The Carolina Panthers wound up with their seventh straight losing campaign last year, but they did take some positive steps forward at the end of the year. After looking like a bust for most of his first two NFL campaigns, 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young showed massive improvement late in the year, finishing the season with the three best games of his season but also his career, throwing multiple touchdowns in all three games, something the young QB had done just once in his previous 25 starts.

Young appears to be on the rise, and the Panthers went out and got him a potential No. 1 receiver in Tetairoa McMillan with the eighth overall pick. Adam Thielen , who turns 35 this month, was the only Panthers receiver to top 525 yards in either of Young's first two NFL campaigns.

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