{"id":21101,"date":"2023-03-21T04:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/panthers-gm-gives-update-on-plans-for-no-1-draft-pick\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T04:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T04:34:06","slug":"panthers-gm-gives-update-on-plans-for-no-1-draft-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/panthers-gm-gives-update-on-plans-for-no-1-draft-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers GM gives update on plans for No. 1 draft pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_72243433\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/carolina_panthers\/49\" class=\"yard_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> general manager Scott Fitterer met with reporters Monday to discuss what the team plans to do with the No. 1 pick in April&#8217;s NFL Draft. <\/p>\n<p>Fitterer also talked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/2023-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flurry of moves<\/a> the Panthers have made since the NFL Combine earlier this month. Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/panthers_land_pro_bowl_wr_with_more_additions_potentially_on_the_way\/s1_13132_38599814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-profile additions<\/a> that Carolina has made include Pro Bowl running back Miles Sanders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/veteran_qb_great_fit_for_panthers_to_pair_with_future_no_1_overall_pick\/s1_13132_38580359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veteran quarterback<\/a> Andy Dalton and two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Thielen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_72243437\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Panthers head coach Frank Reich took the podium following Fitterer and spoke at length about quarterback prospects C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young, Will Levis and Anthony Richardson. All four signal-callers are expected to be selected in the early rounds (if not early picks) of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Reich was asked specifically about the importance (or lack thereof) of a quarterback&#8217;s height when scouting options, presumably with regards to Young, who is listed at just 5-foot-10. Carolina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/frank_reich_hired_as_panthers_hc_28_years_after_ushering_in_franchise_as_first_qb\/s1_13132_38397730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new hire<\/a> spoke candidly about the topic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_72243441\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/panthers_owner_head_coach_reportedly_prefer_different_qbs\/s1_13132_38568408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported last week<\/a> that Reich and Panthers owner David Tepper prefer different quarterbacks for the team&#8217;s selection at first overall.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina brass has 38 days until they&#8217;ll need to make a decision, as it will officially be on the clock on April 27 to kick off the 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\tjs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125075807517358\";\n\t\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/panthers_gm_gives_update_on_plans_for_no_1_draft_pick\/s1_13132_38602013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer met with reporters Monday to discuss what the team plans to do with the No. 1 pick in April&#8217;s NFL Draft. Fitterer also talked about the flurry of moves the Panthers have made since the NFL Combine earlier this month. Among the high-profile additions that Carolina has made include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}