The weekend has a hole in the middle of it named wide receiver, a need the Panthers walked right past. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

The cost of the Green reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

So much rides on Mike Green that the real verdict is a season or two away.