Tony Pauline: Panthers’ Biggest Roster Needs

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

LT is a need.  Big un.

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

1 hour ago, L-TownCat said:

Outside of Ryan Kalil we are allergic to drafting a true center. It’s always somebody that’s never played the position or did it in high school.  Come on!

too bad we waste our 2nd round picks almost every year on 6'2 receivers who either can't catch and/or get open

[strato]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 Lol

no ma’am.

 

I don’t really know the players at this point but have done some reading. 
That draft wouldn’t make me shoot myself. 
We gotta do something about LOT though. 

[ProcessBlue2]

2 hours ago, carolinanimal said:

do we even use the TE in this offense? 

Canales uses them a lot in his run blocking schemes. 

[Dilla]

Any TE or WR additions should be FA signings. No more draft picks.

Edited January 24 by Dilla

[TD alt]

You may as well read these round  one mocks: https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2026/01/23/panthers-mock-draft-roundup-1-latest-2026-projections/88313180007/

ESPN: CJ Allen, LB, Georgia 

The Athletic: Peter Woods, DL, Ohio State

PFF: Kayden McDonald, DL, Ohio State

SI: Cashius Howell, EDGE, Texas A & M

CBS: Makai Lemon, WR, USC

Yahoo: TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson

 

[NAS]

BPA in draft all the way. Address your biggest needs in free agency.  

[hepcat]

14 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

Outside of Ryan Kalil we are allergic to drafting a true center. It’s always somebody that’s never played the position or did it in high school.  Come on!

It truly is infuriating and they’ve passed on an insane amount of 2nd round centers in favor of mostly players who don’t make it in the NFL

[Tbe]

14 hours ago, MHS831 said:

LT is a need.  Big un.

We should draft an OL high, but we probably won’t.

I don’t think Dan is that ruthless. He’s a player friendly guy, who isn’t going to cast off a hometown guy due to injury.

Not the right choice, but I suspect he’ll grab a backup quality LT in FA or very late in the draft. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

We should draft an OL high, but we probably won’t.

I don’t think Dan is that ruthless. He’s a player friendly guy, who isn’t going to cast off a hometown guy due to injury.

Not the right choice, but I suspect he’ll grab a backup quality LT in FA or very late in the draft. 

Icky is gonna miss a good chunk of next year with no guarantee he'll return to form. Moton will be 33 next season and there's too much smoke around the whispers of his chronic knee issues for there not to be some fire there. OT pretty high is imminently defensible. 

[Tbe]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Icky is gonna miss a good chunk of next year with no guarantee he'll return to form. Moton will be 33 next season and there's too much smoke around the whispers of his chronic knee issues for their not to be some fire there. OT pretty high is imminently defensible. 

 

It is. I just fear he won’t.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, Tbe said:

 

It is. I just fear he won’t.

I mean, I don't want to force it and reach but it should definitely be on the table.

[amcoolio]

No thanks to wasting more midround picks on tight ends, who very likely wouldn't crack the rotation with Tremble/Evans/Sanders anyway. We need offensive line and front 7. That should be the only focus.

[frankw]

LB and DL are the priority.

Let the chips fall where they may in the first round of the draft and take the best player available.