Offensive playmaker or starting caliber CB for Panthers? Here's how they get both. | Charlotte Observer

For the past several weeks I’ve been pounding the table for the Carolina Panthers to take an offensive playmaker for Cam Newton at No. 24.

That’s what I would do, but I’m not convinced that’s what Carolina will do.

I believe general manager Marty Hurney when he says the team’s board is set up to take the best player available throughout the draft.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the Panthers are going to take a quarterback in the first round, though I’m not ruling it out on Day 3. And I’d be surprised if the Panthers drafted a defensive tackle with the 24th pick, and moderately surprised if they took an edge rusher in the first round.

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