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    Panthers
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CAR)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CAR)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Fentrell Cypress II Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CAR)
Fentrell Cypress II
CB Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Brian Burns
EDGE
Head Shot
Jeremy Chinn
S
Head Shot
Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall D
ValueD NeedB TradesF FutureA+
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Panthers to a D.

The Panthers spent real capital to be 98 picks early on LaDarius Henderson, and the board is going to hold them to it. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson at No. 33 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.
Pick65 Rnd3 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson in pick No. 65 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick69 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
A reach for Brenden Rice in the 69th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick101 Rnd4 Jalen McMillan
Jalen McMillan in slot 101 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick168 Rnd5 Christian Jones
They paid up for Christian Jones at pick 168 when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Aki Ogunbiyi
They took Aki Ogunbiyi at par in the 180th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick222 Rnd7 Fentrell Cypress II
Fentrell Cypress II in the 222nd pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.