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Draft Selections
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (CAR)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CAR)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (CAR)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Jalen Sundell Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jalen Sundell
OT North Dakota State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CAR)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Jalen Sundell Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jalen Sundell
OT North Dakota State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (WSH)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (TEN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (WSH)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (DAL)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Players Gained
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Azeez Al-Shaair
LB
Head Shot
Trey Lance
QB
Head Shot
Brian Robinson
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Andy Dalton
QB
Head Shot
Justin Houston
LB
Head Shot
Raheem Blackshear
RB
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC- FutureB+
Grand theft in the Round 4 slot: the Panthers steal Brooks and grade out a B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Jonathon Brooks at the Round 4 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

The cost of the Rouse reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick38 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Troy Franklin slipping to pick 38 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick67 Rnd3 Chris Braswell
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chris Braswell at pick No. 67 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jonathon Brooks
Jonathon Brooks in slot 102 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The roster fit checks out.
Pick165 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They barely believed it either: Ben Sinnott still on the board at No. 165. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Jaylen Wright
They read the board right and Jaylen Wright was the payoff at Round 6, Pick 5. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick253 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nathaniel Watson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jalen Sundell
Jalen Sundell in the Round 7 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick257 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
Walter Rouse at the 257th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.