The Athletic Dane Brugler's 7-round mock draft specular

[TheSpecialJuan]

Carolina Panthers 

2) WR Ladd McConkey UGA

2) CB TJ Tampa Iowa State

3) RB Jonathon Brooks Texas

4)TE Ben Sinnott Kansas State 

5) DE Cedric Johnson Ole Miss 

5) FS Beau Brade Maryland

7) OT Josiah Ezirim Eastern Kentucky 

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://theathletic.com/5418352/2024/04/17/nfl-mock-draft-2024-full-seven-rounds-dane-brugler/

[ForJimmy]

Swap one of those bottom 2 for Bortolini from Wisconsin and I'm all for it. 

[Byrdman4real]

8 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Swap one of those bottom 2 for Bortolini from Wisconsin and I'm all for it. 

Exactly

[Basbear]

52 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Carolina Panthers 

2) WR Ladd McConkey UGA

2) CB TJ Tampa Iowa State

3) RB Jonathon Brooks Texas

4)TE Ben Sinnott Kansas State 

5) DE Cedric Johnson Ole Miss 

5) FS Beau Brade Maryland

7) OT Josiah Ezirim Eastern Kentucky 

[Bear Hands]

The way his first round fell is definitely a possibility.  Bills get aggressive for BT Jr., and only AD goes after that.  A lot of those teams in the 20s have OL, DL, and DB needs.  

I like his first 4 rounds.  

[jfra78]

I'm not big on taking rb that high, but I wouldn't be too mad at this

[Ricky Spanish]

I actually really like this and have Brooks on my want list.

I'd sub one of the 5th and beyond picks for WR Jalen Coker but other than that I'm good with it.

[Jackie Lee]

This Josh Norris guy needs to take a couple drafts off talking about the Panthers. 

 

[MHS831]

It bothers me that we have no LBs on this list---we have NO Depth there.  IMO, we take a RB here when would should be drafting a LB.  But with so many needs, it is difficult to cover all bases.

[Jon Snow]

57 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

It bothers me that we have no LBs on this list---we have NO Depth there.  IMO, we take a RB here when would should be drafting a LB.  But with so many needs, it is difficult to cover all bases.

I would bet money that only 2 of the Panthers draft picks this year work out for them, if they're lucky.  So anyone thinking the team will get more than 1 starter has their expectations way too high.

[Growl]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

It bothers me that we have no LBs on this list---we have NO Depth there.  IMO, we take a RB here when would should be drafting a LB.  But with so many needs, it is difficult to cover all bases.

so here’s the league model: build a veteran offense and once that’s ready to go and is eating your money you get a bunch of first contract guys on defense

theres a reason they signed a bunch of veterans on defense this offseason-because once this team is presumably ready to go all in over the next season or two-you can field a competitive team with a well paid offense and cheap athletic rookies who can fly all over the field on defense.

anyways the point is that you’ve got to go offense heavy this draft. I’m not worried about defense in this draft. Maybe one guy in the first four picks. 
 

Edit: obviously these guys would receive rookie contracts now but would be much closer to reupping in the process overall a couple seasons from now. The big money will likely be thrown at offensive guys in free agency as you saw this past FA period. 

Edited April 18, 2024 by Growl

[kungfoodude]

20 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I would bet money that only 2 of the Panthers draft picks this year work out for them, if they're lucky.  So anyone thinking the team will get more than 1 starter has their expectations way too high.

The first two rounds are typically starter level players. After that it's mainly rotational or depth guys. Which, we need a ton of depth, as well.

[Jon Snow]

33 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

The first two rounds are typically starter level players. After that it's mainly rotational or depth guys. Which, we need a ton of depth, as well.

If they even work out. The odds are just not there for it to go any other way.