Riot Report

It might be half a year until the 2023 NFL Draft, but the Panthers are already one of those teams who are going to be watching the remaining eight games with one eye on the offseason. Though the Panthers were one of the more active teams at the trade deadline, which has allowed them to recoup some of the draft capital they traded away during the Rhule era, they have managed to keep their young core together and, with a good offseason, they have a chance to get a lot better quite quickly. However, to do that, they’ll need to have a much more consistently good draft than they have so far managed under Scott Fitterer who, despite doing well with his two first-round picks, has had more mixed luck when it comes to the latter stages of the draft. With that in mind, we’ve decided to take a quick look at what the Panthers might be able to achieve in the upcoming draft. As there is still nearly half a season to be played, we haven’t taken two much notice of exact draft projection but have used general draft positions from Tankathon and the draft board from PFN’s draft simulator.