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  • ikj23xx DRAFTING FOR THE
    Panthers
Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (CAR)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: JD Bertrand, 33 picks early at slot 178.

Rakestraw Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
A slide stopped in No. 33, with Terrion Arnold worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick39 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
They did well to land Ladd McConkey in slot 39, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick65 Rnd3 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
The board fumbled Ennis Rakestraw Jr. all the way to the 65th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick101 Rnd4 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at pick No. 101 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick142 Rnd5 James Williams
You do not let a safety like James Williams reach the 142nd pick and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick166 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
They took Dillon Johnson at par in Round 5, Pick 30, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick178 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
A wild overpay on JD Bertrand in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.