As Panthers fans we tend to get overly emotional about the performance of the rookies Carolina selects in the NFL Draft. This is mainly because the Panthers invested an asset in the form of a draft pick to get that player on the roster. If the player doesn’t live up to his draft position then not only does it hurt Carolina’s depth, it means the team wasted an asset that could’ve been used more productively on another player.
But there’s one group of rookies where there’s absolutely no downside: Undrafted free agents.
If they don’t pan out, it doesn’t matter.