DayneB12'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • DayneB12 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Panthers
Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CAR)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CAR)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Draft Picks Received
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesC+ FutureB
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Panthers.

The Panthers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 148th overall pick on Tanor Bortolini a full 39 spots early.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Harden. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
No drama and no debate, Adonai Mitchell went about where he belonged in the 33rd overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick44 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
A real head-scratcher, Bralen Trice in slot 44 is miles ahead of his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at pick 65 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick101 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Caelen Carson at the Round 4 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick142 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in Round 5, Pick 6 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick148 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini at the 148th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jaheim Bell
By-the-book stuff, Jaheim Bell at the 166th pick squarely in line with his ranking. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick240 Rnd7 Myles Harden
The board fumbled Myles Harden all the way to pick No. 240, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.