03-20-2024, 06:57 AM -
A couple of mocks:
https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/news/car...ent-trades
RD 2, Pick 33: C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
I'm pretty sure I've had Frazier mocked to the Panthers from the jump. I get the appeal for a wide receiver here, but the drop off from Frazier to the next center is much greater than whichever receiver you peg here to the next. There will be options at WR at 39. I'm afraid Frazier won't make it there. Get your guy in the middle and your offensive line is set.
RD 2, Pick 39 (from NYG): WR Xavier Legette, South Carolina
Legette could be one of those receivers folks will project Carolina takes at 33, but I think he could make it to this spot. For the sake of our mock, we're saying that he does and it becomes a no-brainer for Dan Morgan. He's a big, physical receiver that can make tough contested catches and could contribute right away alongside Adam Thielen and Diontae Johnson.
RD 3, Pick 65: LB Payton Wilson, NC State
Wilson's draft range is hard to really predict because of the injury history, which is why I think he'll land somewhere in the third. Carolina needs to add more depth at linebacker with Shaq Thompson coming off a fractured fibula. Linebacker isn't a major need, but Wilson is such a Dan Morgan guy.
https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/lists/...-franklin/
Pick No. 33 (Second round): Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
Adding Johnson was a fine start for the receiver room, but Young needs more separators.
Not many in this class are better at finding space than McConkey, who would fit right into the quick-strike vision Canales has for his offense. When measured against wideouts who have headed into the NFL over the past two years, he ranks in the 95th percentile in separation percentage and 11th in yards per route run.
He may project best as a slot receiver, where Adam Thielen currently gets the bulk of his work. And while Thielen still has two seasons left on his contract, the 33-year-old won’t be here for the finished product and could even be a post-June 1 trade candidate.
Pick No. 39 (Second round): Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
Now that we have two premier separators in Johnson and McConkey, let’s add something else this offense is missing-speed.
We double-dip at wideout with Franklin, one of the best burners of the draft. This past season, the long 6-foot-2, 176-pounder scored 14 touchdowns while averaging 17.1 yards per reception-the third-highest amongst all pass catchers with at least 80 grabs. (Only Washington’s Rome Odunze and Louisiana State’s Malik Nabers ranked higher.)
And like McConkey, Franklin is sitting pretty in that career yards per route run statistic. The elite speed merchant is ninth in the category amongst all receivers in the 2023 and 2024 classes.
Pick No. 65 (Third round): Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia
https://catcrave.com/posts/carolina-pant...es-edition
Adonai Mitchell
Wide Receiver | Texas Longhorns
No. 33 overall
Zach Frazier
Center | West Virginia Mountaineers
No. 39 overall
Ja'Tavion Sanders
Tight End | Texas Longhorns
No. 65 overall
These are recent and all are different...but of course the WR theme is popular. I know there are lots of others and things will change as free agency continues.
https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/news/car...ent-trades
RD 2, Pick 33: C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
I'm pretty sure I've had Frazier mocked to the Panthers from the jump. I get the appeal for a wide receiver here, but the drop off from Frazier to the next center is much greater than whichever receiver you peg here to the next. There will be options at WR at 39. I'm afraid Frazier won't make it there. Get your guy in the middle and your offensive line is set.
RD 2, Pick 39 (from NYG): WR Xavier Legette, South Carolina
Legette could be one of those receivers folks will project Carolina takes at 33, but I think he could make it to this spot. For the sake of our mock, we're saying that he does and it becomes a no-brainer for Dan Morgan. He's a big, physical receiver that can make tough contested catches and could contribute right away alongside Adam Thielen and Diontae Johnson.
RD 3, Pick 65: LB Payton Wilson, NC State
Wilson's draft range is hard to really predict because of the injury history, which is why I think he'll land somewhere in the third. Carolina needs to add more depth at linebacker with Shaq Thompson coming off a fractured fibula. Linebacker isn't a major need, but Wilson is such a Dan Morgan guy.
https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/lists/...-franklin/
Pick No. 33 (Second round): Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
Adding Johnson was a fine start for the receiver room, but Young needs more separators.
Not many in this class are better at finding space than McConkey, who would fit right into the quick-strike vision Canales has for his offense. When measured against wideouts who have headed into the NFL over the past two years, he ranks in the 95th percentile in separation percentage and 11th in yards per route run.
He may project best as a slot receiver, where Adam Thielen currently gets the bulk of his work. And while Thielen still has two seasons left on his contract, the 33-year-old won’t be here for the finished product and could even be a post-June 1 trade candidate.
Pick No. 39 (Second round): Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
Now that we have two premier separators in Johnson and McConkey, let’s add something else this offense is missing-speed.
We double-dip at wideout with Franklin, one of the best burners of the draft. This past season, the long 6-foot-2, 176-pounder scored 14 touchdowns while averaging 17.1 yards per reception-the third-highest amongst all pass catchers with at least 80 grabs. (Only Washington’s Rome Odunze and Louisiana State’s Malik Nabers ranked higher.)
And like McConkey, Franklin is sitting pretty in that career yards per route run statistic. The elite speed merchant is ninth in the category amongst all receivers in the 2023 and 2024 classes.
Pick No. 65 (Third round): Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia
https://catcrave.com/posts/carolina-pant...es-edition
Adonai Mitchell
Wide Receiver | Texas Longhorns
No. 33 overall
Zach Frazier
Center | West Virginia Mountaineers
No. 39 overall
Ja'Tavion Sanders
Tight End | Texas Longhorns
No. 65 overall
These are recent and all are different...but of course the WR theme is popular. I know there are lots of others and things will change as free agency continues.