What do you expect from this or any first round pick

[jramsey4]

either start or make an immediate impact/get a lot of PT.

TD, D-will and stewart didn't get the start but they were used pretty heavily.

williams was the only one that wasn't used enough right out of the gate and should have been the starter.

50% success rate for starters might be true on most other teams but the panthers have have pretty much a 100% (since dan morgan was drafted in 2001) and i don't see that changing anytime soon. with the exception of our 2000 pick all of our 1st rounders this decade either started right away or played an immediate large role on the team. dan morgan was the first that we lost and he stayed on the team 7 years.

i expect a lot out of brown...either starting (which is most likely the intention of fox/hurney) or at least seeing a lot more than 3rd downs. he will be used and used often. it may be a lot of pressure but i don't think that fox/hurney would have made the move to get him if they didn't think he could handle it.

And the worst 1st rounder we have had this decade was Dan Morgan. And when healthy he had pro-bowl talent. Its almost impossible to predict Concussion injuries so all in all I think even then our FO did a great job.

[The Link]

that's part of the reason we haven't drafted a QB. fox/hurney wants people drafted in the 1st who can come in and start or make an immediate impact. that isn't likely going to happen with a QB. they save the later rounds for developmental picks.

Which is a bad policy.

[mantal]

Which is a bad policy.

No it's not, drafting a first round bust as a QB is a death toll for a franchise, pure and simple, general knowledge and something every fan should know. The amount of money we would have to pay a 1st round QB would cripple this team if he was a failure. Sure he could work out, but it doesn't happen very often. Don't know what's so hard to figure out...

[The Link]

No it's not, drafting a first round bust as a QB is a death toll for a franchise, pure and simple, general knowledge and something every fan should know. The amount of money we would have to pay a 1st round QB would cripple this team if he was a failure. Sure he could work out, but it doesn't happen very often. Don't know what's so hard to figure out...

Nothing is hard to figure out. You have to take the chances before you can find your franchise QB, first round bust or not. This franchise will never win a SB unless they find a franchise QB.

[Squirrel]

If you have no glaring needs and you have a first round pick I see no problem taking a QB. But if you need a DT or OL man then it is a waste to take a QB.

[nagai]

I never expect our 1st round picks to be probowl regulars or whatever, I just expect them to be solid starters and if you look at the success rate of 1st round picks in general, that's already quite an achievement. I think guys like Morgan and TD were solid 1st round picks. If Brown can get those kind of results, I'll be happy.

[The Link]

If you have no glaring needs and you have a first round pick I see no problem taking a QB. But if you need a DT or OL man then it is a waste to take a QB.

I never said anything about taking a QB this year. We should try and get a 1st next year so we can grab one of the many good QBs coming out.

[Squirrel]

I am agreeing with you on that and said it before next year is a year where I would risk a first round pick ona QB.

[jramsey4]

Nothing is hard to figure out. You have to take the chances before you can find your franchise QB, first round bust or not. This franchise will never win a SB unless they find a franchise QB.

I think the 2000 Ravens beg to differ along with the 2001 Bucs. While it is easier, the real strength on any team that wins it all is a very good D. I want a franchise Qb badly but he is right it is just to big a risk early in the 1st. For every Manning there are 5 or 6, Carr's or A. Smith's. Look how long it has taken the Texans to regroup from that and they still haven't got to the playoffs.