The Panthers have seemingly rounded out their QB room.
The Carolina Panthers have spent a ton of time looking into backup quarterbacks this offseason. They traded Andy Dalton and signed Kenny Pickett to a one-year deal behind Bryce Young.Now, the Panthers have effectively ruled out selecting a quarterback in the upcoming NFL draft.
They signed quarterback Will Grier, a player they drafted in 2019, to round out the quarterback room. As the draft draws closer and teams fill out their rosters, Cowboys QB Will Grier is signing with Carolina, where he started his NFL career in 2019. Grier now will join a quarterback room that includes Bryce Young and Kenny Pickett.Some teams don't even carry three quarterbacks, and so the Panthers have essentially filled out their depth chart here. It's not impossible to imagine them taking a quarterback, but with other holes on the roster, it certainly looks like they've punted the long-term backup issue to next year.Pavia remains an interesting option, even in the wake of the Grier addition. He could go undrafted. If he is selected, it will be very late in the draft despite his status as a Heisman runner-up in 2025. Scouts don't like his game, and he can be a little abrasive. So if he goes undrafted, the Panthers very well could take a flyer on him and let him compete for the QB3 spot with Grier. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback isn't exactly a rock-solid veteran, so it's not as if a rookie would have no shot at taking that spot.but they began to consider life after him. Then-GM Marty. Hurney decided to take a chance on West Virginia quarterback Will Grier in the third round. He was picked 100th, which isn't the most valuable draft slot, but it can produce impact players. Grier was not an impact player. He's started two games in his career, only ever making it onto the active roster of the Panthers. He did not do well in those games, either. Grier has 53.8% completion, zero touchdowns, and four interceptions total. A third-round pick is rarely ever truly wasted, but the Panthers wasted it here. They could've spent a pick on any of the following and it would've been so much better:That's some serious talent all the way into the seventh round, but the Panthers wasted the 100th pick on Grier. Gardner-Johnson and Crosby literally went five and six spots after Grier, making the mistake even worse.Zachary Roberts is a journalist with a wide variety of experience covering basketball, golf, entertainment, video games, music, football, baseball, and hockey. He currently covers Charlotte sports teams and has been featured on Sportskeeda, Yardbarker, MSN, and On SI.
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