Panthers Trade for Johnston, Boost Young's Weapons

0:00On April 6th, the Carolina Panthers finally broke their franchise' worst playoff drought last year, but bad NFL drafts with a big culprit for years of pain. They nailed it back in 2017 with Christian McCaffrey and Taylor Moton, then struck gold again in 2024 under GM Dan Morgan, grabbing studs like Tetsaroa McMillan and Nick Scowern. Now ESPN's Bill Barnwell drops a fresh, mock draft, shaking things up. He has the Panthers trading their 19th overall pick to the Los Angeles Chargers, straight up for Widersiever Quentin Johnston, sliding back to. The 22nd spot in tossing in their 159th pick, a 5th rounder. Johnston's a towering 6 foot 4 target, perfect for their pine size quarterback Bryce Young. He's got that contested catch grit and deball speed, even if drops nagging. Last season, he racked up 735 yards before injuries cramped his style. Over the past 2 years though, he's powered on 1,400 yards and 16 touchdowns, plus that

1:00broken tackle juice Carolina's receivers, desperately lack right now. Morgan might want to eye this deal hard, it's bold, but stacking weapons around young like this could fast track them to play off wins and contender, status before we know it.