A Mock draft for the panthers
Yall probably getting tired of my ideas and thoughts but I'm bed ridden cause of recent case of Surgery! So here is one some of my draft scenarios.
1st rounder
3rd rounder
4th rounder
5th rounder 6th7th rounder
The traded away picks are:
2nd rounder- traded to New England (2010 draft day trade; Panthers drafted Armanti Edwards)
6th/7th rounder- traded to Packers (JJ Jansen)
Possible compensatory picks to be awarded
3rd rounder- for Julius Peppers
Possible FA
Charles Johnson, Ryan Kali, Dante Rosario, Jeff King, Matt Moore, DeAngelo Williams, Thomas Davis, Jamar Williams, James Anderson, Ed Johnson, Nick Hayden, Richard Marshall, and CJ Wilson
Scenario 1: Jim Harbaugh is HC, Luck comes out, We have number overall. We resign Johnson, Kali, Anderson, King. We let Williams, Rosario, Davis, Ed Johnson, Hayden, Marshall, and Wilson walk. No trades During the draft.
1st rounder Andrew Luck: QB of the future. Coaches Say it is an open competition between Clausen, Pike, and Luck, Luck has the skill to come out on top but will offensive line keep him from getting hurt
3rd rounder Ben Ijalana, G, Villanova, 6-4/320 An athletic player who projects as an guard in the nfl, Predicted to be a 2 to 4 rounder. Will help solidly the line as the number one goal is to protect our investment Luck. Has added worth because he could play ot in a pinch, insurance for Otah health.
3rd rounder Sione Fua, DT, Stanford With other dts on board Harbaugh agrues for Fua over UNC's Marvin Austin because while Fua might seem to have a lower ceiling, he is just as big at 6-2 306 and comes along with a much better reputation.
4th rounder Phil Taylor, NT, Baylor Panthers take a risk by jumping on board the 355 pound man from Baylor hoping he won't show at 380 but create a new tandem a and clog the middle with back to back picks on dt.
5th rounder Clint Boling, G, Georgia The 6-5 guard, who can fill in at ot from time to time, is added to bolster the o line. He fits with the panthers desire to have flexible o linemen who can play multiple but he has more talent than swing gate Bernadeau and sack master Schwartz.. He needs to add weight at 306, but has the frame to fill in.
6th Zach Pianalto, TE, North Carolina He falls in the draft from a possible third to the sixth rounder because of injures concerns but the panthers take risk in order to give Luck a weapon from the TE spot.
7th rounder DeMarcus Van Dyke, CB, Miami Following Carolina tradition, they draft a CB in the seventh rounder but they find a steal in Dyke. He adds much need height at 6-1 with the departure of Marshall and with the panthers returning CB standing at 6-1(Gamble) 5-8 5-9 5-9.
Well, that wraps up my first attempt at a mock draft. looking at the draft I think I would be happy with the results if this was a real draft. We came out with two decent dts, possible starters at og, future qb. I didn't draft a rb or resign williams because i think they a wary of signing a 27 years old rb when you can find some many quality rbs that go undrafted. I did have to fight the temptation of being a homer and taking to many unc players, though i do think the panthers would be wise to scoop up any that fall into later rounders because of the ncaa. Look forward to any comments whether it is about how poor of a draft class would be or if you agree or if i reached on a player or took a player in the latter rounders that would never be there!
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Yeats42, I'm not tired of your ideas at all. Actually it's the contrary, I'm happy to see a new fanpost!
I really like Pianalto! Think he has a good skillset and opportunity to be a good pass catching and all around TE.
Get well soon dude!!
Highly unlikely that we will let Davis walk
The organization has already privately assured him that he will be re-signed next season. I would also be surprised if we don’t retain Rosario. D-Will is going to be an interesting and heavily watched decision this offseason with the emergence of Mike Goodson.
Your pick of Sione Fua in the 3rd I cannot agree with if Marvin Austin is still on the board. He is currently projected as a late 1st early 2nd DT, and this is only because of the Twitter BS. If he is still available at this pick (or the one spent on Ben Ilajana before it) and we do not take him, then we are fools.
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I like Austin better as a player but he just doesn't seem to fit with the big cat's idea of a panthers player
I just chose between Anderson and Davis for cost reason but i guess davis will stay here relatively cheaply because of his injury risk.
Meeks won't go for a nose tackle.
As much as I’d like to go back to the old school Panthers line, that doesn’t fit his philosophy.
stuff 'bout stuff.
meeks probably won't be back
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by SouthernPanther on Dec 22, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
How much does Ed Johnson weigh?
Or Louis Leonard? Those guys were above average. As long as whoever we get is a hustle type of player, Meeks will sign off. There’s a perception here that Meeks like’s small guys, I think it’s more of guys who are fast and fly to the ball. It just so happens that most people like that tend to be smaller.
by Flowing Willow on Dec 22, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
Johnson is under 300 pounds. I believe he was heavier at one time, but lost weight.
Leonard isn’t on the team anymore. The heaviest defensive tackle we have is Irvin at 302, and I don’t even think he made the original roster. Wasn’t he on the practice squad? You can make a case Meeks is flexible, since Leonard was originally signed during his tenure, but I don’t buy it.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 22, 2010 7:30 PM EST up reply actions
There is no way in hell that Ed Johnson is under three hundred pounds.
by Flowing Willow on Dec 23, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
His Wikipedia profile lists him at 296.
His NFL.com profile lists him at 296.
His ESPN profile lists him at 296.
But, I’m with you. I think they’re just being kind. They probably weighed him when he was on his way out from the restroom after Thanksgiving. :)
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." ~ David Foster Wallace
I think he has weight control problems.
It probably fluctuates. If he was officially measured under 300, though, that likely means that’s what he was at the beginning of the season, what Meeks likely required him to get to.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 23, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
I should of been more clear with my scenario
I did this draft with Meeks not being our defensive coordinator and didn’t have one in mind that i think Jim H. would hire so I thought we would switch back to the panthers of old with a big old Jenkins in the middle, thus the Baylor player pick
Let's see if Meeks is still with the team next year
before we start saying that “x-player” doesn’t fit in with him.
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by Jake Humphrey on Dec 23, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Have you guys heard something about this topic?
I just find it hard to believe such a high profile coordinator like Meeks would be fired after a couple seasons. I don’t like his philosophy, but I never imagined he would be let go.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 23, 2010 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
I didn't think we would send him packing two days ago and was stilll in his corner....but after doing some homework
I think we should good ahead and say good by. my biggest fear is that we choose him to be the HC. We are a young franchise and I think Mr. Richardson needs to breath some life and excitement with his coaching decision by grabbing our dream coach Harbaugh or giving an old friend and gifted McCoy a chance to come home!
I haven't heard anything.
But it’s not uncommon for a new HC to come in, even a young one, and completely clean house in regards to the coaching staff. I’ve said before that there’s guys I’d like to see retained by the new coach (Skipper, Magazu, Baker), but I don’t expect there to be too many holdovers from old to new.
Personally I’ve never been a big fan of his. His defenses are historically horrendous against the run and I honestly believe that his success here has a lot to do with Fox dictating what he can and can’t do. I fear that a young offensive-minded head coach (which is where I think we go with our next HC) would be more likely to give Meeks free reign of the defense and he’d revert back to his old ways.
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by Jake Humphrey on Dec 23, 2010 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
I think
That regardless of who our next HC is, we draft Luck. The kid is just too damn good to pass up on.
I think Johnson, Davis, Kalil, Rosario, Williams, and Anderson are back. Yes, I think we bring back all of our big free agents. Consider me an optimist.
As for the draft, I certainly want us bolstering our lines with the pair of third rounds picks we’ll have. While I think the O-line is one of those things that’s greater than the sum of it’s parts and will be fine with a healthy Otah and legitimate RG, we need depth in a bad way and Gross/Wharton aren’t exactly spring chickens at this point. Charles Johnson is a good starting point for our D-line, but we need two defensive tackles and ideally one of Hardy and Brown to step up and grab the other DE spot. Then we should go BPA from there on out.
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Sione is going way earlier and Marvin Austin in the 3rd would be a steal
people are forgetting how good he was looking last year i guess
when you said we resign Williams, I assume you meant D-Wills and not Jamar…
The more I look at this mock the more i like it
The names might change but I think the positions and area we should draft them in are pretty spot on. two big power d tackles, two offensive guards with the flexibility to play ot in a pinch, a possible play making te, and a tall physical corner. I may of got the right players but i did get the type of players we need in the draft at least
All things stay as they are and i think Luck/Harbaugh comes to fruition if we win another game..more likely next week if it happens to be a throw away game for the birds then it would make things more complex and lead to a lot more speculation on which and what direction we will go both with pick and HC. IF we want the first scenario Aints have to beat the Birds to make next weeks game matter to them and giving us tougher shot at winning. This team won’t lost to backups. Two games left 2-12 but its just getting started. So much left to unfold. I forgot what it was like to be a bottom feeder team with each little win/loss effecting our Franchise for the foreseeable future
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I’de take the CB smith from Colarado in the 3rd. Also, i’de try to get a 2nd in a trade to get Rodney Hudson from FSU. He’s the best guard in the draft, and he’d be a great starting guard.
Hudson
Doesn’t he weigh like 285? Or am I thinking of someone else?
by Flowing Willow on Dec 26, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
yea he's 285 but he's still great in pass pro and run blocking
he has great technique, and very fast feet
285 is to small for a guard...
If he doesn’t put on weight he will slide in the draft…I think he will go in the third or fourth round where we could take him but there are a couple better prospects like Benjamin Ijalana, G/OT, Villanova . If we trade for a second round pick to grab a o linemen we should take Marcus Cannon, G, TCU He is 6-6 350. He is a beast at 359, he might need to lose 10 or so pound to get quicker but he would be a great pick up. To bad we dont have a second rounder (which would of been just as good as a late first, edwards better get better and learn how to play wr)
If he can keep that along with gaining some weight, I'm all for him
But he strikes me as a guy who’ll need some development, and we really need more of an immediate starter. Although that really depends on Schwartz, and if he can find some consistency.
by Flowing Willow on Dec 27, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
I think Williams and Rosario are RFAs
so I don’t get what the advantage is to not get value in return if you don’t want them back: I do.
As for me I think if we can get a 2nd rd for Connor I would do that as well as offering Moore a one year 2nd rd tender. Dangle Clausen for a 2nd rd. Chances are some team bites on either Clausen or Moore.
With those two possible 2nd rd picks choose both an OL and a DT. Draft Luck with the 1st pick.
I also think Pinalto is a good choice. In fact I’d look carefully at several players from UNC’s defense as they have close to 6 players that are 1st rd talent that will slide because of the NCCA investigation.
As far as Marvin Austin is concerned he recieved less compensation than Newton has. If you don’t have a problem with Newton’s character then Austin’s should be a non issue. My concern is thought that Austin hasn’t played this year.
I think we are a QB and a few select pieces away from being a very good team again. 60% of our O Line and LBs are on IR.
by Robert Woodring on Dec 26, 2010 12:31 PM EST reply actions
nobody
would give up a 2nd for a qb on our roster, maybe we could get a 6th and thats about it
J Pugh!
by pantherspride on Jan 4, 2011 2:07 AM EST up reply actions

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