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#9 Overall Pick 2012 - Luke Kuechly, LB

Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by PaulPaladin, Apr 23, 2012.

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  1. Apr 24, 2012 at 4:56 PM #11
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    Stephen Hill :hump:
     
  2. Apr 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM #12
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    Time for some process of elimination . . .


    Top 8 by most accounts -

    Luck - Indy's guy
    RGIII - Skins traded up just for him
    Kalil - Minn has expressed as top guy for them
    Richardson - either browns or rams
    Blackmon - either browns or rams
    Claiborne - Bucs apparently want him
    Kuechly - Unlikely to be top 10 because of those teams needs (or lack thereof)
    DeCastro - Unlikely to be top 10 because even if he is BPA and a "sure thing" he is only a G, and it's just not hip to ever draft a G in the top 10!

    Very likely that the panthers will not get one of the above, evening if Kuechly or DeCastro are available because even if they ARE best player available those positions are not a high enough need.



    So then there are the second 8 players that are not top 10 worthy for whatever reasons -

    Coples - seems like the most likely panther pick regardless of the "lazy" label
    Ingram - Panthers have publicly stated that he is not a fit for us
    Cox - we already have several projects at DT they seem to feel good enough about
    Brockers - ditto Cox
    Gilmore - seems to have overtaken Kirkpatrick and Jenkins as #2 CB
    Reiff - apparently a distant second to Kalil and dropping out of top 10 talk
    Martin - 3rd best OT in this group = really bad value
    Tannehill - still not sure how he gets in the upper half of the 1st

    SO, unless there is the unlikely trade down for us (or Claiborne beats a cops ass in the next couple of days) Coples WILL be the second coming of Julius at #9.
     
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  3. Apr 25, 2012 at 12:58 PM #13
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    Chargers | Have talked about trading up for Mark Barron
    Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:54:33 -0700

    The San Diego Chargers have strong interest in Alabama SS Mark Barron, and they have discussed potentially trading up for him.




    Bills | Very interested in Mark Barron
    Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:13:09 -0700

    The Buffalo Bills are "extremely interested" in Alabama SS Mark Barron, according to a league source. Barron and South Carolina CB Stephon Gilmore are both candidates to be taken by the Bills with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL Draft Thursday, April 26.



    The Pats could also make a play for Barron:

    http://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-c...-rumors-chargers-patriots-cowboys-mark-barron


    Updated: Schefter reporting via twitter that Barron will not make it to #14
     
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  4. Apr 25, 2012 at 1:07 PM #14
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    Makes sense given that there's a bigger gap between him and the next guy at his position than anyone else.
     
  5. Apr 25, 2012 at 1:33 PM #15
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    Kuelchy is a MLB? Any chance we draft him then either move him or Beason outside? I remember Beason being projected as an OLB at one point.
     
  6. Apr 25, 2012 at 1:42 PM #16
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    You should also remember Beason playing OLB in 2010 and not looking very good.
     
  7. Apr 25, 2012 at 3:03 PM #17
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  8. Apr 25, 2012 at 3:46 PM #18
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    That is true, what about K, can he play outside?
     
  9. Apr 25, 2012 at 4:46 PM #19
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    I like this scenario

    1 Indy- Luck
    2 skins- rg3
    3 rams trade with Vikes-Richardson
    4 browns- Blackmon
    5 bucs- Claiborne
    6 Vikes trade with rams- Gilmore
    7 jags- coples
    8 fins- Tannehill
    9 panthers- Kalil

    Dream scenario, but we'd have one hell of an o-line, if healthy.

    Kalil, Bell?, Kalil, Otah, Gross
     
  10. Apr 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM #20
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    No way Kalil falls to #9 but I would take it if he did. He is almost certainly going number 3 to the Vikings.
     
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