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He took two CBs, took DJ way too high, and failed to address the pass rush. He needs to go back and put in more effort.

So basically if we receive an offer to trade down one spot I think we should take it. I'm ok with either CJ or Young.

OK so these are realisitc picks, not longshots. We have a chance at these players. Pick #1. QB - Bryce Young. I think the Panthers brass values intelligence over raw talent at the QB position, so they are going Young over CJ. I'm starting to like Young over CJ as well because you can see Young processes information very quickly. That is critical to being successful in the NFL. Maybe he doesn't have a cannon, but if he can manipulate a secondary, and anticipate routes ect then he might be our guy. I still love CJ too. Pick #39. Edge - Will McDonald IV. When you address the offense in free agency it allows you to take a look at the weakness of the defense. The most glaring problem is our pass rush. Look at the TB game and see that Burns did nothing and never got close to Brady, and there is no sack artist to pair with Burns on this roster. McDonald will play OLB and get after the QB. He is too light right now but after a season in the weight room you're talking about a beast imo. Pick #93. CB - DJ Turner. Every Panthers fan should pretty much know at this point that we're going to have injury problems at the CB position. Horn is likely to have some kind of injury at some point, and Jackson has a lower body injury every time his name is brought up by the tv announcers. He's perpetually injured, and now he's coming off a torn achilles as well. Good lord. We have to take another CB imo. D.J runs a 4.26 40-yard dash. He's 5'11 and on the lighter side, but we're at pick 93 now. We're not getting the perfect CB here. Pick #114. TE - Zack Kuntz. Dude is 6'7 and runs a 4.55 40 yard dash. Give him a year in an NFL weight lifting program and he'll be ready to make plays for us. He can also step in if we have an injury at TE. Just don't fire the pass at him, loft it up high. Who is going to get it he's 6'7 with long arms? Hello redzone. Pick #132. LB - Dorian Williams - Poor man's Shaq Thompson. If Shaq goes down, he goes in. Pick #145. IOL - Olusegun Oluwatimi - Depth for the o-line. Touted for having strong core strength. I didn't take a WR because I think we're going to sign another one.

I love how I got a B+ for getting Young with the 19th pick. Yeah B+ my ass.

I was kidding around with that one Young fell lol.

So long as we don't have our franchise QB locked into his second contract we'll have a lot of cap space to make moves. The CMC contract hurts though.

Shaq is basically a hero for this team if I understand his contract. Amazing.

Another option is to boost up the defense and hope our free agents can be enough this season. Then we can address the offense further in the 2024 draft and free agency.

Some people may not like that I took Gibbs, but imo the best time to have a two headed monster RB system is when you have a rookie QB. He can throw to the RBs as well, and our o-line can maul and really let these backs loose. And if one is injured then we still have a beast out there. We've go to juice up this offense, and many of the WRs in the second would be redundant for us.