Back in 2019, the Carolina Panthers thought they nabbed their left tackle of the future on Day 2 of the NFL draft. But they only wound up with very little in return.

Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox recently named every NFL franchise’s worst trade over the last 10 years. While he was tempted by the 2022 dump of running back Christian McCaffrey and the 2023 jump for No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young for the Panthers, he settled on their move up for the 39th overall pick in 2019—offensive tackle Greg Little.

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Knox writes:

The Panthers’ 2019 trade up to draft offensive tackle Greg Little? That ended up being a flat-out bad deal. Carolina needed a tackle and surrendered a third-round pick to move up 10 spots and secure Little.

“The run on tackles didn’t stop from (Thursday) night,” then-GM Marty Hurney said at the time, per The Athletic’s Joseph Person. “We didn’t think he had any chance to get to us.”

Little made it to Carolina, and then pretty much disappeared. Injuries limited him to four games as a rookie and again in 2020. He also struggled with play strength and footwork, failing to flash the potential needed to earn patience from the franchise. The Panthers traded away Little after just two years and 14 games.

In order to secure Little at No. 37, the Panthers sent the Seattle Seahawks the 47th and 77th selections. Seattle would use No. 47 on safety Marquise Blair and No. 77 in a package to move up for wide receiver DK Metcalf at No. 64.

Little appeared in a total of 14 regular-season contests for the Panthers between 2019 and 2020. He last played for the Miami Dolphins n 2022, making seven starts over 17 games.

But hey, at least Knox had the Panthers on the “winning side” of two other trades on his list—as he included the departures of disgruntled wide receivers Kelvin Benjamin (Buffalo Bills, 2017) and Diontae Johnson (Baltimore Ravens, 2024).

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This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers’ jump in 2019 draft named their worst trade of last decade