{"id":869118,"date":"2026-04-18T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:54:20","slug":"nfl-mocks-have-panthers-drafting-oregon-duck-in-first-round-is-it-the-right-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869118\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Mocks Have Panthers Drafting Oregon Duck in First Round; Is It The Right One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s less than a week remaining before the league holds its latest annual selection meeting, also known as the NFL draft. There have been months of speculation and guessing, aka mock drafts. <\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourlads.com\/nfldepthcharts\/depthchart\/CAR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> and what analysts have discussed and predicted over the last few months in terms of their first-round pick, the focus has gone from edge and tackle, to tight end and safety.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, general manager Dan Morgan inked pass-rusher Jaelan Phillips, late of the Philadelphia Eagles, to a four-year deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/news\/one-panthers-signing-ranked-best-free-agency-moves-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He then added former Green Bay Packers\u2019 left tackle Rasheed Walker <\/a>to an economical one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/draft\/panthers-first-round-defensive-options-available-trades\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lately, there\u2019s been more talk about the need at safety<\/a>, and whether a talented tight end could fall into Morgan\u2019s lap with the 19th overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>What will the Carolina Panthers do with the 19th overall selection?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s less than a week remaining before the league holds its latest annual selection meeting, also known as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,7,6,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-869118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-carolinapanthers","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116425579804431280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869118","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=869118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}