Charlotte Observer · Feb 22, 2018
ESPN’s Mel Kiper has thoughts on who Panthers should draft — and avoid — at 24 | Charlotte Observer
The Panthers could lose a pair of veteran edge rushers this offseason if Julius Peppers retires and Charles Johnson is released.
No matter.
ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper says if the Panthers go after a defensive end late in the first round, they’d be wading into a thin talent pool.
“I don’t think it’s going to fall that way. If you look at defensive ends at that point, you’d be reaching a little bit,” Kiper said Wednesday during a conference call. “You’d be looking at guys like Sam Hubbard from Ohio State (or) Rasheem Green from USC. I just don’t think it’s going to fall that way.”
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