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    Panthers
Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CAR)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (CAR)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (CAR)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (CAR)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CAR)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (CAR)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CAR)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (CAR)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (CAR)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CAR)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CAR)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (MIA)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (KC)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (BAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (ARI)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (ARI)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (LAC)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIA)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (MIA)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (PHI)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Players Gained
Head Shot
Troy Andersen
LB
Head Shot
Michael Carter
RB
Head Shot
Nsimba Webster
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Austin Corbett
OG
Head Shot
Bradley Bozeman
C
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Brandon Smith
LB
Head Shot
Brian Burns
EDGE
Head Shot
Chandler Wooten
LB
Head Shot
Deonte Brown
OG
Head Shot
DJ Johnson
LB
Head Shot
Eku Leota
LB
Head Shot
Giovanni Ricci
TE
Head Shot
Hayden Hurst
TE
Head Shot
Ian Thomas
TE
Head Shot
Mike Strachan
WR
Head Shot
Miles Sanders
RB
Head Shot
Stephen Sullivan
TE
Head Shot
Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall D
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureB+
The Panthers bled value on every deal, hence the D.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Panthers would have aced it. Ben Sinnott at the Round 3 slot is 68 spots clear of where he belonged.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. With quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Tampa falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
A tidy little value on Adonai Mitchell in pick No. 34, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
They took Chop Robinson at par in pick 36, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick39 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
The board had cheaper options than Kiran Amegadjie at slot 39, and it noticed. The roster fit checks out.
Pick52 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
No edge and no loss on Ja'Tavion Sanders in the 52nd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick53 Rnd2 Jonathon Brooks
They paid a round early for Jonathon Brooks in No. 53, more than the board wanted. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick61 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A reach for Cooper Beebe in Round 2, Pick 29; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
Pick64 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Nothing to complain about; Edgerrin Cooper went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
Javon Bullard at the 67th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick68 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at the 68th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick69 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
They robbed the room for T.J. Tampa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick70 Rnd3 Maason Smith
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with quarterback open.
Pick71 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick72 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dominick Puni this early at slot 72. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick73 Rnd3 Darius Robinson
They reached into another round for Darius Robinson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick74 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
A wild overpay on Kris Abrams-Draine in pick No. 74, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick75 Rnd3 Ben Sinnott
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Ben Sinnott. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.