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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (CAR)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CAR)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CAR)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Andy Dalton
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Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureD-
The phones sank the Panthers this weekend: C-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: DeMonte Capehart, 45 picks early at slot 222. It lands right in the middle: a C-, no more, no less.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Landing Arnold that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

So much rides on Emeka Egbuka that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In pick 30 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Terrion Arnold at slot 33. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick65 Rnd3 Jackson Powers-Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 3, Pick 1 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick101 Rnd4 Jaheim Bell
They reached into another round for Jaheim Bell, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick168 Rnd5 Justin Eboigbe
A reach on Justin Eboigbe in No. 168; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick180 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in the 180th overall pick 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.
Pick222 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
Value said wait; DeMonte Capehart in slot 222 says they were not listening. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.