Carolina owns the No. 8 overall selection
CHARLOTTE, N.C. β With the NFL Draft two weeks away, conventional wisdom tells us the Carolina Panthers will likely select a defensive player with their first overall pick.
And perhaps the majority of their nine selections will be spent on defense.
“They will go pretty defense-heavy in this draft. I’d be stunned if they didn’t,” Charlotte Observer beat writer Mike Kaye told Nick Carboni in the WCNC LIVE Impact News Studio.
But is there a chance Carolina uses the eighth pick on an offensive weapon to help Bryce Young, like Arizona receiver Tet McMillan or Penn State tight end Ty Warren?
Kaye thinks that’s a possibility if the team is not able to receive a trade offer for No. 8 that’s to their liking.
“If you can’t get good return and McMillan or Warren, or Matthew Golden (Texas WR) could make sense,” he said. “Could they take an offensive tackle? I think that would be the surprise move.”
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