Willyboys'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Tyler Batty
DE-EDGE BYU
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueD- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Panthers: C+.

The Tyler Batty selection is the head-turner. The Panthers reached 115 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

Landing Noel that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Mike Green
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 David Walker
They reached into another round for David Walker, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jalen McLeod
A real head-scratcher, Jalen McLeod in slot 74 is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick111 Rnd4 Tyler Batty
Tyler Batty in the 111th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick114 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
They will replay Gunnar Helm at pick No. 114 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick140 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
They robbed the room for Billy Bowman Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick146 Rnd5 Connor Colby
Connor Colby in the 146th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jaylin Noel
Jaylin Noel at slot 163 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jahvaree Ritzie
A wild overpay on Jahvaree Ritzie in pick 227, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.