SI's Top 10 Defensive Backs in 2011 Draft

Number one and two are CBs Prince Amukamara and Patrick Patterson, respectively.

If a certain Stanford QB decides to go back to school, I'm pretty sure both of these guys will be on the Panthers' 'big-board.'

Assuming Richard Marshall is not resigned, the Panthers will have a need at CB. Who, if anyone on this list, intrigues you?

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You really cannot go wrong with either Amukamara or Peterson

Both are considered to be shutdown corners in the NFL, and both will be top 10, if not top 5 picks. Peterson gives you someone who can create excitement in the return game. Amukamara is the more pure corner of the two and has displayed dominance for a longer period of time. Either one would easily be our nickel corner in their first years and would eventually be our #1.

If we want to wait to address this need, the only one on the SI list that intrigues me is Brandon Burton out of Utah.

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by Tater596 on Dec 21, 2010 3:45 PM EST reply actions

I agree, and I like Burton too.

And although he plays safety at WV, I like the Robert Sands kid. 6’4" and 220…good against the run yet has the range to play FS. Funny, too, that Clemson has both their starting safetys on this list.

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by ERL on Dec 21, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

I don't understand why we would even think about drafting a top corner

Gamble has a few years left and the Captian is champing it up. Even if we let Marshall go, the rookies have been playing decent when they see the field.

Our secondary is one of our strongest points in the team. Drafting a top CB would be like drafting a star RB with a top pick while still having Stew, Sutton, and Goodson.

Fix the interior of the d-line or passing offense. We aren’t going to get anywhere with the top secondary in the league if we can’t stop the run and can’t score points.

by ppalm on Dec 21, 2010 4:59 PM EST reply actions

+1 Exactly I don't see why drafting a CB is so big around here

We don’t need one really. We can pick up a decent corner in the later rounds or via free agency. Unless you count Jon Kitna we can’t really find a decent QB this offseason via the Late round of the draft or FA. I can think of about 12 other positions I would rather draft with the first pick than a CB. I would rather take Cam Newton, Ryan Mallet, Marvin Austin, DeMarco Murray, The Top O-lineman, AJ Green or whoever is there before I ever take a CB with the first pick. How does it look to the league if we are bottomfeeders who can barely put up 10 points a game and we take a CB? We would get laughed at and booed off the stage if we picked a CB but anyways I digress. I already know why 45% of the people up here want a CB… Its because they hate Marshall.. other than that I can’t think of a logical reason why we would even think about picking a CB with the first.

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by DT3428 on Dec 22, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions

I think you have to take "position" out of it, guys.

When it’s your turn to pick, and your picking in the first 10 or so picks, you’ve gotta take the best available player.

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by ERL on Dec 23, 2010 9:25 AM EST up reply actions

When the corner you're picking could be the next Darrelle Revis

I doubt that you’ll be laughed off the stage.

by Flowing Willow on Dec 23, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

And by the way

If you took Marvin Austin with the first pick you would be the one laughed off the stage. He will not be a first round pick, mark it down.

Additionally, if you have the type of talent that can essentially cut the field in half for the offense, I don’t think that’s anything to laugh at.

And the only way we pick a CB is if we are able to trade down half a dozen spots or so. I even put the “if Luck is not available disclaimer up there.”

Geez.

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by ERL on Dec 23, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

Gamble has been injured quite a bit this year. First the hammy, now it’s reported that he has an ankle problem, and Gamble believes it’s worse than a sprain.

by mangoes52 on Dec 21, 2010 7:33 PM EST reply actions