CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Here are a few thoughts on Carolina’s seventh-round pick, tight end Beau Sandland out of Montana State:
My take: That the final pick was a tight end isn’t a huge surprise since the Panthers are looking for a player to develop behind Pro Bowler Greg Olsen and Ed Dickson. Sandland has good size (6-4, 253) and long arms, and has shown potential an interior run blocker. He caught 37 passes for 632 yards and nine touchdowns this past season, with six of those coming in the final five games. Carolina was the only team he visited, so he’d been targeted.