Panthers 10 year 2nd & 3rd round draft history

by Atlantapanther on Jan 2, 2012 1:24 AM EST

Now that the season is over, all I can think about is who we are going to sign in free agency and who we are going to draft. I've made lists of who I thought were good and bad picks for both 2nd and 3rd round draft choices. I've found that we've really missed the ball on all but 3 of our 2nd round picks since 2001 and we've selected very talented players with about 2/3 of our 3rd round picks. I hope this year we can start making solid picks all throughout the draft. I included players we traded away a 2nd round pick for or chose in the 2nd round for another pick. Let me know what you think of my choices posted after the jump.

Bad/OK 2nd Rd	Bad/OK 3rd Rd	Great 2nd Rd	Great 3rd Rd
Jimmy Clausen	Corvey Irvin	Kris Jenkins	Brandon Lafell
Armanti Edwards	Mike Seidman	Deshaun Foster	Charles Godfrey
Everette Brown	Evan Mathis	Ryan Kalil	Dan Connor
Sherrod Martin	Atiyyah Ellison		Charles Johnson
Dwayne Jarrett	Rashad Butler		James Anderson
Richard Marshall			Travelle Wharton
Eric Shelton			Ricky Manning Jr
Keary Colbert			Will Witherspoon
Bruce Nelson			Steve Smith

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We should just trade our second rounder straight up for the Colts third rounder

In all seriousness, I think it’s odd that we do so much better in the third than in the second. Hopefully the new coaching staff will reverse that trend of bad drafting in the second round.

by JDeLong42 on Jan 2, 2012 2:36 AM EST reply actions

I wouldnt put Marshal or Martin as bab

Neither are great but they are both (somewhat) decent players who are starters.

by pcroadrage on Jan 2, 2012 4:20 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, I second that

I would put Marshall as ‘good’ and Martin as inconclusive so far.

Dick had his issues, but he was still a 5-year starter with 14 total interceptions. He wasn’t worth what Arizona decided to pay him, but he wasn’t a terrible corner.

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by James Dator on Jan 2, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions

yeah I had a tough time to determine where to put martin and marshall

But in the end I decided Marshall was bad because he wasn’t a full starter until his last 2 years.
Martin I put as bad because of both his regression from last year and his age. The kid is almost the same age as Gamble. I don’t see much if any improvement from him.

by Atlantapanther on Jan 2, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

I agree with that...Marshall and Martin have been decent starters...that's all you can expect

Can’t expect elite players with every pick like our 2001 draft (Morgan, Jenkins, Smith)

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by Jaxon on Jan 3, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

interesting list

Evan Mathis is interesting though, he’s found great success in Philly now

by vitzeng on Jan 2, 2012 5:31 AM EST reply actions

They just re-signed him too I believe

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by Jaxon on Jan 3, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions

We may need to trade our 2nd for 2 third round pick

by LovePanthers on Jan 2, 2012 9:08 AM EST reply actions

lets not forget that we had 2 3rd round picks last year that werent so great

I gladly would have traded both of them to get a 2nd round pick (both then and now) I would be very happy if we had gotten Bowers, Austin, Paea, Harris, or Hudson

by pcroadrage on Jan 2, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions

So, Hurney has been great in the 1st round, mediocre in the 2nd round, and decent in the 3rd round.

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by Son of a Newton on Jan 2, 2012 1:33 PM EST reply actions

I don't think you can say mediocre in the 2nd

I would say he’s been pretty bad. I honestly think we got lucky kalil and jenkins slipped to the 2nd rd in the draft so they’re not “genius” picks.

by Atlantapanther on Jan 2, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions

I guess he has been so-so in the 2nd.

But as of late, He has been horrible with our 2nd round picks. i.e. Everette Brown, Jimmy Clausen, Armanti Edwards.

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by Son of a Newton on Jan 2, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions

Looks approximately 50/50 to me...

Which I would think is natural. But to become a much more formidable, playoff contending team, we’ll definitely need to become much better drafters and make much more hits than misses in these crucial rounds!

by jkp1516 on Jan 2, 2012 6:42 PM EST reply actions

If you look at any teams 2nd and 3rd round picks

You’ll find a lot of players that are cut within 5 years. Some of this is that the player does not develop well, Some of it is bad scouting, some of it is players from say the 5th round developing extremely well and taking their roster spot, and some of it is injury related.

I don’t think you’ll find any team that gets more than 65% of their 2nd and 3rd round players to turn into solid players for that team.

by Philipkcks on Jan 2, 2012 7:19 PM EST reply actions