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DutchNugget DRAFTING FOR THEPanthers
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Players Gained
Marquise
Brown
WR
Justin
Fields
QB
Paris
Johnson Jr.
OT
Mitch
Trubisky
QB
Chase
Young
EDGE
Players traded away
Bryce
Young
QB
Frankie
Luvu
LB
Hayden
Hurst
TE
Nash
Jensen
OG
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall
D-
ValueC+
NeedB
TradesF
FutureC+
The Panthers lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story. You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Panthers did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.
The Frazier reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.
Pick Analysis
Pick15
Rnd1
Jared Verse
In No. 15 they get juice off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick17
Rnd1
Dallas Turner
In the 17th pick they get a problem off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick21
Rnd1
T'Vondre Sweat
In Round 1, Pick 21 they get a load in the middle, though they paid up to get him. Need was not the driver here.
Pick26
Rnd1
Xavier Worthy
In pick No. 26 they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33
Rnd2
Ja'Tavion Sanders
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick36
Rnd2
Chris Braswell
A conviction pick on Chris Braswell at slot 36 that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick39
Rnd2
T.J. Tampa
They paid sticker price for T.J. Tampa in the 39th overall pick, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick47
Rnd2
Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman slipping to pick 47 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick65
Rnd3
Blake Corum
No edge and no loss on Blake Corum in the 65th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Pick66
Rnd3
Jermaine Burton
Jermaine Burton at No. 66 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick70
Rnd3
Zach Frazier
A big swing on Zach Frazier at the Round 3 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick111
Rnd4
Smael Mondon Jr.
They reached into another round for Smael Mondon Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick123
Rnd4
James Williams
They paid up for James Williams at pick No. 123 when waiting would have done the job. It fills a real need, too.
Pick138
Rnd5
Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson at pick 138 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164
Rnd5
Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson at slot 164 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick244
Rnd7
Tyler Harrell
A premium they did not need to pay, Tyler Harrell a notch or two before his time. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.