Owning a top ten draft pick can be a stressful place for an NFL general manager. There is a multitude of insanely talented prospects to choose from, each could help out a team tremendously. The Carolina Panthers‘ biggest needs are currently on the defensive side of the ball and boy do they have a lot of them.
The Panthers lost a ton of starting defensive players in free agency with standouts such as cornerback James Bradberry, outside linebacker Mario Addison and defensive tackle Gerald McCoy all joining new teams. Not to mention arguably the team’s best defensive player of all time, Luke Kuechly, retired.