Czikk’s take: The Panthers should draft Malik Willis

I still remember Muhsin Muhammad’s cover photo in Sports Illustrated in early 2004. He was on one knee with a finger to his mouth as if to shush the crowd. The Panthers were rolling through January and it was a good time to be alive in North Carolina.

Muhammad was cool. The Panthers were cool. They had cool uniforms, enviable receivers like Muhammad and a young Steve Smith, a decent quarterback in Jake Delhomme and a rowdy defensive line.

Remember the dudes on that defensive line? Julius Peppers.