Can the Panthers afford to go Offense with their 1st pick in the Draft?

[SauceBoss]

this is why i want the #1 pick, b/c we will be able to trade down for tons of picks. possibly two first round picks.

[Kevin Greene]

If we take another 1st round LB I will lose what little faith I have in Hurney, same goes for RB's.

The logical picks for this team are going to be in the trenches. So we will probably take a WR.

Looking back (The Panthers had no 1st round picks in 2009, 2010 and before Cam) from 2003 to 2008 the Panthers had 7 total 1st round picks.

2 were used on OT (Gross, Otah) who are currently on the roster.

2 were used on RB (DWill, JStew) who are currently on the roster.

Then you have a CB (Gamble), a safety (Davis) converted to LB after they fugged with him moving him back and forth between safety and LB and a LB (Beason).

We also have an early 2nd (Kalil) starting on the Oline.

Having 3 1st round picks on the roster at OT would seem excessive but of course Hurney selected 2 RBs in a 3 year span so who knows where he'll go.

4 of our last 5 1st round picks have been used on offense. Twice at running back.

It shows.

[Rubi]

Upgrade the trenches. Its where the game is won/lost. Simple and Plain.

If Kalil is available. Yes

If Kalil is not available. Trade down to acquire more picks and draft to upgrade our defensive front.

Maybe in the later rounds draft a safety who can replace Martin so he can be put on the special teams unit where he belongs. He is not a starter.

oohwha!

[dc6738549]

I'm not saying don't draft Kalil if we pick #2 but I found this point interesting from another site....

Isn't it funny how teams with legit "franchise" left tackles really suck?

Cleveland

Miami

Denver

even NYJ

And when you look at the best teams...

NE - 83 year old Matt Light

Baltimore - 800 lb. Bryant McKinnie

Pittsburgh - committee of suck

Houston - solid-but-unspectacular Duane Brown

GB - old man Clifton and unproven Marshall Newhouse

Detroit - the much maligned Jeff Backus

Chicago - J'Marcus ****ing Webb!

New Orleans - Jermon Bushrod, former backup to former franchise LT Jamaal Brown

San Fran - solid-bu-unspectacular Joe Staley

Is having a franchise LT really that important? Seems like spending big on a LT might be foolish.

[TrueDat]

They better get a #2 receiver and a punt returner. Or they could always draft another quarterback and convert him to a receiver. That's worked out just fine so far.

[X-Clown]

I'm not saying don't draft Kalil if we pick #2 but I found this point interesting from another site....

Isn't it funny how teams with legit "franchise" left tackles really suck?

Cleveland

Miami

Denver

even NYJ

And when you look at the best teams...

NE - 83 year old Matt Light

Baltimore - 800 lb. Bryant McKinnie

Pittsburgh - committee of suck

Houston - solid-but-unspectacular Duane Brown

GB - old man Clifton and unproven Marshall Newhouse

Detroit - the much maligned Jeff Backus

Chicago - J'Marcus ****ing Webb!

New Orleans - Jermon Bushrod, former backup to former franchise LT Jamaal Brown

San Fran - solid-bu-unspectacular Joe Staley

Is having a franchise LT really that important? Seems like spending big on a LT might be foolish.

If your left tackle is the best player on your team like the Browns or the Dolphins, or Broncos, and you have a below average quarterback like all of the teams you listed, then yes that is a problem. However, for the first time in quite a while, we won't have that problem.

[Snake]

Looking back (The Panthers had no 1st round picks in 2009, 2010 and before Cam) from 2003 to 2008 the Panthers had 7 total 1st round picks.

2 were used on OT (Gross, Otah) who are currently on the roster.

2 were used on RB (DWill, JStew) who are currently on the roster.

Then you have a CB (Gamble), a safety (Davis) converted to LB after they fugged with him moving him back and forth between safety and LB and a LB (Beason).

We also have an early 2nd (Kalil) starting on the Oline.

Having 3 1st round picks on the roster at OT would seem excessive but of course Hurney selected 2 RBs in a 3 year span so who knows where he'll go.

4 of our last 5 1st round picks have been used on offense. Twice at running back.

It shows.

TBH though no Quality DTs really dropped to where we picked. Also after getting burned by Kemo Hurney never upgraded threw FA either. He just basically said fug it for about 7 years. It makes since why we are so horrid in the trenches honestly.

[DA_CAMTHERS]

I would not draft a WR. You here on ESPN and all of Sports Radio how CAM will attract big name free agent WRs. That is something that should be factored in. We keep developing Gettis and Lafell (making big strides these days) and get FAs as needed there.

We need to draft all defense in the draft + getting Ron Edwards/Beason back. We get Geoff Schwartz back and can take a risk on Otah with him having a full year to heal so we may have OL depth. If we take that risk and it pays off, we are stacked on both lines.

[thefuzz]

Looking back (The Panthers had no 1st round picks in 2009, 2010 and before Cam) from 2003 to 2008 the Panthers had 7 total 1st round picks.

2 were used on OT (Gross, Otah) who are currently on the roster.

2 were used on RB (DWill, JStew) who are currently on the roster.

Then you have a CB (Gamble), a safety (Davis) converted to LB after they fugged with him moving him back and forth between safety and LB and a LB (Beason).

We also have an early 2nd (Kalil) starting on the Oline.

Having 3 1st round picks on the roster at OT would seem excessive but of course Hurney selected 2 RBs in a 3 year span so who knows where he'll go.

4 of our last 5 1st round picks have been used on offense. Twice at running back.

It shows.

Otah is all but a bust. Gross is getting long in the tooth. We have spent a tremendous amount of money on RB's, and have one of the better running QB's in the league.

OT if available is the choice here.

Winning teams spend their money on: QB, DT, OT, CB, DE. That is where we need to focus.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I would not draft a WR. You here on ESPN and all of Sports Radio how CAM will attract big name free agent WRs. That is something that should be factored in. We keep developing Gettis and Lafell (making big strides these days) and get FAs as needed there.

We need to draft all defense in the draft + getting Ron Edwards/Beason back. We get Geoff Schwartz back and can take a risk on Otah with him having a full year to heal so we may have OL depth. If we take that risk and it pays off, we are stacked on both lines.

I wouldn't say go all defense. If there is a good OL at a real position of value then, we should take him. And that goes for anyone on offense really. I wouldn't mind having Dwayne Allen, if for some reason he fell. He is a tremendous TE and would be great for us replacing Shockey. But I agree that defense has the biggest needs by far and you have to focus on that unit.

[Dont Check My Chicken]

We obviously need offensive line help, but our defense is so much more in need of help that we are actually talking about draft selections with 6 more games to play because it's the only encouragement we have left. With that said... I hope we focus on our D-line with our 1st pick.

[panthernation23]

1 thing about championship teams, pretty much all of them have a beast at DT. However there is no beast at DT in this draft so....might as well draft one of those corners or blackman

[doghead28]

Would love to go defense but if Blackmon is there may have to take him.