In his first mock draft of the offseason, NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein went out on a limb with the Panthers’ first-round pick.

General manager Dan Morgan and head coach Dave Canales led a big contingent of Panthers’ evaluators at the East-West Shrine Bowl in Texas, followed by the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Their focus was seemingly (hopefully) on defensive players following a season in which the Panthers allowed the most points in NFL history and became just the fourth team (and first since 1980) to yield 3,

Panthers make shocking addition of Tyler Warren in NFL Mock Draft. There are always stunning picks in the first round of the NFL Draft, like Michael Penix Jr. going eighth to the

Webb was a standout player at the Senior Bowl and projects as a potential starter. The Panthers—with Austin Corbett, Brady Christensen and Cade Mays all ticketed for free agency —may need a new center in 2025.