You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Panthers did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

With linebacker, safety and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

Holker has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. McKinstry at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

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