With the _ pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the Carolina Panthers select...

[Dex]

Matt Kalil OL USC

Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State

Quinton Coples DE North Carolina

Jonathon Martin OL Stanford

Riley Reiff OL Iowa

Alshon Jeffrey WR South Carolina

Vontaze Burfict MLB Arizona State

Brandon Thompson DT Clemson

Morris Claiborne CB LSU

Manti Te'o OLB Notre Dame

Luke Kuechly MLB Boston College

Cordy Glenn OL Georgia

Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama

David DeCastro OL Stanford

Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama

Alfonzo Dennard CB Nebraska

Zach Brown OLB North Carolina

Ronnell Lewis OLB Oklahoma

Alameda Ta'amu DT Washington

Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina

Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame

Courtney Upshaw OLB Alabama

Brandon Jenkins OLB FSU

Jeff Fuller WR Texas A&M

Kendall Reyes DT Connecticut

Bruce Irvin OLB West Virginia

Best player available.

[bauss]

inb4 luck...doh'!

[Dex]

inb4 luck...doh'!

If he wants to do Cam's towel laundry sure.

[raleigh-panther]

Blackmon physically looks like the 2nd coming of Calvin, doesn't he?

Panthers could use someone like that, without doubt, but, serious defensive problems, and the need for another OT (and now Bell isn't the long-term answer and Gross is getting long in the tooth) will probably not make that possible, but, who knows.

Hard to find quality OTs and DTs past round 2.

I just hope, somewhere along the way, the Panthers draft a kicker who can kick-off and make field goals...sick already of Mare.

[Dex]

Blackmon physically looks like the 2nd coming of Calvin, doesn't he?

Panthers could use someone like that, without doubt, but, serious defensive problems, and the need for another OT (and now Bell isn't the long-term answer and Gross is getting long in the tooth) will probably not make that possible, but, who knows.

Hard to find quality OTs and DTs past round 2.

I just hope, somewhere along the way, the Panthers draft a kicker who can kick-off and make field goals...sick already of Mare.

Imagine if we had both Kalil brothers and both were successful? Collect the whole set.

[Dex]

Also yes I love Blackmon but he's no CJ. He's 6-1 and 215 lbs. He reminds me of Anquan Boldin.

[Dpantherman]

Ask me after the season ends and after free agency has started.

[iamcline]

I want to say Blackmon but doesn't he have off the field stuff following him around from the past? Not sure where JR/Hurney stand on those subjects...SO!....

I'll go with Morris Claiborne or Brandon Thompson.

[Ruff]

Blackmon physically looks like the 2nd coming of Calvin, doesn't he?

Calvin Johnson is 6'5 and and weighs 235.

Justin Blackmon is 6'1 and weighs 210.

Those two are nothing a like physically.

But, if I were making the pick? Morris Claiborne, Dre Kirkpatrick, Justin Blackmon, or, I would trade back and try and get Janoris Jenkins while picking up a third.

[Bj-Monster23]

Vontaze Burfict.... MLB-OLB.

[GritsRgreat]

In the trenches. The best DT or OT available.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Blackmon physically looks like the 2nd coming of Calvin, doesn't he?

Panthers could use someone like that, without doubt, but, serious defensive problems, and the need for another OT (and now Bell isn't the long-term answer and Gross is getting long in the tooth) will probably not make that possible, but, who knows.

Hard to find quality OTs and DTs past round 2.

I just hope, somewhere along the way, the Panthers draft a kicker who can kick-off and make field goals...sick already of Mare.

No.

Calvin Johnson is 6'5" 235.

Blackmon is 6'1" and twenty pounds lighter.

Guy wears big pads. Doesn't fill them well.

[kdrh5]

Justin Blackmon = Hakeem Nicks

Calvin Johnson = one of the X-Men, possibly Colossus

[Nicbsbll2]

LB Vontaze Burfict

The best linebacker in the draft. Fills our biggest defensive need (that's not a veteran DT), which is finding a replacement for TD. (This all assuming the coaching staff feels he can play outside).