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April 3, 2026, 6:34 a.m. PT<\/p>\n

Makai Lemon<\/a> would be a dangerous weapon in the NFL for a lot of offenses. That said, if an organization can combine a dominant outside receiver with what Makai Lemon can do in the slot, that would be a recipe for an especially explosive offense. In a recent mock NFL draft<\/a> by well-respected analyst Charles Davis, he provides a new and intriguing landing spot for Makai Lemon. Here is what he had to say about Lemon landing in Carolina with the Panthers:<\/p>\n

“A slot-routes master with a ton of toughness, Lemon complements 2025 OROY\u00a0Tetairoa McMillan<\/a>\u00a0and gives QB\u00a0Bryce Young<\/a>\u00a0another dynamic option.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tetairoa McMillan won rookie of the year and made a huge impact for the Carolina Panthers<\/a> and Bryce Young specifically. The Panthers heading into this next season are looking for more playmakers. Bryce Young took that next step with \u00a0Tetairoa McMillan, getting Makai Lemon to complement him and make this offense even more dangerous, which will take Bryce Young to new heights. A young receiver duo of Makai Lemon and \u00a0Tetairoa McMillan would keep Bryce Young in top 15 quarterback conversations for years.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 3, 2026, 6:34 a.m. PT Makai Lemon would be a dangerous weapon in the NFL for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[95878,235,260,2567,7,6,236,98210,96358,97116,95882,96165,96059,109096,96511,107935,96682,95944,95896,116609,95888,96683,95895,98341,96680,96687,96684,95906,96839,95883,98212,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-852799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-carolinapanthers","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-sstssportscollegetrojansfootball","16":"tag-sstsnfootball","17":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbryce-young","20":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","21":"tag-tagcharles-davis","22":"tag-tagdave-canales","23":"tag-taglincoln-riley","24":"tag-tagmadden-nfl","25":"tag-tagnational-football-conference","26":"tag-tagnational-sports","27":"tag-tagnfc-south","28":"tag-tagnfl","29":"tag-tagnfl-draft","30":"tag-tagnfl-hub","31":"tag-tagnfl-mock-draft","32":"tag-tagnfl-overreactions","33":"tag-tagnfl-playoffs","34":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","35":"tag-tagoverall-positive","36":"tag-tagsouthern-california-trojans-football","37":"tag-tagsports-news","38":"tag-tagusc-trojans","39":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}