Did the Panthers ‘reach’ for their 2024 draft picks?

How all-encompassing can a consensus big board get? Arif Hasan of Wide Left is trying to find out.

Hasan has gathered data from 101 draft analysts to create the 2024 Consensus Big Board, a unique 300-prospect ranking for this year’s draft prospects. The board, as he describes, includes three ranks:

“The first rank is the overall consensus rank of that player across all 101 big boards. The second rank is the rank among ‘Forecasters,’ generally a group of draft analysts with access to some team information and sourced data on prospects. The third column is the rank among ‘Evaluators,’ or draft analysts who rely primarily on publicly available data, like combine results and tape.”

So, how can we use this to gauge the Carolina Panthers’ 2024 class? Did general manager Dan Morgan and company, based on outside perception, find themselves some value or did they “reach” for their picks?

Let’s see where each of the team’s selections falls within the ranks . . .