With Josh Norman's abrupt departure, there's space in the Carolina secondary to fill. That space was there even before the Norman debacle. With Norman in the mix, Carolina had committed to Bene' Benwikere, a third-year player whose experience is entirely in the slot. Adding Brandon Boykin and keeping Cortland Finnegan and Robert McClain worked well to implement this strategy. Boykin has a strong track-record in the slot and, if Bene' struggled, Carolina could rotate a veteran like McClain in.
Norman's departure, however, leaves Carolina with a glaring hole, one that will be difficult to fill in the draft alone.