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Carolina spent draft picks on Shrine Bowl alums, tight end Mitchell Evans and Jimmy Horn Jr., last year. The Panthers have also had success in recent years with finding undrafted talent (Jalen Coker, Bam Martin-Scott and Jared Harrison-Hunte) at the annual all-star game. 1. Jaden Dugger, ILB, Louisiana (East) The 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker made the play of the day on Saturday with a pick in 11-on-11 drills. He also had an interception in 11-on-11 work on Sunday as well. He has long arms and a nastiness to him. While he stands out as a big, tall player at his position, his instincts and lateral quickness in practice were just as impressive as his size. His nearly 35-inch arms also help him clear out traffic in the box and make up space in coverage. Dugger had seven sacks in two years at Louisiana. 2. Jalen Huskey, DB, Maryland (West) The 6-foot-1, 199-pound safety had a strong Saturday workout. He broke up a pass in 7-on-7 coverage drills early in the practice. Later, he made a diving pass breakup in the end zone during 11-on-11 red zone drills. Huskey has some grittiness to his game, but his coverage was his strength in Frisco. Huskey had 11 interceptions during his college career, which began at Bowling Green. 3. Mason Reiger, OLB/DE, Wisconsin (East) At 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, Reiger’s “get off” as an edge rusher is lightning quick. He was able to get the better of Penn State offensive tackle Nolan Rucci on a couple of occasions in team drills on Sunday. When Reiger can win with speed, it allows him to set up other rushing approaches throughout a matchup. During one rep, he blazed off the line before hitting a spin move mid-rush, which led to immediate pressure on the opposing QB in 11-on-11 drills. Reiger spent his first four years at Louisville before transferring to Wisconsin this past season. He had 13 career sacks in four seasons on defense. 4. Eric Rivers, WR, Georgia Tech (West) Rivers was a big play machine during the first three days of workouts. And when he wasn’t catching passes, he was drawing penalties on defenders. While he stands a hair under 5-foot-10 and weighs 179 pounds, Rivers plays like a much bigger receiver. He has excellent body control and leaping ability, and he uses his compact frame well to ward off defenders with the ball in the air. He won on several different routes, and he has quality burst off the line. Rivers reminds this beat writer of Brandin Cooks a lot. Rivers spent two years at Florida International before transferring to Georgia Tech this past season. He had 2,173 yards and 16 touchdowns during his three years of college ball. 5. Chip Trayanum, RB, Toledo (East) It’s one thing to see impressive natural speed with a running back. It’s another to watch a ball-carrier glide as a runner. Trayanum has a glide to his game. He did a nice job catching the ball during team drills. He also made some impressive cuts out of the backfield. Trayanum appears to be a guy that’s capable of playing all three downs. Trayanum played six college seasons with four different programs, but he produced 1,015 rushing yards during his one year at Toledo. 6. Riley Mahlman, OT, Wisconsin (West) The 6-foot-8, 304-pound lineman looks the part. He has very good balance as a pass blocker. During 1-on-1 drills this past weekend, he did a nice job of clearing opposing defenders out of harm’s way. He also had some really nice run reps during individual drills. Mahlman was probably the most impressive blocker of the tackles in Frisco this past weekend. 7. Honorable mentioned: Syracuse P Jack Stonehouse (East), Texas A&M DT Albert Regis (West), North Carolina CB Marcus Allen (East), LSU TE Bauer Sharp (West), South Carolina OLB Bryan Thomas Jr. (East), Duke OLB Wesley Williams (East), Navy RB/WR Eli Heidenreich (East), Florida State DL Darrell Jackson Jr. (East), Clemson QB Cade Klubnik (East)

And the Panthers couldn’t wait one freaking year

Yes Payton is a dirt bag but he can coach

Here is a picture of the bottom line. He admits pick 1 and 2 may not drop but odds are decent for picks 3 and 5 In the brief video, gives stats, fit background on each

Lol everyone is a critic lol i just share information to spur discussion if it seems reasonable of course ‘reasonable’ is in the eyes of the reader

Yes icky is on the books with zero certainty of return, Moton getting older with knee issues…draft that versatile OT in the first or second if one is there…rookie contract

These are recommendations Some are stop gaps. Some potential long term. Panthers need both 1. Chargers edge Odafe Oweh 2 chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal 3 cardinals LT Kelvin Beachum (1 year stop gap) 4 Ravens center tyler linderbuam (My comment, if he is available Let Mayes walk) 5. eagles Safety Blankenship

Lot on these players bodies. Hope the players have enough sense to ask for increased roster numbers and compensation and other items

Raiders are probably waiting on coaches currently in the playoffs i see no way, drafting Mendoza, and with tom brady as co owner, that they would bring a mediocre defensive coordinator in as HC no way

Yep same for josh allen too not smart football. objective move for the field goal. Make said field goal. Get your ass on the plane. Go home

Shared from another site Dave has some catching up to do…pretty vanilla,.looks like I’m too lazy so,here is his: 2nd fewest using motion. 7th fewest using screens. 9th fewest using play-action. 11th fewest using no huddle. 4th most using RPO.

I don’t think he really wanted to be in Carolina…not sure Evero was much of a selling point. That’s just me though. I’m prejudiced

Best of the offense 1. RT Taylor Moton: 81.0. 2. WR Tetairoa McMillan: 79.3 3. LG Damien Lewis: 77.7 4. WR Jalen Coker: 75.4 5. RG Brady Christensen: 72.7 Moton's excellence continues, as he's now finished with a top-three offensive grade for Carolina in six of the last seven seasons. The former second-round pick, amongst Panthers with at least 100 offensive snaps, has taken the No. 1 spot three times since 2020. McMillan and Coker led the team in the passing game—with 79.2 and 75.3 receiving grades, respectively. The former also comes away 1,014 receiving yards, the most ever for a Panthers rookie. Worst of the offense 18. C Cade Mays: 61.0 19. WR Hunter Renfrow: 56.9 20. WR Xavier Legette: 52.0 21. TE Ja'Tavion Sanders: 51.6 22. RG Chandler Zavala: 43.5 Save for wideout David Moore, Legette and Sanders finished with the offense's two lowest receiving grades (54.0 and 50.2). Both also took a dip in production from their rookie campaigns, with Legette going from 497 receiving yards to 363 and Sanders from 342 to 190. Zavala, amongst Panthers at that 100-snap mark, has finished with the unit's worst overall grade in two of his three NFL seasons. Best of the defense 1. CB Mike Jackson: 83.5 2. DL Derrick Brown: 73.3 3. CB Corey Thornton: 68.5 4. OLB Nic Scourton: 68.0 5. DL A'Shawn Robinson: 63.7 Excluding his 26-snap season in 2021, Jackson hit a career-high with an 85.8 coverage grade. According to PFF, he allowed a 65.1 passer rating when targeted—the 10th-best amongst all cornerbacks with at least 100 coverage snaps. Brown now has three top-two finishes for Carolina in his last three full seasons. He had the Panthers' top overall defensive grade in 2022 (84.4) and 2023 (90.1). Worst of the defense 17. OLB Princely Umanmielen: 49.8 18. ILB Christian Rozeboom: 48.4 19. DL LaBryan Ray: 45.7 20. ILB Krys Barnes: 43.9 21. DL Tershawn Wharton: 43.0 Wharton's 34.5 run defense grade was the worst amongst all 31 players who recorded a defensive snap for Carolina in 2025. Rozeboom tied for a team-high 19 missed tackles.

Or the special teams coach thats his area

Troubling. Probably over compensating for that bicep or protecting it

im a big believer in strong o lines in general and really strong olines for not so strong QBs and we have one if those not so strong QBs, plus with one LT done for the year and another that is aging with knee issues, a versatile tackle, on a rookie contract for the second most important position on the team, is a good thing from cat crave Dean Jones “If Francis Mauigoa (Miami) made it this far down the pecking order, it would be a difficult proposition to turn down. The Miami prospect might not have the prototypical length associated with premier offensive tackles, but you wouldn't know it. His pass protection is exceptional, which is matched by a strong base on running plays and enough athleticism to make a difference at the second level when opportunities arise. Mauigoa can play either tackle with ease. This makes him a short-term replacement for Ekwonu and a potential long-term successor to Moton. And if fans don't think this is possible in the first round, they haven't been paying close enough attention.” Excerpt From “Carolina Panthers 7-round 2026 NFL mock draft: Pushing forward edition” Cat Crave https://apple.news/AYEo7NKteR6mIGHtthRnzZQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Come on man, dont be a contrarian you know what im saying.

My feeling, and that’s all it is based on watching this team, is coaching and schemes do hold them back seldom is anything new or inventive from either We aren’t talking upper level coaches here Timid is the adjective that comes to mind. Canales seems to start games timidly and Evero ends them timidly i get there isn’t all star personnel on this team. I know the history No need to revisit that ..but you have to let your players play and if they can’t, you have the wrong players. what I’ve found in life is if you play not yo lose, you won’t win. I don’t care what sport it is. ..or business You have to take calculated risks, early and often in the nfl When does Evero do anything that catches the other teams’ offenses by surprise It is the same looks over and over again. Other teams watch films too i feel Evero is kept because if Canales fails, or Young fails, Tepper will do a clean sweep of the organization in 2027 and their contracts no matter who Evero has on staff,that conservatism is his personality again just my opinion

He is a young guy and just starting out he does a good job and augments with tape that is more than many do, nationally and locally he is also fair and if he sees additional film that requires a redress to what he says, he does it

quick summary before defense, talks briefly about Morgan’s comment about needing an explosive player not sure with Canales play calling and poor blocking particularly on screens it would matter First part of Film review looks at issues with Evero’s defense issues with Panthers defenses. Rams exposed every one Second part of film next week film look deeper at Evero’s defense Predictability of panthers defense in cover 3 and cover 6 cover 3 look left Pua open Easy to expose and attack panthers cover 3 So easy that Stafford knew immediately where to go nick scott, a safety, left on an island with WRs Player is an issue 2 high safety exposing cover 3 coverage in in seam cover 6 issues also Stafford attacking Jaycee Horn one on one, could easily have drawn flags on double moves …safety over top not there for horn to be able to play a better technique conclusion Safety is needed or Evero’s scheme for safety play is weak and teams know it

Rooney rule most likely evero statistically improved but still poor on 3rd and 4th down like to see stats on redzone too

This is the only plausible solution I’m not a young fan because of his stature which requires gyration of mechanics and also causes cutting out plays in the playbook They knew that when they drafted him troubling to me too, and just my perception, is he doesn’t seem to mentally fire until it is ‘do or die’ and, show him something new, and he freezes ..again, could just be my perception and then what we get is either timid, deer in the headlights Bryce until he says ‘fug it’ and just plays. Canales almost encourages that timid behavior by the way Dave is way too timid for me so net net, he is here and going to be here through 2026. They have too many other needs to do anything different Fix the backup. Let the scouts do their job. 49ers got lucky with Purdy. Maybe Dave the QB whisperer will too (facetious) all that side, give Young his props. Long term answer or not, Young does have guts. He got his ass beat up left and right by that Rams line. Made good throws and but for some bad play calls the last 2 series and a dropped pass, gave them a chance. That’s more than they’ve had in 8 years.

Monday's signings for the Panthers are as follows: RB Montrell Johnson RB Anthony Tyus WR Dan Chisena WR Ja'seem Reed WR Ainias Smith TE Bryce Pierre G Ja'Tyre Carter G Saahdiq Charles G Joshua Gray OLB Jamil Muhammad ILB Jared Bartlett ILB Maz Mwansa ILB Jacoby Windmon CB Tyrek Funderburk S Demani Richardson

Yes ive said this in a few threads got a little fella at qb. didn't exact have a lot of running success after midsession either plus several linemen are coming off injuries When i see the time brock purdy and a few others get, its sad that this $86 million dollar doesn't do the same yes it could be young. It could be scheme but look at the other teams and the time those qbs have