Most insiders that ESPN's Dan Graziano spoke with the NFL owners' meetings this week believe that the Carolina Panthers will select Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
"The Carolina Panthers would have you believe they moved up from No. 9 to No. 1 in the draft without knowing which quarterback they're taking," Graziano wrote.
"As you'd expect, some people don't believe that, and a very unscientific poll of sources to whom I spoke at the meeting tells me most people believe they're taking Ohio State's C.