ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper thinks the two projected first-round wide receivers this year – Alabama’s Calvin Ridley and Maryland’s D.J. Moore – are better than the three wideouts taken in the top 10 last year.
Kiper thinks Ridley and Moore will be great picks for teams selecting in the middle of the first round or lower. Kiper just doesn’t think the Panthers will go with a wideout in the first round.
Kiper has the Panthers general manager Marty Hurney taking Stanford safety Justin Reid with the 24th pick in his latest two mock drafts, including a three-round mock that was published last week.