Draft Tidbits

[jarhead]

http://www.derp/2012/3/29/2910055/looking-at-img-alumni-what-could-ken-dorsey-mean-for-the-panthers#storyjump

[MadHatter]

Nice find.

[TylerVagyler]

I'm starting to think Kuechly will be the pick. Coples is probably the FO's #1 guy, but if he's gone, anything could happen.

[unicar15]

I don't see us going Keuchly at #9. Its just too high for a non-pass rushing LB. I said it last week that the guy had like 2 sacks and zero forced fumbles in his career. He'd make a great Tampa 2 MLB because of his range but we had Jon Beason...so unless we are thinking of moving Beason to the outside then I don't see the point in draft Keuchly because MLB is probably the only position you play him at if he's drafted in the top 15 picks.

I do like the Marcus Kuhn reference though. He ate up blockers while at NC State and would make a pretty solid late round pick if we are looking at possible 5T DEs.

I wouldn't be mad about Blackmon...he would be a heck of a weapon to plug into our already dynamic offense but our defense is what lost games for us last year so I'd like to go DL in the first round.

It just depends on how much better the FO thinks that Beason, Davis, and Edwards will make us when they come back. We need pass rushers though...Davis is really the only one of those players that will primarily effect the pass rush and its not guarantee that he stays healthy.

[Lout]

Like unicar said, I doubt this means anything. We aren't going to take a player just because he trained at IMG. Yes, it does give us a better look at them.. but that doesn't mean much. We aren't going to replace Beason at MLB and move him to OLB..

[KendrickPanther]

I was reading about Alabama's pro day. They listed some of the teams represented and the Panthers were not on the list. I wonder if this means Dre Kirkpatrick is not on their list. Mark Barron too, if he fell to the 2nd I'd take him.

[jarhead]

I don't see us going Keuchly at #9. Its just too high for a non-pass rushing LB. I said it last week that the guy had like 2 sacks and zero forced fumbles in his career. He'd make a great Tampa 2 MLB because of his range but we had Jon Beason...so unless we are thinking of moving Beason to the outside then I don't see the point in draft Keuchly because MLB is probably the only position you play him at if he's drafted in the top 15 picks.

I do like the Marcus Kuhn reference though. He ate up blockers while at NC State and would make a pretty solid late round pick if we are looking at possible 5T DEs.

I wouldn't be mad about Blackmon...he would be a heck of a weapon to plug into our already dynamic offense but our defense is what lost games for us last year so I'd like to go DL in the first round.

It just depends on how much better the FO thinks that Beason, Davis, and Edwards will make us when they come back. We need pass rushers though...Davis is really the only one of those players that will primarily effect the pass rush and its not guarantee that he stays healthy.

Maybe he did not get sacks because they did not rush him.Just because he didnt does not mean he cant.With Claiborne and Couple off the board I think Luke and Ingram are the best availible

[jarhead]

I was reading about Alabama's pro day. They listed some of the teams represented and the Panthers were not on the list. I wonder if this means Dre Kirkpatrick is not on their list. Mark Barron too, if he fell to the 2nd I'd take him.

I thought that was odd as well ....maybe a mistake......Hell they went to watch Rico Wallace at Shenandoah university.

[unicar15]

Maybe he did not get sacks because they did not rush him.Just because he didnt does not mean he cant.With Claiborne and Couple off the board I think Luke and Ingram are the best availible

I know the the BC staff probably isn't the greatest in the world but if you have an NFL level talent at LB then why would you not send him to rush the passer occassionally.

Could we use Keuchly? Yeah. But the questions you have to ask yourself are:

Is he an upgrade over Beason at MLB for us? No.

Is he an upgrade over TD at OLB? No.

Is he an upgrade over Anderson at OLB? No.

Before Beason and TD got hurt last year we were talking about possibly having the best linebacking corp in the entire NFL. Now all of a sudden because they get hurt we want to spend a top 10 pick on a linebacker??? Makes no sense.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Before Beason and TD got hurt last year we were talking about possibly having the best linebacking corp in the entire NFL. Now all of a sudden because they get hurt we want to spend a top 10 pick on a linebacker??? Makes no sense.

It's called insurance. What if they go down again? Beason's injury isn't anything minimal. It's a serious one. Heck I remember that we weren't going to take Beason back then cuz of Morgan, we had a legit MLB in Morgan. But look at what happened. We got Beason. History can repeat itself and it would be Ironic if it happened to beason.

[DaCityKats]

I thought that was odd as well ....maybe a mistake......Hell they went to watch Rico Wallace at Shenandoah university.

if you go look at the first Bama pro day clip on nfl.com you can see a panther scout in the background.

[DaCityKats]

It's called insurance. What if they go down again? Beason's injury isn't anything minimal. It's a serious one. Heck I remember that we weren't going to take Beason back then cuz of Morgan, we had a legit MLB in Morgan. But look at what happened. We got Beason. History can repeat itself and it would be Ironic if it happened to beason.

and there are other LBs in the draft that will be there later who were also tackling machines, and shown the ability to rush the passer.

[unicar15]

and there are other LBs in the draft that will be there later who were also tackling machines, and shown the ability to rush the passer.

Exactly...you don't draft a guy for "insurrance" at the 9th overall pick. You draft a guy who is either BPA or you draft the top player at a position of need. That's why we aren't drafting an OL or LB. WR isn't a "need" but Blackmon would probably be BPA if he's there at #9 which makes him a possibility. We are either going corner or DL with this pick unless every worthy DL or CB has been taken...if that's the case then we move down or possibly take Blackmon if he's there.