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[The Athletic] Panthers big board: Draft options at No. 8


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6 hours ago, Icege said:

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  • Pie in the sky: Abdul Carter (Penn State)
  • Realistic options at #8: James Pearce Jr (Tennessee), Mykel Williams (Georgia), Jalon Walker (Georgia)
  • Trade back options: Mike Green (Marshall), Shemar Stewart (Texas A&M), Nic Scourton (Texas A&M)
  • Day 2 options: Princely Umanmielen (Ole Miss), JT Tuimoloau (Ohio State), Jack Sawyer (Ohio State), Landon Jackson (Arkansas)

DTs

  • Pie in the sky: Mason Graham (Michigan)
  • Realistic options at #8: Derrick Harmon (Oregon)
  • Trade back options: Tyleik Williams (Ohio State), Kenneth Grant (Michigan)
  • Day 2 options: Walter Nolen (Ole Miss), Alfred Collins (Texas), Darius Alexander (Toledo)

Safeties

  • Pie in the sky: None
  • Realistic options at #8: Malaki Starks (Georgia)
  • Trade back options: Nick Emmanwori (South Carolina)
  • Day 2 options: Xavier Watts (Notre Dame)

WRs

  • Pie in the sky: Travis Hunter (Colorado)
  • Realistic options at #8: Tetrairoa McMillan (Arizona)
  • Trade back options: Luther Burden (Missouri), Emeka Egbuka (Ohio State)
  • Day 2 options: Matthew Golden (Texas), Tre Harris (Ole Miss)

Another lazy piece by Joe Person 

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I am completely not interested in looking at WRs or Safeties before the forst 2 rounds.

Starting to feel like a trade back might be this year's empty wish. Who would be on  the board worth trading up for? Also thinking DT would be more impactfull than any pass rush specialist...even if it's a big need.

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lol, didn't remember that Biakabutuka was the 8th pick for us (for some reason if you asked me before, I always thought he wast eh 6th pick in the draft).

Would be perfect symmetry for me for us to have drafted my favorite player from my favorite school growing up in Biakabutuka, to now draft the best player from the school I graduated from with T-Mac all these years later.

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I don’t think Graham is this insane pie in the sky tier so many make him out to be. 
 

He’s a primarily run defense oriented inside guy and those guys don’t tend to go top 5, even after we spend all offseason hearing how can’t miss they are.

 

Star, DB, Jalen Carter. They’ve all been talked about the same way and they’ve all slipped-right about to our range-as teams opt for pass rushers and pass defenders.

this seems like it’s grading Walter Nolen too low as well, he’s crept above Graham in a number of high profile mocks because he’s an interior pass disruptor. 

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