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Everyone Says BPA. Panthers Won’t.

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On 3/15/2026 at 12:02 AM, hepcat said:

WR in the first would boil my blood. Sadiq is a good idea and hope and pray Anthony Hill is there in the second. This is a heavy LB draft, they can get a good linebacker in the second or third. Nose tackle is low key a huge need with Robinson gone. Super bummer he’s gone, good leader and solid player. Big hole to fill. 

Man idk I would be happy with Hill at 19 tbh 

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Made a few posts about it. Short version is we need to turn our OL over and get some rookie contracts in play.
 

We can get the tackle money down now, and get ready to do it with the guards in a couple of years. When the tackles get expensive. 

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On 3/15/2026 at 12:08 AM, LinvilleGorge said:

What fans don't understand when they hear "BPA" is that what it really means is the "BPA for OUR team" which factors in things like the needs of the roster, scheme fit, etc. Every GM is going to claim that the player he drafted was the BPA. It's nit like you're gonna have one step to the podium and say "Listen, I know we passed up on better talent but damn y'all, we were desperate for a *insert position here*" even though it's very obvious rhats exactly whats happening with some picks in every draft.

When it is our pick, it is highly possible that BPA could be any number of players.  Considering all BPA players available i think LT is probably the biggest need. We are extremely thin at that position and injuries on the O-Line can kill a season especially LT.  

We'll see. 

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I don’t want to give OP too much crap. My counter point would be that most of those positions we absolutely take if we felt the BPA was there.

We’d 100% draft Mendoza. QB isn’t in play because no one thinks Simpson will be BPA.

RB Isn’t in play because Love will be gone and everyone else is a R2 prospect 

No C is in play for R1. OT and G are interesting. Not sure Ioane will be there. Some have him as a top 10 prospect, others not as much. At OT I think Mauigoa would be the pick but will be gone. Not sure how Freeling or Fano are viewed. 
 

again tho Edge isn’t in contention because the ones worth drafting will be gone. At CB I think we’d consider Delane as BPA if he slipped.

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I would love for the Panthers to drop back a few spots, obtain an extra pick and draft DT Kayden McDonald (20-25) to shore up the line with Derrick Brown and get Rodriguez in the second round. Also as for the rest of Free agency, I hope Dan gives a call to Keenan Allen as he's 1st down machine and trades XL. 

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On 3/18/2026 at 12:41 PM, h0llywood said:

I would love for the Panthers to drop back a few spots, obtain an extra pick and draft DT Kayden McDonald (20-25) to shore up the line with Derrick Brown and get Rodriguez in the second round. Also as for the rest of Free agency, I hope Dan gives a call to Keenan Allen as he's 1st down machine and trades XL. 

I think DT would be an excellent place to invest. And ditto for Rodriguez or another compliment to Lloyd. 
We could set this defense up right this year. 
 

But if a left tackle of merit is there in the 1st or even our future RT is in the 2nd I have to be practical. That is a major impending issue on the field and in the pocketbook and has to be addressed.  

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