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I think our biggest need currently is DI. We havec one starting caliber DI. Bobby Brown and Turk Wharton are not needle movers. If this position gets adressed before the draft (DJ Reeder!), I'd be okay with drafting Sadiq.

A lot of people in the community seem to think Carolina will go pure BPA at 19, but I don’t really see it that way. I do think this front office has put itself in a good position after free agency. They’ve been aggressive, they’ve improved the roster, and they’ve taken away the pressure of having to force one specific position. That part is true. But that still doesn’t mean this will be a true best player available approach. There are still spots on this roster that clearly need more help than others, and I think those positions will naturally narrow the board. The good news is that because the team improved multiple areas, they now have enough flexibility that their pick can still look like BPA. It just won’t be BPA in the purest sense. It’ll be more like BPA within a cluster of positions still in play. With pick 19, the odds are pretty high that a player at one of those positions will match both value and need. Here’s how I see the roster right now. Offense QB — Bryce Young X RB — Chuba Hubbard X Chuba is productive, Jonathon Brooks should return from injury, and Trevor Etienne gives them another option. Running back is not a draft priority. WR — Tetairoa McMillan X WR — Jalen Coker X WR — Xavier Legette In play He’s still young and worth developing, so I wouldn’t call this a major need. But if a high-end receiver unexpectedly falls, we could absolutely pull the trigger. TE — Ja’Tavion Sanders Very much in play We don’t really have a true TE1. We haven’t had one since Greg Olsen. Kenyon Sadiq would make a lot of sense if the board falls that way. LT — Rasheed Walker X Between Ekwonu and Rasheed Walker, tackle doesn’t feel like something they’d attack early. LG — Damien Lewis X C — Luke Fortner X Not a priority compared to other needs. RG — Robert Hunt X RT — Taylor Moton X Defense LDE — Derrick Brown X NT — Bobby Brown III In play He’s a nose tackle who doesn’t particularly stop the run that well. An upgrade could definitely be in play within the first 2–3 rounds. RDE — Tershawn Wharton In play He struggled last season. On a Super Bowl contender, he would ideally be more of a rotational piece. Defensive interior overall still feels like a unit that could be improved. Our #2 DI last season was A’Shawn Robinson by a mile, and we lost him. WLB — Nic Scourton X LILB — Devin Lloyd X RILB — Trevin Wallace In play Wallace has flaws in his game. Slightly below-average LB right now, but he could still develop into a solid depth piece. I wouldn’t rule out linebacker within the first two rounds. In the first round though, the only realistic option without reaching would be Sonny Styles if he somehow falls to the 10–13 range and we trade up. CJ Allen and Anthony Hill Jr. should not be considered at 19. SLB — Jaelan Phillips X LCB — Mike Jackson X Mike Jack should now be viewed as a pillar of this defense. SS — Tre’von Moehrig X FS — Lathan Ransom Very much in play Free safety is one of the most realistic upgrade spots on the roster. Lathan Ransom profiles more like a strong safety than a true free safety. RCB — Jaycee Horn X NB — Chau Smith-Wade In play Nickel could definitely be addressed early. Adding a true difference-maker in the slot (or another CB and moving Jaycee inside more often) would make this secondary much stronger. Final Take — TLDR This is why I don’t think Carolina will follow a true BPA approach. They’ve improved enough in free agency that they aren’t forced into one desperate need anymore, which is exactly where you want to be going into the draft. But the roster still has a few spots that clearly stand out more than others. Because of that, I think the Panthers will draft using a multi-position BPA approach, not a full-roster BPA board. Most realistic early targets in my opinion Tight end Defensive interior Free safety Linebacker Nickel corner with wide receiver as the possible wildcard if someone unexpectedly falls. At pick 19, that’s exactly the type of situation where value and need are most likely to meet. Realistic Picks at 19 Kenyon Sadiq Caleb Banks / Peter Woods Dillon Thieneman Sonny Styles (via trade up if he falls) Jermod McCoy / Avieon Terrel Jordyn Tyson

Brother can we just enjoy the Lloyd signing please

Holy fug is this place gonna be loud

Legette will have one final season to prove his worth. We currently miss a starting WR. We have 2 on the current roster. TMac and Coker. Legette though has potential. We can’t say the same about any player on our LB room, edge room aside from Scourton, and TE room. We should gamble on a turn around from Legette more than Trevin Wallace. We have many needs, LB EDGE TE are the more pressing.

Dan did good last year. His one mistake was the Turk Wharton FA signing. He’s a non factor out there, and his contract is abysmal

Bryce haters, find another huddle

Great half. We need 2 more TDs at least to win this one

A’Shawn Robinson doesn’t get the respect he deserves from Panthers fans. He’s been great all year. The real surprise to me was Trevin Wallace. He was everywhere

Let's wait and see how this season goes before saying he will not reach his peak with us. Wait until Coker's back. Dew always had good WRs around him.

He's got 6 game winning drive brother. Again, I'm not saying he's a top 10 QB in the league. But this is an overreaction. The whole team is not as good as you think it is.

Can you name me another player aside from McMillan and maybe Rob Hunt/Damian Lewis who had a better game than Bryce on offense? Cause I can't. The number 2 WR had minus 2 yards and he threw for 328 against a pretty good Cards defense. I'm not saying he was great, but his performance on a playoff caliber team is enough to win you that game.

If you replaced Legette with a healthy Coker today would have been completely different. Bryce is not the main reason we lost.

He suggs though

His value can't be any lower, that would be a mistake

No. Canales lost us this game.

Trevon Moe'rig might be our worst starter. Big misstep by Dan Morgan

Allright let's blame him for all of the turnovers. Rico Dowdle doesn't deserve blame for that 2nd INT. He's a great player with a bigtime 40.9 pff grade. Legette is also great! 53.9. I'm not even mentionning our 2 game changing tight ends TEs.

Brother what are you saying. Most NFL receivers make that catch. The ball was there. Renfrow dropped it. You talk about Legette like if he was one drag foot away from having a good game. He was a non factor out there. Bryce made mistakes, he also made plays. Again, he's not the reason we lost yesterday. But yeah, keep talking highly of all of his playmakers that actually make no plays.

Bryce Young was not the problem this week. The problem was his playmakers outside of TMac. Legette, Renfrow, Sanders and Tremble were all aweful. Canales was the problem for that 4th down in the redzone. He should shoulder the blame for taking his sweet time to come up with plays, and also to field a roster that was not mentally ready week 1

Pretty sure we've seen the last of DJ Johnson with the Panthers. He's getting cut

They really shouldn't be. We don't have a starting caliber nickel. And one injury to Jaycee or Mike Jackson would derail everything.

What the Panthers should target in order (via free agency or via trade): 1. Julian Blackmon 2. Mike Hilton 3. Jaire Alexander 4. Jalen Ramsey

There is no reason to think he won't produce giving his performances post benching.

We should feel better about this defense yeah. At the end of the day, there is one guy who is going to make this whole thing work or not. It's Evero. The players we got are very good at some things and bad at others. -Moehrig is a terrific run stopper, but he lacks in coverage -Bobby Brown is a great run stopper, but he can't get after the quarterback - Pat Jones is a big body run stuffer. Not as good in pass rush, his 7 sacks are misleading. We still need to go EDGE in the first round - Wharton gets behind the line of scrimmage, but he's too small to be a consistant 3-down run stopper. Evero needs to use all of them perfectly if we want to field an above average defense. I think he can pull it off.