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  4.  <subtitle>Keep Pounding!</subtitle>
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  6.  <updated>2025-04-30T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
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  10.    <published>2025-04-30T12:00:00-04:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2025-04-30T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
  12.    <title>NFC South Review: How the Falcons got better in the draft</title>
  13.    <content type="html">  
  14.  
  15.    &lt;figure&gt;
  16.      &lt;img alt="2025 NFL Draft - Round 1" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_tRoPjTAWWvXoZkPXdyF0yuJruQ=/0x0:5407x3605/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74057709/2211978286.0.jpg" /&gt;
  17.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  19.  
  20.  &lt;p&gt;The Carolina Panthers’ division rival shored up their biggest weakness in the draft. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="hsFTog"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt; had themselves a nice draft. They landed another target for Bryce Young and got some young pass rushers to bolster their defense. They’ve got to be feeling good about how they’ve improved their team. The same can be said for a lot of their rivals. &lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="PCUYOB"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.thefalcoholic.com/"&gt;Atlanta Falcons&lt;/a&gt; had a draft that seemed to be based on a bunch of Carolina Panther mock drafts. Their selections: &lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;ul&gt;
  23. &lt;li id="KCPFk9"&gt;15: Jalon Walker, Edge/LB, Georgia&lt;/li&gt;
  24. &lt;li id="bUVWU3"&gt;26: James Pearce Jr., Edge, Tennessee&lt;/li&gt;
  25. &lt;li id="b84aC2"&gt;96: Xavier Watts, Safety. &lt;a href="https://www.onefootdown.com"&gt;Notre Dame&lt;/a&gt;
  26. &lt;/li&gt;
  27. &lt;li id="uA7aSC"&gt;118: Billy Bowman, Safety, Oklahoma&lt;/li&gt;
  28. &lt;li id="1OwS66"&gt;218: Jack Nelson, Tackle, Wisconsin&lt;/li&gt;
  29. &lt;/ul&gt;
  30. &lt;p id="DPBfrc"&gt;The Falcons kicked off their draft by selecting CSR’s favorite prospect, Jalon Walker. They traded a 2026 first round pick to get back into the first round to select James Pearce Jr. The Falcons were one of just two teams that generated fewer sacks than the Panthers last season. While rookie pass rushers don’t always make the biggest impact, the pair should improve the disruptiveness of Atlanta’s front seven. &lt;/p&gt;
  31. &lt;p id="I5y9fG"&gt;They continued to address their woeful pass defense in the middle rounds with a couple of safeties. Unlike the Panthers who have seemingly been targeting players more thought of as box safeties, the Falcons picked two cover safeties in Watts and Bowman. The Falcons already have one of the better cover safeties in the league with Jessie Bates III, so it’ll be interesting to see how they deploy their rookies. Jordan Fuller currently occupies the other safety spot. Panthers fans are acutely aware of the caliber of player he is right now, so the starting spot alongside Bates is up for the taking. &lt;/p&gt;
  32. &lt;p id="ubwqlq"&gt;The Falcons did mortgage their future and limit their additions by moving up to secure their targets. That will probably come back to bite them down the road. But in the here and now, it looks like they improved upon their biggest weakness last season by adding a couple of highly regarded pass rushers. &lt;/p&gt;
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  37.    <author>
  38.      <name>Jonathan DeLong</name>
  39.    </author>
  40.  </entry>
  41.  <entry>
  42.    <published>2025-04-30T07:30:00-04:00</published>
  43.    <updated>2025-04-30T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
  44.    <title>Reacts Survey: Post-draft win total</title>
  45.    <content type="html">  
  46.  
  47.    &lt;figure&gt;
  48.      &lt;img alt="NFL: JAN 05 Panthers at Falcons" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/PUWGPzSuMXBpWxtl5BVMcxNs_aU=/0x0:5993x3995/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74057185/2192148676.0.jpg" /&gt;
  49.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  50.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  51.  
  52.  &lt;p&gt;Let's predict the whole season&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="KdmC9X"&gt;We talk a lot about how the 2024 &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt; had one of the worst defenses in league history. The team has done a lot to address that this offseason. A &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/3/11/24383054/carolina-panthers-free-agency-tracker-rumors-updates-signings-news-contracts"&gt;productive free agency&lt;/a&gt;, Derrick Brown returning from injury, and a &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/28/24419316/carolina-panthers-nfl-draft-grades-2025-tetiaroa-mcmillan-nic-scourton-princely-umanmielen"&gt;well-received draft class&lt;/a&gt; have completely scrambled last season's defensive depth chart.&lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="5OQcX8"&gt;The Panthers should effectively be seeing six new starters on defense between Patrick Jones II, Tershawn Wharton, Bobby Brown III, Derrick Brown, Christian Rozeboom, and Tre'von Moehrig. There is room for that number to grow depending on the what Dan Morgan's plan is for nickle corner and the other safety spot.&lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;aside id="YmlwCg"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Panthers projected depth chart after the draft ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/27/24418583/carolina-panthers-projected-depth-tetairoa-mcmillan-jadaveon-clowney-nfl-draft-2025-adam-thielen"},{"title":"What to make of the Jadaveon Clowney trade rumors? ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/28/24419330/carolina-panthers-jadaveon-clowney-trade-rumors-nic-scourton-princely-umanmielen"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="NRNRn1"&gt;New faces on offense should also have an immediate impact. Namely Tetairoa McMillan and Rico Dowdle should help take pressure off an already talented collection of skill position players. Let's not forget that an ascendant Bryce Young led that 2024 team to a 44-38 OT win over the &lt;a href="https://www.thefalcoholic.com/"&gt;Atlanta Falcons&lt;/a&gt; with Jalen Coker as his leading receiver and Miles Sanders as the team's leading rusher.&lt;/p&gt;
  55. &lt;p id="vMnYcl"&gt;This offseason's changes should provide plenty of breathing room for an offense that is expected to grow. Chuba Hubbard should actually get to rest between series now. Coker and Xavier Legette get to share the load of the young passing attack. Adam Thielen should get time to mummify himself with Icy Hot patches between catches.&lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;p id="DUGEFz"&gt;There is no position where the 2025 Panthers have taken an obvious step backwards compared to their 2024 squad.&lt;/p&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="flmqF9"&gt;With all that in mind and feeling confident that we now know everything we could need to know about the Panthers offseason, let's ask the burning question:&lt;/p&gt;
  58. &lt;p id="njp6Xe"&gt;How many games will the Panthers win this coming season?&lt;/p&gt;
  59. &lt;p id="01vPmS"&gt;As always, sound off in the comments to defend your prediction.&lt;/p&gt;
  60. &lt;p id="IvtpPm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; fans and fans across the country. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EFIUQ7/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sign up here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  66.    <author>
  67.      <name>Walker Clement</name>
  68.    </author>
  69.  </entry>
  70.  <entry>
  71.    <published>2025-04-29T19:55:52-04:00</published>
  72.    <updated>2025-04-29T19:55:52-04:00</updated>
  73.    <title>CatScratch Reader 2025 Pick The Draft contest results (UPDATED)</title>
  74.    <content type="html">  
  75.  
  76.    &lt;figure&gt;
  77.      &lt;img alt="NFL: APR 25 2025 NFL Draft" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/9dg70IZU4XSFXmzTkEMl3LWJNXg=/1x0:4951x3300/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74055433/2211390082.0.jpg" /&gt;
  78.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  79.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  80.  
  81.  &lt;p&gt;We have a winner!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="N2njwf"&gt;Hello CSR! Happy Post Draft season! Thank you to everyone &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/19/24411849/csr-pick-the-draft-contest-2025"&gt;who participated in the 2025 CSR Pick the Draft contest,&lt;/a&gt; as per usual we had a ton of comment participation, part of what makes this community one of the best! &lt;/p&gt;
  82. &lt;p id="iOg0jF"&gt;We had a &lt;strong&gt;thirteen&lt;/strong&gt; way tie for the top with two correct selections, as CluckNRoar, PanthersDenmark, Chefin ain’t easy, Capitatethedj, medlockg6, brake23, Cole, WakeToPanthers, hunt!, sgtx, storybook, myself, and KeepPounding88 all nailed two of the picks. However, I’m not getting &lt;strong&gt;13&lt;/strong&gt; gnomes, that’s just not happening, so we  are in a tiebreaker scenario. Luckily for them, one of these people also guessed a player whom the Panthers ended up signing as an undrafted free agent following the Draft in kicker Ryan Fitzgerald.&lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;p id="58djtp"&gt;So, it is my honor to announce &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/19/24411849/csr-pick-the-draft-contest-2025?commentID=337706c3-cccd-43dd-bc93-bebce16955bb"&gt;KeepPounding88&lt;/a&gt; as the WINNER of the CSR Pick The Draft Contest for 2025! Let’s all give him a round of applause as he correctly guessed Cam Jackson, Princely Umanmielen, and Ryan Fitzgerald! &lt;/p&gt;
  84. &lt;p id="nf1y0T"&gt;I hope you all enjoyed the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL Draft&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
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  89.    <author>
  90.      <name>Brian Beversluis</name>
  91.    </author>
  92.  </entry>
  93.  <entry>
  94.    <published>2025-04-29T11:00:00-04:00</published>
  95.    <updated>2025-04-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
  96.    <title>Brian Asks: Bring us your questions following the 2025 NFL Draft!</title>
  97.    <content type="html">  
  98.  
  99.    &lt;figure&gt;
  100.      &lt;img alt="2025 NFL Draft - Round 1" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/bQn_Orau_b-aVAJSQbPSg_JE-FE=/0x0:6000x4000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74055705/2211865716.0.jpg" /&gt;
  101.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  102.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  103.  
  104.  &lt;p&gt;We bring you part one of this week’s fan mailbag!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="qdGDPg"&gt;Good morning CSR! Welcome to Brian Asks, part one of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We’re days removed from the frenzy of the 2025 NFL Draft, and now we can discuss the fallout for the team. Over the last several weeks, I fielded a ton of questions about who the Panthers would take, if they would trade back, and whether or not Jalon Walker (who the Panthers were totally going to Draft) was a bust or not. Well, you’ll have to table all those questions for another 7-8 months, as we’re Post-Draft now.&lt;/p&gt;
  105. &lt;p id="Wqi0h3"&gt;You all know the drill. This forum is for you to ask all of your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic. Comment down below with your questions, and later on this week I’ll answer them. Except for questions about Malaki Starks. The Panthers were never going to take him and I’ve been telling you that for weeks.&lt;/p&gt;
  106. &lt;p id="ET6fKq"&gt;I look forward to seeing what you all want to talk about. Be well, and KEEP POUNDING!&lt;/p&gt;
  107.  
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  110.    <id>https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/29/24419894/brian-asks-bring-us-your-questions-following-the-2025-nfl-draft</id>
  111.    <author>
  112.      <name>Brian Beversluis</name>
  113.    </author>
  114.  </entry>
  115.  <entry>
  116.    <published>2025-04-29T07:15:00-04:00</published>
  117.    <updated>2025-04-29T07:15:00-04:00</updated>
  118.    <title>Here are the contract details for each of the Carolina Panthers 2025 draft picks</title>
  119.    <content type="html">  
  120.  
  121.    &lt;figure&gt;
  122.      &lt;img alt="2025 NFL Draft - Round 1" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QPnpr5RjqI64bvQAmrQEabUTkW8=/0x0:5867x3911/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74055200/2211865720.0.jpg" /&gt;
  123.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  124.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  125.  
  126.  &lt;p&gt;The very affordable salaries for Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen highlight the incredible value of Day 2 picks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="bFkGdf"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt; selected eight players in the 2025 &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL draft&lt;/a&gt;. As part of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, rookie contracts last for four years and are predetermined before the draft based on the salary cap. There’s no negotiation so websites &lt;a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/draft/_/year/2025/team/car/sort/pick"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;like Spotrac&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are able to inform us of the contract details before the players actually sign. Here are the salaries for the Panthers eight draft picks, per Spotrac:&lt;/p&gt;
  127. &lt;h3 id="jqyObP"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 1 pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  128. &lt;p id="VJr1NU"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tetairoa McMillan, WR - 1st round, No. 8 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  129. &lt;p id="UsGYw2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $27.9M, $6.97M annual average, $16.9M signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  130. &lt;p id="Zd7RoA"&gt;The Panthers signed a potential Pro Bowler in the 6-foot-5, 212-pound receiver from Arizona. The team is also on the hook for nearly $17 million in a signing bonus and about $7 million per year, on average, in salary. If McMillan develops into a Pro Bowler, that’s chump change. If he doesn’t live up to his lofty draft status, that’s a lot of cap space for just a little return. &lt;/p&gt;
  131. &lt;h3 id="9wjOm7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 2 picks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  132. &lt;p id="9pLdWE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nic Scourton, DE - 2nd round, No. 51&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  133. &lt;p id="eZyP5S"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $8.6M, $2.15 annual average, $2.8M signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  134. &lt;p id="7q8h86"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Princely Umanmielen, DE - 3rd round, No. 77&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  135. &lt;p id="1wfJwg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $6.5M, $1.62 annual average, $1.4M signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  136. &lt;p id="wvqxY7"&gt;Okay, I’m officially salivating when looking at the delicious salaries of the Panthers two Day 2 picks. One of the reasons I play the role of benevolent dictator of Trade Down Island and constantly implore the Panthers front office to smartly trade down in Round 1 to get more picks in Rounds 2-3 is because of these types of salaries. &lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;p id="B5WVMQ"&gt;Scourton and Umanmielen have the potential to be starters at some point while playing on their rookie contracts. Over the next four years their combined annual salary will be just $3.8 million. Combined! For four years! That’s basically a rounding error against a 2025 salary cap of $279.2 million, a figure that will continue to grow every year. From my vantage point on Trade Down Island, &lt;em&gt;no asset in the NFL has a greater “very low risk, very high reward” potential than picks in Rounds 2-3&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  138. &lt;h3 id="HDAWBQ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Day 3 picks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  139. &lt;p id="GN2ZOA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trevor Etienne, RB - 4th round, No. 114&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  140. &lt;p id="mBQdrZ"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $5.2M, $1.30 annual average, $1.0M signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  141. &lt;p id="82VcQ6"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lathan Ransom, S - 4th round, No. 112&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  142. &lt;p id="kiFQTo"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $5.2M, $1.29 annual average, $955K signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  143. &lt;p id="blhNWr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cam Jackson, DT - 5th round, No. 140&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  144. &lt;p id="ALjqOy"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $4.7M, $1.17 annual average, $472K signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  145. &lt;p id="LeNxdR"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mitchell Evans, TE - 5th round, No. 163&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  146. &lt;p id="NkaO0j"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $4.6M, $1.15 annual average, $390K signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  147. &lt;p id="MxhgCK"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jimmy Horn Jr, WR - 6th round, No. 208&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;p id="PPymoI"&gt;&lt;em&gt;4-years, $4.4M, $1.10 annual average, $195K signing bonus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="nUbVUA"&gt;First of all, props to all five of these guys for fulfilling their lifelong dreams of being selected in the NFL draft. If they can stick in the league, each of them will earn a shade over $1 million per year, on average, over the next four years. That’s potentially life-changing money for guys in their early twenties, provided they manage it well. &lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="DZ37Ku"&gt;With average annual salaries of just over $1 million through the 2028 season, any contributions the Panthers get from these five players is gravy. And should they not work out and eventually get released by Carolina, their signing bonuses which range from $195k to $1 million mean there are essentially no issues with dead cap money to consider. &lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="9KcXMI"&gt;Let’s hope the Panthers get some production from their five Day 3 picks over the next four years as they play with salaries that barely register against the NFL’s salary cap. &lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="hEaZqO"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  153.  
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  157.    <author>
  158.      <name>D.A. Sweat</name>
  159.    </author>
  160.  </entry>
  161.  <entry>
  162.    <published>2025-04-28T14:27:35-04:00</published>
  163.    <updated>2025-04-28T14:27:35-04:00</updated>
  164.    <title>Reacts Results: Overwhelming number of fans positive about Tetairoa McMillan</title>
  165.    <content type="html">  
  166.  
  167.    &lt;figure&gt;
  168.      &lt;img alt="2025 NFL Draft - Round 1" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/piuehdRMLA_20wErLbSJw-x1hj8=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74054072/2211977109.0.jpg" /&gt;
  169.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  170.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  171.  
  172.  &lt;p&gt;Panthers fans are over the moon about the team investing in their offense&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="WhcrIg"&gt;The numbers are in and fans of the &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt; are overwhelmingly in favor of general manager Dan Morgan’s decision to draft Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL Draft&lt;/a&gt;. This comes just one year after the team traded into the first round of the 2024 NFL draft to nab South Carolina Gamecock wide receiver Xavier Legette. &lt;/p&gt;
  173. &lt;p id="jfdbhe"&gt;Never before have the Panthers drafted two wide receivers in back-to-back years. The team has drafted skill players in back-to-back years, most recently with Christian McCaffrey (2017, eighth overall) and D.J. Moore (2018, 24th overall), but this is a specific investment in the passing game for this team.&lt;/p&gt;
  174. &lt;aside id="NHhWv3"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Carolina selects Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/24/24408299/carolina-panthers-nfl-draft-2025-tetairoa-mcmillan-receiver-arizona"},{"title":"Tetairoa McMillan: Team fit and projections ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/24/24416143/tetairoa-mcmillan-team-fit-carolina-panthers-2025-nfl-draft-xavier-legette-adam-thielen"},{"title":"First round draft grades: A lot of folks are mad that Jalon Walker wasn’t the pick ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/25/24416529/first-round-draft-grades-carolina-panthers-tetairoa-mcmillan-jalon-walker"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="ixsBtH"&gt;McMillan is in fact the fourth consecutive offensive player drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the first round of the draft. Ikem Ekwonu (sixth overall, 2022) and Bryce Young (1st overall, 2023) are also part of this unprecedented run. I know that’s a large part of why I’m so excited about McMillan.&lt;/p&gt;
  175. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  176.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Nffm_k_O2BYeC0dztRqk7ogwiio=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25974486/Carolina_1_42525.png"&gt;
  177.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  178. &lt;p id="D5cmYg"&gt;Whether or not history plays a huge role or people just like a shiny new toy on offense, 70% of voters gave the McMillan pick and A or a B last Thursday night. I know a lot of folks were disappointed the pick wasn’t on defense, specifically an edge rusher, but I’m curious how these grades would have changed after the team took new edge rushers on Day 2 of the draft.&lt;/p&gt;
  179. &lt;p id="aHJpFI"&gt;With only 9% of the fan base seeming actively opposed to the McMillan selection, this seems like the start of a new day of harmony and peace amongst the Panthers faithful that will definitely survive McMillan or Young’s first turnover in 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
  180. &lt;p id="GpqcsL"&gt;Obviously the team is gambling big on Young’s continued growth as a quarterback with this selection. But it is encouraging to see the Panthers offense getting some love nationally after this. The Athletic (paywall) has a new &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6301893/2025/04/28/2025-fantasy-football-rankings-nfl-draft-risers-fallers/?campaign=13361327&amp;amp;source=athletic_targeted_email&amp;amp;userId=2844808"&gt;post draft fantasy power rankings&lt;/a&gt; article up today that ranks two Panthers skill position players, including McMillan, in the top 60. Meanwhile, FanDuel has listed McMillan at +950 on their &lt;a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/nfl"&gt;Offensive Rookie of the Year odds&lt;/a&gt;. That puts him just behind Ashton Jeanty (+270), Cameron Ward (+380), and Travis Hunter (+750).&lt;/p&gt;
  181.  
  182. </content>
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  184.    <id>https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/28/24419649/carolina-panthers-reacts-results-2025-nfl-draft-fans-positive-about-tetairoa-mcmillan</id>
  185.    <author>
  186.      <name>Walker Clement</name>
  187.    </author>
  188.  </entry>
  189.  <entry>
  190.    <published>2025-04-28T10:30:00-04:00</published>
  191.    <updated>2025-04-28T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
  192.    <title>What to make of the Jadaveon Clowney trade rumors?</title>
  193.    <content type="html">  
  194.  
  195.    &lt;figure&gt;
  196.      &lt;img alt="NFL: JAN 05 Panthers at Falcons" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RM2PQaXGlcpTXNrUZBcb7q7wdHQ=/0x0:4252x2835/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74053399/2191991242.0.jpg" /&gt;
  197.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  198.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  199.  
  200.  &lt;p&gt;Did Carolina draft enough pass rushing help to jettison one of their best edge defenders?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="0olcK7"&gt;A few &lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44868760/panthers-gm-noncommittal-jadeveon-clowney-future-team"&gt;noncommittal comments&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt; general manager Dan Morgan after the draft is all it takes to spin up the rumor mill to full power. The team reportedly had some conversations about trading Clowney pre-draft that obviously did not go anywhere immediately. That was followed by Carolina drafting two players on Day 2 of the 2025 &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL Draft&lt;/a&gt; at their biggest position of need. Now, the question of the day seems to be where will he play this year?&lt;/p&gt;
  201. &lt;h4 id="bTR2aS"&gt;Where is Clowney now?&lt;/h4&gt;
  202. &lt;p id="PVWw1d"&gt;Clowney, a Rock Hill, SC native and product of the University of South Carolina, came home to play for the Panthers on the tail end of his career.  The former first overall pick was held back from living up to his draft billing by injuries, but he has carved out a remarkably durable, journeyman career as a mercenary free agent.&lt;/p&gt;
  203. &lt;p id="nnM1sP"&gt;He is now entering the second year of a two-year contract that he signed with Carolina worth $20M. He is set to count $13M against the Panthers cap. Trading him would leave $4M in dead cap this year and save the team $9.7M. &lt;/p&gt;
  204. &lt;p id="c2BCO9"&gt;Clowney put up 5.5 sacks as a starting outside linebacker/edge defender last season for the Panthers. That’s a step down from his career highs of 9.5 sacks (2017, 2023), but not out of line with his average (5.8). He was perhaps overtasked with trying to lead an oft-broken unit against teams that spent much of the season nursing a lead over the Panthers through the second half. At this point in his career, entering his 11th season, he would be best served as a rotational pass rusher and locker room leader.&lt;/p&gt;
  205. &lt;h4 id="r6aIYD"&gt;With the Panthers?&lt;/h4&gt;
  206. &lt;p id="3DAsxn"&gt;That is exactly the role that Carolina is poised to offer him with D.J. Wonnum and Patrick Jones II set to be the team’s veteran starters at the outside linebacker position and new draft picks Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen pencilled in as young, rotational talent. Clowney could excel coming off the bench as a teacher as much as a leader.&lt;/p&gt;
  207. &lt;aside id="K1OX1Y"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Nic Scourton: Team fit and projections","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/25/24417176/nic-scourton-carolina-panthers-team-fit-and-projections-nfl-draft-2025-texas-a-m"},{"title":"Princely Umanmielen: Team fit and projections ","url":"https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/25/24417281/nfl-draft-2025-princely-umanmielen-carolina-panthers-team-fit-and-projections"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="J4vtui"&gt;The rest of the Panthers OLB group right now is comprised of once-promising young players who have not made an impact despite ample opportunity. The Panthers defensive shelves are often described as bare and these guys have done little to change that opinion. Clowney, if he stays with the Panthers, would round out a surprisingly deep group if the rookies are able to flash any real promise. Rookies and promises that would, of course, be best served by veteran mentorship.&lt;/p&gt;
  208. &lt;h4 id="rnkFoE"&gt;Somewhere else?&lt;/h4&gt;
  209. &lt;p id="Vj4XKJ"&gt;The $9.7M in cap savings is not insignificant this season, however. While edge is a need, it is not the only need. The Panthers are perilously thin at safety, so much so that fans are talking about undrafted free agent rookies making substantial contributions at the position. There are several veteran free agents available. Julian Blackmon and Justin Simmons come to mind, for example. The problem is they will require money for their services.&lt;/p&gt;
  210. &lt;p id="THe4y5"&gt;The Panthers have $17M in cap space available right now. About $7M of that will be required to sign their new draft picks. The remaining space is hardly enough to sign a new starter and have enough room for flexibility through the season.&lt;/p&gt;
  211. &lt;p id="j3YtH5"&gt;Carolina has a variety of options to make space, such as extending Taylor Moton’s contract to reduce his massive cap hit, but they may be loathe to follow that avenue given the potential uncertainty around Moton’s own future with the team.&lt;/p&gt;
  212. &lt;p id="vWZTXe"&gt;Trading Clowney may be the most prudent move to balance the defense, balance the books, and hopefully get a little extra draft capital for next year.&lt;/p&gt;
  213. &lt;h4 id="io2eCE"&gt;Will they pull the trigger?&lt;/h4&gt;
  214. &lt;p id="FzYROn"&gt;The Carolina Panthers are no strangers to trades. Dan Morgan spun in and out of trades involving &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2024/3/12/24099086/carolina-panthers-trade-donte-jackson-pittsburgh-steelers-diontae-johnson"&gt;Donte Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/26/24416069/carolina-panthers-baltimore-ravens-wide-receiver-diontae-johnson-trade-2025-nfl-draft-mitchell-evans"&gt;Diontae Johnson&lt;/a&gt; twice, &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/26/24416080/nfl-draft-carolina-panthers-2025-jonathan-mingos-trade-has-almost-been-completed"&gt;Jonathan Mingo&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/25/24416101/carolina-panthers-have-completed-the-brian-burns-trade"&gt;Brian Burns&lt;/a&gt; just in the last year. He was reportedly also on the phone plenty talking to teams about the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. He said afterwards that he was not “blown away” by any of those calls.&lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;p id="dSl1ey"&gt;That leads me to believe that there is a good chance that Clowney ends up on the move, but a trade is not guaranteed. Morgan just needs to see the value in trading Clowney exceeds the value in keeping him. &lt;/p&gt;
  216.  
  217. </content>
  218.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/28/24419330/carolina-panthers-jadaveon-clowney-trade-rumors-nic-scourton-princely-umanmielen"/>
  219.    <id>https://www.catscratchreader.com/2025/4/28/24419330/carolina-panthers-jadaveon-clowney-trade-rumors-nic-scourton-princely-umanmielen</id>
  220.    <author>
  221.      <name>Walker Clement</name>
  222.    </author>
  223.  </entry>
  224.  <entry>
  225.    <published>2025-04-28T08:40:30-04:00</published>
  226.    <updated>2025-04-28T08:40:30-04:00</updated>
  227.    <title>What can we learn from the Panthers draft grades?</title>
  228.    <content type="html">  
  229.  
  230.    &lt;figure&gt;
  231.      &lt;img alt="2025 NFL Draft - Round 1" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pqDf5k33SAOw1lKfZbbdvmVvHqQ=/0x0:6000x4000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74053048/2211977193.0.jpg" /&gt;
  232.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  233.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  234.  
  235.  &lt;p&gt;Outlets are up and down on Carolina’s weekend decisions&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="UI7Exn"&gt;Grades are always all the rage as fans, analysts, and even teams alike are trying to make sense of the mayhem that is the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL Draft&lt;/a&gt;. From the perspective, 2025 is no different. From the perspective of the fans of the &lt;a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/"&gt;Carolina Panthers&lt;/a&gt;, however? This feels like a very new year.&lt;/p&gt;
  236. &lt;p id="4gUc8b"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  237. &lt;p id="DxPdaV"&gt;Fans graded almost every pick, locally, as a positive contribution to the team. Not every pick was a runaway A+, but several were. Even when people didn’t love a player they often commented on appreciating the value of the pick or the decision-making behind it. Vanishingly rare were the conversations about reaches, busts, or bad trades. Simply put, Panthers fans were happy with what they saw last weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
  238. &lt;p id="ORX8u7"&gt;That’s a rare sentence to write in recent years. It is also rare to see the national media at large happy with what the Panthers have done and even rarer still to see them in general agreement with the more vocal commenters we host here at Cat Scratch Reader. Let’s see how close we got this year to those rare sightings.&lt;/p&gt;
  239. &lt;h3 id="rQ0URg"&gt;Grades from around the web:&lt;/h3&gt;
  240. &lt;ul&gt;
  241. &lt;li id="00rXQe"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-draft-final-snap-grades-for-all-32-teams"&gt;Chad Reuter, NFL.com, Grade: B+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  242. &lt;li id="URMw3b"&gt;&lt;a href="https://nfldraft.theringer.com/team-grades"&gt;Danny Kelly, The Ringer, Grade: A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  243. &lt;li id="Rl0cVk"&gt;&lt;a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;amp;xs=1&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pff.com%2Fnews%2Fdraft-grades-for-all-32-teams-2025-nfl-draft&amp;amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catscratchreader.com%2F2025%2F4%2F28%2F24419316%2Fcarolina-panthers-nfl-draft-grades-2025-tetiaroa-mcmillan-nic-scourton-princely-umanmielen" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&gt;PFF.com, Grade: A+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  244. &lt;li id="eb1hUb"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6312913/2025/04/28/nfl-draft-2025-rankings-grades-teams/"&gt;The Athletic (paywall), Grade: 10th best Draft Class&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  245. &lt;li id="D8EXWX"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/priscos-nfl-draft-2025-grades-for-each-team-including-best-and-worst-picks-bucs-earn-one-of-three-a-marks/"&gt;Pete Prisco, CBS Sports, Grade: B-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  246. &lt;li id="FqW5KT"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/44792146/2025-nfl-draft-grades-32-teams-kiper-winners-losers-steals-sleepers-favorite-picks-classes"&gt;Mel Kiper Jr, ESPN, Grade: C+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  247. &lt;/ul&gt;
  248. &lt;h3 id="CB1JIU"&gt;What can we learn from these grades?&lt;/h3&gt;
  249. &lt;p id="tD921l"&gt;A lot of folks seem genuinely happy with the patience and talent evaluation that built this year’s draft class for the Carolina Panthers. Unbelievably, much of the national media seems to be on the same page as Panthers fans. The Athletic had the Panthers with the 10th best draft in the league, the Ringer had them ranked second overall.&lt;/p&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="wJUnb1"&gt;Obviously, it is way to early to actually tell if any—let alone all—of these picks are going to be home runs for the Panthers, but the optimism is telling. It is also grounded by the two lower grades that I aggregated here. Prisco and Kiper, specifically said two things that buoyed my trust in this draft.&lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;p id="qpladG"&gt;Kiper, first and foremost, gets locked into his guys and judges harshly those that do not agree with him. It’s why, every year by about the third round, there will be two or three names on “Kiper’s Best Available” list in the corner of your screen (if you’re watching ESPN for the draft) that stack up and don’t get called. From a broadcast perspective, it limits the amount of useful information on the screen and keeps some kids from the getting their names on television. I don’t love it. It also keeps Kiper talking about guys who are not particularly relevant to the live event he is supposed to be covering. We all know what happened this year in that regard.&lt;/p&gt;
  252. &lt;p id="G6gGAA"&gt;That monomaniacal focus affects the value of his analysis. His grade for the Panthers draft class reads like he was personally offended, not professionally disappointed, that the team took Tetairoa McMillan over Jalon Walker at eighth overall. The rest of his write-up sounds approving and gives little justification for the middling overall grade. I like that. I’d be more wary if he had simply adored every pick the Panthers made.&lt;/p&gt;
  253. &lt;p id="YyrKOT"&gt;Prisco, meanwhile, had a much simpler reason for docking the Panthers a few points and an explanation that I found more encouraging than worrying. First, he’s not sold on Princely Umanmielen. That’s fine. Different evaluators have different opinions all the time. Second, let’s look to his exact words:&lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p id="KlinbE"&gt;The two pass rushers in Nic Scourton (second) and Umanmielen have talent, but they didn’t always play to it.&lt;br&gt;- Pete Prisco, &lt;a href="http://CBSsports.com"&gt;CBSsports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  255. &lt;p id="XLpg3Q"&gt;I read that as Scourton and Umanmielen are both more talented than their draft position implies. Talent held back by coaching often doesn’t equate to eye-popping production. If the Panthers are able to coach to their talent then these two guys could prove to have been the steals of the 2025 NFL Draft. Improbable? Maybe, but it’s almost May. We’ve got nothing but time to dream and argue right now.&lt;/p&gt;
  256.  
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  260.    <author>
  261.      <name>Walker Clement</name>
  262.    </author>
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