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Panthers select Oregon RB Kenjon Barner

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Catalyst Newbie

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So glad I was at work when this pick was made and avoided the chaos in this thread.

Seriously, this could be our Darren Sproles right here. People here were begging for that sort of player last year and now we get great value in Barner here and it's a terrible pick because we didn't go with the highest remaining guy on Walterfootball's prospect list?

Everybody wanted a WR. This is the next best thing. He could catch more passes than any WR on the board in the 6th.

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rayzor Grand Master

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i swear people have unrealistic expectations for late round picks.

in the late rounds you don't look for starters and you don't look to fill "needs"...that should have been done heading into the draft or with the first or second pick, and after the draft. from third on you just take the best players possible and hope you can use them and that they can be good.

this was a great pick because the kid is uber-talented...on a darren sproles level. be is a steal in regards to the amount of talent and the options he gives a team on special teams and on offense.

people are reading too much into the decision making process at that point. it wasn't part of some plan to move on from dwill. it was just a matter of being opportunistic.

what this addition means, though, is that it it creates much better competition for the return game and makes special teams better. it also adds a scatback that we don't have and someone that fits really well with the read option, and it gives us another good receiver out of the backfield. he could also make dwill and his contract more expendable.

the big thing, tho, is that it gives us another dynamic playmaking option and another TD scorer....which was one of the big things on his list of what a team needs.

he just makes the team better if he works out and if he doesn't, then hey...it was JUST A SIXTH ROUNDER!!!!!!!!! chill peeps.

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i swear people have unrealistic expectations for late round picks.

in the late rounds you don't look for starters and you don't look to fill "needs"...that should have been done heading into the draft or with the first or second pick, and after the draft. from third on you just take the best players possible and hope you can use them and that they can be good.

this was a great pick because the kid is uber-talented...on a darren sproles level. be is a steal in regards to the amount of talent and the options he gives a team on special teams and on offense.

people are reading too much into the decision making process at that point. it wasn't part of some plan to move on from dwill. it was just a matter of being opportunistic.

what this addition means, though, is that it it creates much better competition for the return game and makes special teams better. it also adds a scatback that we don't have and someone that fits really well with the read option, and it gives us another good receiver out of the backfield. he could also make dwill and his contract more expendable.

the big thing, tho, is that it gives us another dynamic playmaking option and another TD scorer....which was one of the big things on his list of what a team needs.

he just makes the team better if he works out and if he doesn't, then hey...it was JUST A SIXTH ROUNDER!!!!!!!!! chill peeps.

Get the fug out of here with all that logic. We need something to be bitter and Bitch about around here. This is the best thing available at the moment. Let's all throw mounds of sand into our proverbial vaginas over a player that can contribute immediately that was picked up in the most irrelevant if places, the sixth round.

Logic? fug all that noise.

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Get the fug out of here with all that logic. We need something to be bitter and Bitch about around here. This is the best thing available at the moment. Let's all throw mounds of sand into our proverbial vaginas over a player that can contribute immediately that was picked up in the most irrelevant if places, the sixth round.

Logic? fug all that noise.

sounds like a party.
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TheRed Newbie

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Literally all the things people are saying about Barner were said in justification of picking up Tolbert last offseason. Some proclaimed that Mike was even going to replace Shockey's production receiving wise lol. Hey it's a sixth round pick and he's a panther now, I'm rooting for him.

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Literally all the things people are saying about Barner were said in justification of picking up Tolbert last offseason. Some proclaimed that Mike was even going to replace Shockey's production receiving wise lol. Hey it's a sixth round pick and he's a panther now, I'm rooting for him.

With the exception of...Barner has been playing in Oregon's read option

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I guess you meant plummeted. If that's what you meant then say so but your opinion is still tainted cuz you don't know squat.

Actually the second comment wasn't towards you or trying to fix my previous statement. I could give a damn about pleasing your or what you have to say about my knowledge of the game. Lol, but like I said earlier glad you think so....

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