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Morgan: Panthers Choosing 'Best Player Available' at 33

Dan Morgan gives insight on the Carolina Panthers' draft strategy.

Saying that your team is choosing the best player available is pretty classic "GM speak". Every general manager across the league (and sports in general, really) has said that their team isn't going to draft for need, it's going to draft the best player at the available slot. 

For the talent bereft Panthers, choosing the best player available is the prudent move. Sure, Carolina specifically needs help on the offensive line, and at wide receiver, but that's just the beginning of the list. Pass rusher, defensive back, and linebacker are also high on the wish list for Morgan in his quest to reshape the roster.

If Dan Morgan is telling the truth and not throwing a smokescreen to shroud the Panthers' actual draft plans, who will be available for the team to choose at 33? The NFL Mock Draft Database annually compiles a consensus big board that aggregates opinions from across the NFL Draft-nik world. Here are the players that are projected to be available around the Panthers first selection. Who do you want Carolina to draft from these potential selections?

28. Demeioun Robinson - Edge - Penn State
29. Keon Coleman - Wide Receiver - Florida State
30. Graham Barton - Interior Offensive Line - Duke
31. Ennis Rakestraw Jr. - Corner - Missouri
32. Troy Franklin - Wide Receiver - Oregon
33. Bo Nix - Quarterback - Oregon
34. Bralen Trice - Edge - Washington
35. Jordan Morgan - Offensive Tackle - Arizona
36. Kamari Lassiter - Corner - Georgia
37. Adonai Mitchell - Wide Receiver - Texas
38. Darius Robinson - Edge - Missouri
39. Michael Penix Jr. - Quarterback - Washington
40. Ladd McConkey - Wide Receiver - Georgia

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