Like it or not, Leonard Fournette is the First Round Target

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Like it or not, Leonard Fournette is the First Round Target

Okay, so I should have known NOT to try to communicate anything of any substance via Twitter. Explaining reasons for anything doesn't work well among that Short Attention Span Theater crowd, who would rather click and "like" a pretty picture than actually go click and have to truly READ WORDS, so I'll have to write this article to spell some things out.

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Panthers Draft Shows Long-Term Vision

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Panthers Draft Shows Long-Term Vision

Once again, an NFL Draft is in the books and it doesn't take too long for the "grades" to come in. Carolina often gets low marks from most pundits year in and year out for not addressing enough needs or something. These same guys say you can't grade a draft class for at least several years. Carolina Panthers GM David Gettleman has his own ideas.

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Panthers Need Few Players to get back to the Super Bowl

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Panthers Need Few Players to get back to the Super Bowl

Since the Super Bowl Fifty fiasco and the NFL's deck stacked against them with Peyton Manning's "storybook" career winding down, the NFL wanted a nice, neat bow tied around the half-century mark of Super Bowl history, and a few key "missed calls" *AHEM* certainly helped the Broncos accomplish that feat. However, it's still a fact that the Panthers' offense never could get untracked as they went up against a defense that was every bit as good as their own.

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Panthers Select Vernon Butler in First Round

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Panthers Select Vernon Butler in First Round

The long wait is over...somewhat. The first round of the NFL's Annual Selection Metting AKA the NFL Draft is in the books, and DT Vernon Butler found his way to Charlotte. Although the team already has two outstanding defensive tackles and is the one position (other than linebacker) where the team is set. So why the pick? 

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