The Panthers' last five drafts

2014:
1st round, 28th overall - Kelvin Benjamin WR Florida State
2nd round, 60th overall - Kony Ealy DE Missouri
3rd round, 92nd overall - Trai Turner G Louisiana State
4th round, 128th overall - Tre Boston DB North Carolina
5th round, 148th overall - Bene Benwikere DB San Jose State
6th round, 204th overall - Tyler Gaffney RB Stanford

2015:
1st round, 25th overall - Shaq Thompson LB Washington
2nd round, 41st overall - Devin Funchess WR Michigan
4th round, 102nd overall - Daryl Williams G Oklahoma
5th round, 169th overall - David Mayo LB Texas State
5th round, 174th overall - Cameron Artis-Payne RB Auburn

2016:
1st round, 30th overall - Vernon Butler DT Louisiana Tech
2nd round, 62nd overall - James Bradberry DB Samford
3rd round, 77th overall - Daryl Worley DB West Virginia
5th round, 141st overall - Zack Sanchez DB Oklahoma
7th round, 252nd overall - Beau Sandland TE Montana State

2017:
1st round, 8th overall - Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford
2nd round, 40th overall - Curtis Samuel WR Ohio State
2nd round, 64th overall - Taylor Moton G Western Michigan
3rd round, 77th overall - Daeshon Hall DE Texas A&M
5th round, 152nd overall - Corn Elder DB Miami (FL)
6th round, 192nd overall - Alex Armah RB West Georgia
7th round, 233rd overall - Harrison Butker K Georgia Tech

2018:
1st round, 24th overall - D.J. Moore WR Maryland
2nd round, 55th overall - Donte Jackson DB Louisiana State
3rd round, 85th overall - Rashaan Gaulden DB Tennessee
4th round, 101st overall - Ian Thomas TE Indiana
4th round, 136rd overall - Marquis Haynes LB Mississippi
5th round, 161st overall - Jermaine Carter LB Maryland
7th round, 234th overall - Andre Smith LB North Carolina
7th round, 242nd overall - Kendrick Norton DT Miami (FL)


Aside from Christian McCaffrey, who has been significantly better than I thought he would be, this is a pretty depressing list. Some of the other players are solid contributors, but overall this just isn't nearly enough talent added over the last five years, which means that the team's fortunes in any particular game are heavily dependent upon the stars (Cam, Kuechly, Short, and now McCaffrey) carrying the rest of the roster to victory. Add in how Gettleman's insane contracts hamstrung the team's ability to add talent through free agency and these drafts just haven't been good enough to be competitive week in and week out with the best teams in the conference. Contrast this list with who the Saints have drafted over the last five years. After yesterday's abysmal performance, I thought it might be time for the front office to blow this up and start over, but trading players for draft picks only helps if you turn those draft picks into good players. The secondary has been a liability for three years now, and decreased production at defensive end illustrates what happens to these defensive backs when quarterbacks have time to pick their targets.

 

Where does 2016 stack up against our other worst drafts? Right now I think it's looking pretty bad. I'm not going to shit on Gettleman for 2014, because he got some guys who are still in the league four years later. 2015 is a decent draft and still helping the Panthers. We got three quality players in 2017, and it would have been four if Hurney hadn't of stuck with Gano. And 2018 looks like a pretty good draft to me still. But 2016... eww...

1998
1st round, 14th overall - Jason Peter DE Nebraska
3rd round, 62nd overall - Chuck Wiley DE LSU
3rd round, 73rd overall - Mitch Marrow DE Penn
4th round, 106th overall - Donald Hayes WR Wisconsin
5th round, 136th overall - Jerry Jensen LB Washington
6th round, 165th overall - Damien Richardson DB Arizona St.
7th round, 196th overall - Viliami Maumau DT Colorado
7th round, 228th overall - Jim Turner WR Syracuse

2009
2nd round, 43rd overall - Everette Brown DE Florida St.
2nd round, 59th overall - Sherrod Martin DB Troy
3rd round, 93rd overall - Corvey Irvin DT Georgia
4th round, 111th overall - Mike Goodson RB Texas A&M
4th round, 128th overall - Tony Fiammetta RB Syracuse
5th round, 163rd overall - Duke Robinson G Oklahoma
7th round, 216th overall - Captain Munnerlyn DB USC (South Carolina)

 

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Welcome back

 

Turner is the only thing that saves 2014 from being a pointless draft. It's hard to say what 2015 would like if Williams hadn't gotten injured because he looked good for a stretch last season and this line could sorely use him, but Funchess is just a generic body at wide receiver. I don't think Samuel is anything special either.

 

Collin: what are your thoughts on Dave Gettleman?

Thanks.

Bull Moose

 

That’s shit for 5 fucking drafts. Heads need to roll. I guess I should have left Butker on there too cause he’s damn good but we struck with Gano and now that seems a huge mistake.

 

Is it Gettleman's fault that we don't have KB or Boston now? Or that Bene got fat and unmotivated? Or is that more on the coaching staff? Serious question.

 

My cracka.