THE Carolina Panthers were quite busy during the early stages of free agency Last week. But has their work on the free market changed its prospects for the draft of the NFL 2025?
Well, let’s see what experts and their new drafts think.
Here are the latest projections in the first round for the panthers and the eighth overall choice of this year:
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Take: Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
Author:: Curt Popejoy
Take: The panthers were very active in a free agency so that they could go after half a closing corner to associate with Jaycee Horn.
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Take: Walker milestone, LB / Edge, Georgia
Author:: Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz
Take: After the director general Dan Morgan established the defensive line as the main point of development of his team entering the free agency, the panthers missed the defensive platform Milton Williams before settling on Tershawn Wharton and Bobby Brown III. But Carolina should not answer by insisting on spending her best draft at the front, because Walker could be the most disturbing defensive perspective at this stage.
Nfl.com
Take: Mason Graham, DL, Michigan
Author:: Daniel Jeremiah
Take: The panthers were a little short in their quest for Milton Williams in a free agency, but they have another chance to strengthen the interior defensive line here. Graham would be a key addition to a defense that ranked last row of yards and points authorized last season.
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Take: Walker milestone, LB / Edge, Georgia
Author:: Mel Kiper Jr.
Take: Carolina’s greatest weakness last season was the defense. He granted 6.0 yards per game and made 31.4 points per game. These numbers of the league were clearly on the spirit of the director general of the Panthers Dan Morgan during the free agency, when the team signed Tre’Von Moehrig, Tershawn Wharton, Pat Jones II and Christian Rozeboom. But Morgan should not stop there.
Walker’s editorial staff would give Carolina a versatile defender who can play the second ball (where I ranked him) or on the edge. He had 62 plated and 6.5 bags in 2024, and his touch of the line and his first -stage burst are really impressive features.
CBS Sports
Take: Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
Author:: Chris Trapasso
Take: With Johnson and the newly created Horn Jaycee, the Panthers would have two instinctive and athletic perimeter corners.
Professional football focus
Take: Mason Graham, DL, Michigan
Author:: John Kosko
Take: The panthers trotted one of the worst defensive lines of the NFL in 2024. Here, they select the disruptive Graham to help solve this problem. While his weight lower than the combination of the NFL was shocking, his band is always incredible, as indicated by his career as a PFF (92.5).
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Take: Shemar Stewart, Edge, Texas A & M
Author: Charles McDonald
Take: Stewart production makes him a risk, but for a team that needs juice off the edge like the Panthers, his potential makes him a roller of intriguing dice at the top of the draft. Some teams will examine the construction of Stewart and its dashboard from 4.59 to 40 yards from the screening combination and will fall in love as soon as possible. According to Trumedia, the defense of the Panthers finished dead in percentage of pressure last season (25.2%). This may be the type of risk that the panthers are ready to take.
The 33rd team
Take: Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama
Author:: Kyle Crabbs
Take: Carolina has become serious to improve her defense this offseason. He signed major free agent contracts for Bobby Brown, Trevon Moehrig and Tershawn Wharton.
Now he picks up a piece of glue in the middle to help attach everything together.
This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers Mock Draft Roundup 7.0: Follow -up of the latest projections 2025
