Quote:I can't imagine a scenario where the Panthers mortgage their foreseeable future.

 

The entire draft class is deep and not just at the WR position. It isn't far fetched to me that Carolina would make a play for Watkins should the WR fall out of the top 5 and then look to patch a few spots later in the draft like the Jaguars plan to do with their OLine positions.

They've lost almost their entire O-line, have no quality players in their secondary, plus need two WRs.  That's over a half-dozen positions and there's no way they can address all of that in the draft.  Giving up more draft picks to move up that high would give them even fewer starters.  I just can't envision a team with that many holes gives up that much for one player.  To move to 6, they'd have to probably give up a 2nd round pick, next years first, a third round this year, and a third round next year.  It doesn't make much sense.  They don't have the cap to address these issues in FA so they need every pick they can get.

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