Although president of football operations and general manager Dan Morgan said he didn't want to box his team out this weekend, the Carolina Panthers seem rather unlikely to jump back into the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.

Carolina general manager Dan Morgan isn’t just worried about his season. He wants the Panthers to compete for the foreseeable future with an evolving roster.

This will be the first since 2010 that the Panthers are not scheduled to have a first-round pick in the NFL Draft

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The 2024 NFL draft (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) begins Thursday, April 25 and will be held in Detroit. The Carolina Panthers are scheduled to make seven of the draft's 257 picks, beginning with the first pick of Round 2 on Friday night, having traded away their 2024 first-round pick last year.

The Panthers are largely out of the mock draft conversation after trading their first-round pick to the Bears in last year's deal to move up for Bryce Young. But they're in pri