ZachVT4'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

Zach's hot takes

  • ZachVT4 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Panthers
Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (CAR)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CAR)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (CAR)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Panthers. For now, C+.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Panthers spent slot 141 on Fadil Diggs, a name most had 90 spots down the list.

They banked enough surplus on Pierce to cover a lot of smaller sins. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In pick 8 they get juice off the edge, a steep price for the projection. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jack Bech
They paid up for Jack Bech at No. 57 when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick74 Rnd3 Bradyn Swinson
They let Bradyn Swinson come to them and pounced at pick No. 74. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick110 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
Kaimon Rucker at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick113 Rnd4 Elijah Roberts
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Elijah Roberts. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick141 Rnd5 Fadil Diggs
Fadil Diggs at Round 5, Pick 2 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick147 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune in pick No. 147 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Somehow Hollin Pierce was still sitting there in the 164th overall pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick229 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Value with a capital V on Jamon Dumas-Johnson in pick 229, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.