Panthers pre-draft depth chart...a reference

[O-Ther]

Most of us know all this, but it helps to see it all together to give a big picture view to the direction Gettleman might go. Depth chart positions are based on last season's depth chart and where I see free agents fitting as of today. Will obviously change after the draft and training camp.

 

$$ =Top 10 cap hit

++ =significant recent injury history

CAPS =age 30+

Bold =UFA next year

underlined =player was undrafted

 

WR1: Benjamin      Brown  Hill

WR2: COTCHERY Boykin

WR3: GINN            Bersin

TE: $$OLSEN$$  Dickson  Williams

 

RB: $$++Stewart++$$  Whittaker  Reaves  Todman

FB: $$Tolbert$$  Brockel

QB: $$Newton$$  ANDERSON  Webb

 

LT: $$Oher$$  Martin Foucault

LG: Norwell  ++Silatolu++

C: $$KALIL$$  Folkerts

RG: Turner  Chandler  Scott  ++Kugbila++

RT: Remmers  Martin

 

LDE: $$Johnson$$  Alexander  Horton

DT: Short EDWARDS

DT: Lotulelei  COLE  Love

RDE: Ealy  Alexander Addison Horton

 

SLB: Klein Glanton

MLB: $$Kuechly$$  TRUSNIK  Jacobs

WLB: $$DAVIS$$  Glanton

 

CB1: Norman            White

CB2: ++TILLMAN++  Byndom

NB: Benwikere           Williams

SS: HARPER  Jones  Lester

FS: Boston  Coleman

 

K, P, LS: $$Gano$$  Nortman  Jensen

PR: GINN  Brown

KR: Todman  Whittaker

 

 

My summary: We depend on a lot of players that went undrafted. Not necessarily a bad thing, except when most of the depth in a position group is undrafted players. Combined with 3 of the top 5 players being free agents, the secondary could get more help than expected in the draft.

 

All 3 QBs and both FBs are free agents next year. Drafting a rookie for those positions shouldn't seem crazy.

 

Not many starters have significant recent injury history. However, RB does look talent-thin after injury-prone Stewart. Probable target for early to mid-rounds.

 

6 of the top 10 cap hits on the team are on the offense, 3 on defense and 1 on special teams. I look for more picks spent on the offense than the defense to start replacing the higher priced vets.