The 49ers snagged a third-round comp pick in the 2025 draft when DeMeco Ryans and Ran Carthon were both hired in the same offseason. Ryans went to the Houston Texans as their head coach. Carthon went to the Tennessee Titans as their general manager.

We know the Carolina Panthers need all the help they can get on defense. Even after they upgrade their edge rotation and their interior defensive line group, they'll still need to find two upgrades at safety and some linebacker depth,

Texas Longhorns wide receiver Matthew Golden (2) catches a pass during the second half of the Cotton Bowl Classic College Football Playoff semifinal game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 10, 2025. Ohio State won 28-14.

When it comes to the 2024 NFL season, the Carolina Panthers overperformed expectations. Now granted, the team was still bad, sometimes comically so, with darn near every team having Bryce Young mock traded to them when Carolina decided to bench him midseason,

Carolina Panthers General Manager Dan Morgan spent much of the 2024 offseason fixing the supporting cast around quarterback Bryce Young. This offseason, that fo