What the Carolina Panthers will do with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft remains up in the air, but the franchise may have effectively made up its mind already.
Answering a question about whether the Panthers would trade back down in the first round, The MMQB's Albert Breer cast doubt on the idea because they "see something pretty special" in Alabama star Bryce Young.
"I think they also know even if someone came up to get [Ohio State star C.J.] Stroud, they'd then lose Young to Houston," Breer said. "So my sense would be that even though Carolina GM Scott Fitterer liked the idea of trading back again to pick up some extra capital, the logistics of the situation won't allow for it.