The Carolina Panthers held a news conference Tuesday that they tried hard to make as non-newsy as possible.
Intent on not tipping their hand before the three-day NFL draft begins Thursday night, Panthers general manager Marty Hurney and coach Ron Rivera spoke in platitudes. Phrases like “Now you just let the board come to you,” and “we could trade up; we could trade back,” were spoken with straight faces.
But despite those two men’s best efforts to make like there’s nothing to see here — and the 31 other NFL teams doing exactly the same thing — there is about to be a lot to see here.