I'm in NC. It sucked to be the Panthers this year; I just don't see any clear-cut #1 like A. Peterson or Manning.
I think he will be a bust and a locker room cancer, but IDK who else they could have taken. IMO, they needed to trade down for multiple lower tier picks since they have so many needs. But I highly doubt anyone wanted to trade for the 1st pick.
Will be an interesting year as a Panthers fan. New coach, new assistants, I have no clue what type of offense they will try to run or what players they will be releasing or trading. But it damn well better be a simple offense with Newton running it.
And I'm still not convinced they shouldn't have given Clausen a chance to develop. Not that I'm a Clausen fan, but I hate to see rookie QB's pushed into starting roles, particularly when it's an especially crappy team like the Panthers last year. The guy had no chance, nobody would've.
Fern