Cat Scratch Reader · Apr 23, 2025
NFL Draft 2025 Rumor: Is Taylor Moton retiring in May?
Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Jalon Walker, if available, is the assumed selection for the Carolina Panthers at the 8th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The team has been connected to a variety of players over the offseason, but the connection to Walker has been the most enduring. Some analysts are treating this pick as one of the few foregone conclusions of an otherwise hard to predict draft. But whispers are rising that the Panthers’ biggest subterfuge of the year has been their interest in Walker as a way of stepping around questions about the future of longtime right tackle Taylor Moton.