The Panthers need defensive players more than
any other team in the league.
It's okay, we can admit it. The 2024 Panthers' defense gave up 534 points, breaking the previous record of 533 points set by the 1981 Baltimore Colts. That's as bad as bad gets. Some would say abysmal. Of course, this has the Panthers at the top of every trade rumor that rears its head. Including Carolina trading for
Browns superstar Myles Garrett.
While any fan with half a brain would love the former defensive player of the year, it wouldn't really behoove GM Dan Morgan to give up that much future draft capital to get him. The mission is to get younger and aggressive along the defensive front seven and Carolina does that by drafting Abdul Carter, EDGE from Penn State!
Carter is the definition of a high motor player with a vicious first step that he pairs with strong hands and a plethora of pass rush maneuvers. Carter has the quickness and change of direction skills necessary to develop a nasty inside stick move while deploying great bend with a flexible lower half. Carter takes good angles as a pass-rusher, resulting in no wasted movement in his path to the QB. Carter is already being compared to fellow Penn State alumni Micah Parsons as a gamebreaker along the line of scrimmage. Literally just what the doctor ordered for these ailing Carolina Panthers!
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- Cody Lachney, Panthers Analyst