Round 1 - Panthers Select Tetairoa McMillan at Pick 8

[carpanfan96]

14 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

I have no clue where this WR6 thing is coming from. ESPN rated him just below Odunze over BTJ at 4 and Brugler has him at WR3 in last class. There has to be some random site showing this that I’ve yet to see. It’s a weird point as you won’t see many Nabers and MHJs in draft classes. OSU does have one coming up in 2 years but he will be a top 5 easy. 

A Lot of people had T-Mac rated 4th or 5th in this class. 

I think he makes an immediate impact and considering the master class that was day 2... This will probably end up being one of the Panthers best draft classes ever. 

[MHS831]

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

A Lot of people had T-Mac rated 4th or 5th in this class. 

I think he makes an immediate impact and considering the master class that was day 2... This will probably end up being one of the Panthers best draft classes ever. 

I once heard, and have never been able to get it out of my mind, that you are solid if you draft 2 starters (immediate).  TMac is a day 1 starter.  Scourton is a day 1 starter.  I think Ransom has a good chance of starting on day 1.  He has the tools the Panthers covet.  Princely will probably rotate in, so I won't count him. Etienne will rotate in. Cam Jackson will probably rotate in. Evans will rotate in at TE, if he does not start.

 

 

[PadresPanthersFan]

Remember when our wr were chark, thielen, mingo, Marshall and shenault and our te were Thomas and tremble.....

[45catfan]

12 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I once heard, and have never been able to get it out of my mind, that you are solid if you draft 2 starters (immediate).  TMac is a day 1 starter.  Scourton is a day 1 starter.  I think Ransom has a good chance of starting on day 1.  He has the tools the Panthers covet.  Princely will probably rotate in, so I won't count him. Etienne will rotate in. Cam Jackson will probably rotate in. Evans will rotate in at TE, if he does not start.

 

 

McShay thought it was a reach, but conceded due to the lack of blue chip WRs Tet was going high anyway. He wasn't a fan of the Scourton pick either at where we picked in round two in the trade up. He felt it was a reach because we passed on getting a better EDGE prospect in round1.  His draft evaluation (in this particular episode I watched) was not about grades but fits and value.  He didn't think our first two picks met the value of where selected them. 

He really liked Ransom pick (I think we all do) and thought the Evans selection was sneaky good.

Edited 4 hours ago by 45catfan

[Tomcatn]

1 hour ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

Remember when our wr were chark, thielen, mingo, Marshall and shenault and our te were Thomas and tremble.....

I prefer not to 

[tukafan21]

7 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

A Lot of people had T-Mac rated 4th or 5th in this class. 

I think he makes an immediate impact and considering the master class that was day 2... This will probably end up being one of the Panthers best draft classes ever. 

No.

SOME people had him ranked lower, but in no world did "a lot of people" have him ranked that low, the overwhelming majority of experts, analysts, whatever you want to call them had him as the #1 or #2 WR in the class depending on if they kept Hunter in that category or not, or at worst maybe 3rd behind Hunter and then like Golden or something.

[XClown1986]

One of the things that makes TMac an interesting big receiver prospect, is how low he can dip his hips in and out of breaks. This may not seem like a meaningful trait to most, but this is something that, physically, a lot of big guys cannot do well. This limits their flexibility, their ability to beat man to man, and the ability to make themselves skinny/small in run after the catch in traffic. 

This has been an asset to him, particularly on 3rd down and in the red zone. Both places this offense struggled receiver-wise. 

If you rewatch any videos of him, watch him on 3rd and in red zone. He seems to always get open and he never drops a ball. Other situations? Sure, he can use some development to create separation, but here? He's a weapon already.