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A Couple Draft Grades

mav1234

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Team Draft Grades:

From CBSSports.com by Pete Prisco:

Carolina Panthers

Best pick: Third-round defensive tackle Sione Fua is a power player who will help at a position of dire need.

Questionable move: Taking Cam Newton with the first pick in the draft after taking Jimmy Clausen last year. Newton is a very high risk-reward prospect.

Third-day gem: Sixth-round linebacker Lawrence Wilson was a productive player at Connecticut who will add speed to the linebacker group.

Analysis: Their draft will be defined by Newton. If he becomes a star, this will be a nice draft. If he busts, heads will roll. I like the pick of two defensive tackles after the Newton pick.

Grade: C

Kiper just gave us a grade. It's Insider only, but here's the jist:

Reached for Newton as he was 15 on the big board, but have to be intrigued by him. He has a high ceiling. But the draft was about more than Newton... Filled needs at CB, DT, and WR. Now have to decide who starts.

Needs: C+ Value: C- Overall: C

I think that Prisco is right. This draft is defined by Newton. How he does in the next couple years may very well decide Hurney's fate as our GM. It's pretty clear Kiper is still convinced Newton won't matter because Jimmy will ride in on a white horse (probably with Kiper seated behind him) to save our franchise. :P

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I rarely do, but I agree with Prisco's assessment. This is the kind of draft that in 3 years could be anywhere from an A+ to an F, and much of it will come down to Newton.

The DTs were good pickups. I personally love Kealoha Pilares. I am excited about this year.

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Time will tell, but this is definitely a big moment for Rivera and Hurney. It's almost a certainty that the Panthers will at least double their win total from last year though. That almost always happens after a coaching change, regardless of how their 1st draft goes. Just having different faces on the coaching staff seems to put a charge into teams for some reason.

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I really like the Pilares, Williams and Ziemba picks. They all seem like great value picks and guys who have the abilty to be starters down the road. Newton and Hogan picks were high reward/high risks pick that the team needed to start making in order to turn things around. I like the picks and the talent is there just not the value. McClain and Fua were average picks in that these guys were 3rd rounders drafted in the 3rd round. This round is where you often see guys who have low cieling but a high floor and thats what I see in these two DTs. The pick I like the least was the Wilson pick. He seems like a possible ST standout but nothing special at LB.

The thing I like about this draft is there seems to be a lot of talent in the picks (aside from the Wilson pick). Value is a great thing but it doesn't give you anything on the field. Talent does and I would rather get talent than value most of the time, especially with a team that is rebuilding. The main thing I dislike about this draft is that the team was obviously drafting for need and I worry that may have had too much influence on the picks.

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Our draft should be determined for wasting a pick on AE last year.

absolutely...that was a very stupid move. same goes for ingram and julio jones this year. i wouldnt never ever trade a high future draft pick away unless we are talking about a QB. any other position can be filled without trading the whole farm away.

guys, that cbs journalist sucks. he gave us a D for aldon smith though the texans, the boys and the pats wanted to have him. bill parcells rated him higher than quinn, like i know.

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