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Gettleman pretty much came out and said the Norman deal forced his draft philosophy to change on day 2. This was the secondary draft. Round 1, pick 30: Vernon Butler, DT, Louisiana Tech - Biggest, fastest, strongest guy available. Blew the Panthers and competition away at the Senior Bowl. He'll rotate in and contribute to probably the best front seven in football. Stupid loving strong, late physical bloomer. Keeps all those nasty blockers off Kuechly, Thompson, and Davis. Provides leverage against upcoming Star and Short contracts, and insurance when one of them inevitably leaves. Gettleman was in NY when they kep drafting lineman, and he's doing the same thing here. A+ would draft again. Round 2, pick 62: James Bradberry, CB, Samford - Now the weird stuff starts. The Panthers were the only team that worked him out. There was some fear Philadelphia was going to jump in here and draft him for some reason. The Panthers liked his size and athleticism, which is again all Gettleman really looks for. I can't really add anything on this kid. Round 3, pick 77: Daryl Worley, CB, West Virginia - This guy though, hoo boy. He actually played some good receivers, and covered Kevin White in practice. The pundit-sphere claims he'll adapt quickly to the Panthers sytem, and again, he has all the physical tools the Panthers love. Has some uh character concerns however, so we'll see how that goes. Probably the right place to draft this guy. Traded up to get him, just basically swapping fifths with Cleveland and losing a fourth. Meh. Round 5, pick 141*: Zack Sanchez, CB, Oklahoma - small slot corner. loving ball hawk at Oklahoma. Can't imagine him making any kind of immediate impact. Draft in the right spot. Round 7, pick 252: Beau Sandland, TE, Montana State - big white dude who can't block but catches a poo poo ton. Played at Miami for a year. Basically fishing for the next Greg Olsen but lol let's be real. UDFA special notes Duke S Jeremy Cash - so loving money. Great college football player. Kinda was a hybrid linebacker/safety. ACC Defensive player of the year. Had some weird wrist injury issues, also a little small. Guarantee this guy makes the team and contributes. Tulsa WR Keyarris Garrett - big, fast, led the nation in receiving yards. Has no idea how to play football. Will hopefully stash him on the practice squad and let Ricky Proehl work his magic. Overall A weird draft. I don't really mind throwing that much draft capital at one position and hoping it sticks. That said, Bradberry was probably taken too high, though the defense was that all corners were getting pushed up the board. My money would be on Worley to finish ahead of him, though ideally none would start right away. The Panthers didn't get a running back or any notable offensive lineman. Probably a C+/B- overall Panthers took a bunch of projects that fit their system and don't really stand out. It's difficult to see how these guys will progress. They're luckily in a very forgiving setting for secondary player. Butler is going to loving own.
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The biggest hole for the panthers is the one Von Miller kept prancing through.
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three posted:The Panthers draft was great, and the people saying they went crazy drafting 3 guys just to replace Josh Norman are dumb. The panthers lost 3 starting defensive backs: Norman, Tillman, and Harper. Losing Norman tipped it over the edge, but they still were down 2 starters if he had stayed. Tillman is still a maybe.
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Ross Angeles posted:they were kamikazes 
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