{"id":441050,"date":"2026-01-29T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:03:09","slug":"nfl-mock-draft-sends-maddeningly-inconsistent-prospect-to-carolina-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441050\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Mock Draft Sends \u2018Maddeningly Inconsistent\u2019 Prospect to Carolina Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">While the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are preparing for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/playoffs\/bracket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara<\/a> on February 8, the other 30 teams in the National Football League have their sights set on 2026. The NFL draft is just under two months away (April 23-25), but the speculation and predictions continue to come in terms of the first round.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/article\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-50-another-qb-besides-fernando-mendoza-goes-in-round-1-while-chiefs-get-new-weapon-005549310.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nate Tice and Charles McDonald<\/a> of Yahoo! Sports teamed up to present another NFL mock draft (5.0). In this edition, Tice made the choice for the odd-numbered teams. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourlads.com\/nfldepthcharts\/depthchart\/CAR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> have the 19th overall selection on April 23, and Tice opted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/nfl-draft-expert-predicts-panthers-go-for-familiar-uninspiring-position-01kf46sash1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">what has become a popular choice<\/a> in Clemson University defensive tackle Peter Woods.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">In three seasons with the Tigers (35 games), the 6\u20193\u201d, 310-pound prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/peter-woods-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">totaled 84 tackles, five sacks, and a pair of forced fumbles.<\/a> Another interesting wrinkle is the fact that interior defender saw some time on offense, totaling eight carries for 15 yards and two touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">\u201cWoods could go much higher than this,\u201d explained Tice, \u201cor much lower. His flashes are as good as any defensive player in this draft class, but he had a maddeningly inconsistent year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/draft\/panthers-linked-clemson-idl-nfl-draft-why-wont-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on an underwhelming Clemson team.<\/a> The Panthers need to continue to add needle-movers to their defense and if Woods reaches his ceiling, the Panthers could have a monster front with Woods and Derrick Brown. Carolina has also had recent success with another defensive draft faller coming off an inconsistent final collegiate season in 2025 second-round pick Nic Scourton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">The NFC South champion Panthers finished with the league\u2019s No. 20 defense in terms of fewest yards allowed per game, and were much-improved against the run from 2024. But<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/news\/ejiro-evero-hc-requests-panthers-right-move-keeping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ejiro Evero\u2019s unit <\/a>was also inconsistent in this record, so another big body inside certainly couldn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Enjoy more free Panthers coverage with Carolina Panthers on SI &#8211;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/news\/carolina-panthers-connected-super-bowl-bound-speedster-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers connected to Super Bowl-bound wide receiver<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/draft\/panthers-pass-ohio-state-linebacker-nfl-mock-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers pass on stud Ohio State LB in latest NFL mock draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/news\/super-bowl-60-matchup-ugly-measuring-stick-2025-panthers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl 60 matchup showcases how far Panthers must come<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/onsi\/news\/carolina-panthers-linked-2x-super-bowl-champion-in-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers linked to two-time Super Bowl champion in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are preparing for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-441050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}