You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Panthers did exactly that with Princewill Umanmielen in pick 153.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. The Nico Collins pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.