Panthers Pick Looms As Mock Draft Board Starts To Tilt

The Panthers’ pick is getting close enough that the draft board is starting to show its nerves. Once a few names slide, everybody in the room begins pretending they saw it coming, which is half the fun and all of the chaos. This mock draft is sniffing around the kind of surprise reach that can make a front office either look prescient or look like it got cute. The clock is tightening, and that usually means somebody is about to get very opinionated.