Round 1 - Panthers Select Tetairoa McMillan at Pick 8

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57 minutes ago, HPPantherzfan said:

I really don’t understand the takes on this guy from some of you, posters I generally respect their opinions, but I watched a lot of this guy this past season and he just flat out catches everything in his area.  I posted about it a few months ago, this guy is the real deal!  If BY can put the ball anywhere close to him, he is going to come down with it.  Saying we already have this player in XL is a lazy take.

The main problem i had with picking Tmac at 8 was that he is only a top ten WR because of the lack of top end Reciever talent in this draft.  He has to be more aggressive without the ball in his hands.  Has to be more of a team player and block downfield on running plays.  Use his big body and be the bully instead of getting bullied.  He's a Panther now and I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.  The news about Walker's shoulder made this easier to swallow also, and you could say just about anyone we could pick at 8 would be a stretch

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45 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The main problem i had with picking Tmac at 8 was that he is only a top ten WR because of the lack of top end Reciever talent in this draft.  He has to be more aggressive without the ball in his hands.  Has to be more of a team player and block downfield on running plays.  Use his big body and be the bully instead of getting bullied.  He's a Panther now and I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.  The news about Walker's shoulder made this easier to swallow also, and you could say just about anyone we could pick at 8 would be a stretch

What would you have rather done with the pick? Who was the better and cleaner prospect on the board?

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1 minute ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

What would you have rather done with the pick? Who was the better and cleaner prospect on the board?

Honestly was a little concerned before double dipping yesterday. Nick and Princely are gems. Nick was better than Shemar in my very honest opinion. 

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6 minutes ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

What would you have rather done with the pick? Who was the better and cleaner prospect on the board?

I was team Walker, after learning about the injury I'm glad we didn't pick him.  As I said I would have went Edge mainly because I knew it would be hard to get a starter in the 2nd.  To be fair there was no player worth the 8th pick 

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8 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Honestly was a little concerned before double dipping yesterday. Nick and Princely are gems. Nick was better than Shemar in my very honest opinion. 

Exactly, if you looked at the Panthers draft guide they had Scourton ranked ahead of Stewart

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58 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The main problem i had with picking Tmac at 8 was that he is only a top ten WR because of the lack of top end Reciever talent in this draft.  He has to be more aggressive without the ball in his hands.  Has to be more of a team player and block downfield on running plays.  Use his big body and be the bully instead of getting bullied.  He's a Panther now and I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.  The news about Walker's shoulder made this easier to swallow also, and you could say just about anyone we could pick at 8 would be a stretch

This is the last time I throw shade at Tmac, he's a Panther now and deserves a chance to prove me wrong, which I hope he does.  

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5 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Exactly, if you looked at the Panthers draft guide they had Scourton ranked ahead of Stewart

Didn't know that. I'm liking this PFF guy more and more. I watched games of Shemar from last season, but the guy on the other side kept making plays. I didn't even know who he was. It was Nick Scourton.

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2 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Didn't know that. I'm liking this PFF guy more and more. I watched games of Shemar from last season, but the guy on the other side kept making plays. I didn't even know who he was. It was Nick Scourton.

Yea they had a 2nd round grade on Stewart and 1st on Scourton

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12 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Didn't know that. I'm liking this PFF guy more and more. I watched games of Shemar from last season, but the guy on the other side kept making plays. I didn't even know who he was. It was Nick Scourton.

Tez has a problem with size. He will have to make his way onto the team through special teams. At a buck fifty he will get broken in half at this level.

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Tez has a problem with size. He will have to make his way onto the team through special teams. At a buck fifty he will get broken in half at this level.

Oh I strongly disagree about making the team on special teams. He's basically Tank Dell. We don't have anyone like him. And haven't for a long time. 

And Tank's injury was a freak play. Not him getting smacked by a defender. Bad luck more than anything. 

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2 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Oh I strongly disagree about making the team on special teams. He's basically Tank Dell. We don't have anyone like him. And haven't for a long time. 

And Tank's injury was a freak play. Not him getting smacked by a defender. Bad luck more than anything. 

Apparently teams don't share the same view. Today is special teams day and these cats only hope is to earn a spot by standing out on special teams. Tez is not beating out a wr on this team in camp. 

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Apparently teams don't share the same view. Today is special teams day and these cats only hope is to earn a spot by standing out on special teams. Tez is not beating out a wr on this team in camp. 

Welp can't argue that. But he definitely earns a roster spot on Carolina as the 5th or 6th guy. Beats out David Moore and whoever else we have behind him.

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8 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Welp can't argue that. But he definitely earns a roster spot on Carolina as the 5th or 6th guy. Beats out David Moore and whoever else we have behind him.

David Moore plays special teams as well. Like I said, he will have to play special teams if he wants a spot on the roster.

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