TheSpecialJuan

In Dan Morgan’s first two seasons as the GM he has traded up in the 2nd round every year. In ‘24 for Jonathon Brooks and ‘25 for Nic Scouton. It’s almost a guarantee he trades up today again

Kindergarten Cop is absolutely wonderful

Promising setup for Freeling. Good LG next to him in Damien Lewis, and Carolina doesn’t have to force the issue immediately. Freeling gets runway if he needs it, with a chance to take the job quickly if he proves he’s better than Walker in camp. https://x.com/brandonthornnfl/status/2047708354928144463?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Dane Bugler in his The Beast draft guide compared Freeling to Raiders all-pro Kolten Miller and was his #17th rated overall player

Monroe Freeling to the #Panthers Awesome to see GMs that have foresight. Ekwonu suffered a major knee injury, Taylor Moton will have the third highest cap number among RTs in 2027, and Rasheed Walker on a one-year deal. Good OTs are hard to find. Freeling has a ton of potential. https://x.com/jordan_reid/status/2047669880778875272?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

As #Panthers GM, Dan Morgan has traded a Day 2 pick 6 times in the last 2 years during the draft: 2025 Traded 57 for Nic Scourton Traded 85 for Princely Umanmielen 2024 Traded 33 for Xavier Legette Traded down from 39 Traded 52 to get Jonathon Brooks Traded down from 65 https://x.com/panthersanalyst/status/2047703344857350275?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Right. the Bills will probably take Ridriguez at #37

With Colts #47 To take Jacob Rodriguez

Freeling will be the Day 1 Starter. https://x.com/joshkleinrules/status/2047648277437300747?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Gotta hurt #Panthers to be paying Ikem Ekwonu $17.56M in 2026 in cash and cap. Mature decision to select Monroe Freeling even after signing Rasheed Walker. Fixed Left Tackle for a decade. Reminds me of when Titans took Taylor Lewan in ‘14 despite having Michael Roos and David Stewart under contract. Pro Bowl Left Tackles don’t grow on https://x.com/nfldraftbites/status/2047521508872901089?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Mature pick by the front office. The type of long-view pick a team like Ravens and Eagles would make

Freeling was my OT1 and this is maybe my favorite pick of the first round so far. https://x.com/nate_tice/status/2047502145725816934?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

Monroe Freeling was my favorite pass protecting LT. Just trying to figure out how this makes sense for the current Panthers https://x.com/csimmsqb/status/2047495668118216899?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

It was underwhelming no doubt but it’s the type of decision a smart front office makes. For the future OT was a major need

Taking a WR three years in a row always seemed like a bad idea

We’re going to extend Damien Lewis he’s been one of the better OG in the league the past 2 years

Great point. Next year we cut Robert Hunt for cap relief and plug in Ickey at G

Thank God

This selection probably tells you Ickey is out for the year

WR 3 years in a row always seemed far fetched

We can’t lose selecting Freeling. He can play LT while Ickey is out and eventually replace Taylor Moton or Ickey for that matter

Exactly. This the type of pick a smart front office makes.

My bad

Incorrect they took Stafford replacement