Draft do-over 2010 (Shockers style)

A fat run-stuffer is what we needed this past season, and they don’t come any bigger than Cody.

#48- Javier Arenas, CB, Alabama: Though Arenas played nickel for Kansas City last year it’s clear he’s going to be a serious CB in the NFL. Finished the season with 41 tackles, 8 PDef and 1 FF coupled with a 21.2 yard KR average and 8.3 yard PR average he fills two roles immediately.

#93- Tony Moeaki, TE, Iowa: I hate going back to the same well again, but I’ve got to go to another selection by the Chiefs. Moeaki looks like he’ll be a top 10 TE within the next two seasons, and could be a top 5 guy depending how their passing game does. He finished 2010 with 556 receiving yards (15th among TEs) and is a nasty blocker.

#124- Cam Thomas, DT, North Carolina: Thomas didn’t play much time with San Diego, but though he only appeared in 6 games he totaled 7 tackles and 2 sacks. Impressive for a 335 lb NT. For comparison, Terrence Cody had 13 tackles and 0 sacks in 13 games and 1 start.

#175- Greg Hardy, DE, Ole Miss: Few would doubt Hardy was a great pick here. He has the makings of a starting DE, just needs to put more work in on his technique.

#198- David Gettis, WR, Baylor: It’s tough to knock the Gettis pick. He has all the traits you want and looks the part of a #2 WR in the NFL. With more training and if Gettis can crisp up his route running he could be a #1 guy.

#202- J’Marcus Webb, OT, West Texas A&M: A 12 game starter at RT for the Chicago Bears this year. Sure, their OL wasn’t great but they got better when Webb was put in the lineup. For Carolina he would be a depth player.

#204- Marc Mariani, WR, Montana: A Pro Bowl return specialist for the AFC last year with the Tennessee Titans. Paired with Javier Arenas our needs at KR/PR are satiated.

#223- Kavell Conner, OLB, Clemson: 57 tackles and 1 FF in 9 starts for Indianapolis. At 6’0", 242 lbs he fills that role we addressed with Eric Norwood. Pure value at this point.

#249- Robert McClain, DB, UConn: Another depth DB here… can’t really hate the pick and any time you get a guy starting at all deep in the 7th round you’re getting value.

Summary
So, what did I address in my revisit? Well, the Panthers have a guy in Arenas who can be their #2 CB immediately, they have addressed their need for a ‘do everything’ TE in Moeaki. They have a NT now, and have patched their need at KR. Added some depth at OL, DE and LB, while strengthening the DB unit.

What do we still need?
If this happened we would now need:
- QB
- WR
- DT

That’s it really… We would still have our 2nd round pick too. So, theoretically the Panthers could try and trade back, take A.J. Green and then Ryan Mallett, or could take Cam Newton, add another starting DT at the top of the 2nd round and work on spending big money on a FA WR, or wait to address it until Smitty is gone.

I would have took Terrance Cody, Cuz thats who I was screaming for anyway. I was very big on Matt Moore at the time, so when we did take Jimmy Clausen I was telling my brother ( whos name is Jimmy as well ) that it was a wasted pick. I’m a big Tar Heel fan so instead of Eric Norwood in the fourth I would have picked Cam Thomas, I probably would have took him in the third ( we get to look back and see the value, so I can take him in the fourth ). The rest I would have left the same we did pretty good. We got Gettis and Hardy so I’m fine the rest of the way. Think about having two mountains in the middle, do you guys think we would be hurting at DT this year.

48: Javier Arenas – DB – Potential future star DB and solid returner on both KO and PR.

78: Mike Williams – WR – 65 Catches for 964 and 11TD’s, enough said.

112: Aaron Hernandez – TE – 45 Catch 6TD Rookie year, Chudz teaches him to block and he’s a perinnial Pro-Bowler

175: Greg Hardy – DE – Solid pick and still a steal at 175

202: Cody Grimm – FS/LB – 57 tackles and 2 INT’s in 9 starts, Mr. Everyback for TB

204: Ted Larsen – OG – Started 11 games for the Pats, solid rookie year. Has potential to be a starter for years.

223: Jeff Owens – DT – No stats, but the strongest guy in the 2010 class. Baker would have done him some good and he’d be ready to roll in 2011.

249: Legarrette Blount – RB – With all the injuries, he’d have gotten a chance. We’d have some hellacious trade bait.

This obviously doesnt include a trade for Armanti Edwards and would also have required the acquisition of a FA veteran QB, as I still would have release Delhomme. I think we would have seen an entirely different QB in Matt Moore without the SuperHype Machine, THE Jimmy Clausen, on the roster.

Anybody But Clausen.

If we’d have gotten in on the deepest DL class in decades maybe we wouldn’t have such a gaping need now. But, noooooo.

That is all.

48 Cody, Terrence DT 6’4" 354 Alabama The run stuffer we are missing.
78 Graham, Jimmy TE 6’6" 260 Miami – Great start for a raw talent. Eventual all-pro TE.
124 Thomas, Cam DT 6’4" 330 North Carolina. Strong finish in 2010
175 Hardy, Greg DE 6’4" 281 Mississippi. Go Panthers!
198 Gettis, David WR 6’3" 217 Baylor Go Panthers!
202 Webb, J’Marcus OT 6’8" 328 W.TexasAM Bears starter at RT. Enough althleticism to compete for LT in 2011.
204 Watson, Dekoda LB 6’1" 240 Florida State. Speedy, athletic, productive season at LB for Tampa Bay.
223 Wilson, C.J. DE 6’3" 290 East Carolina. Productive season. Now wearing a SuperBowl ring.
249 Brown, Stevie DB/SS 6’0" 210 Michigan 2010 yr-end starter – will compete for starting 2011 FS job w/Raiders.