After telling reporters that the fifth-year option on left tackle Ikem Ekwonu will be exercised, Morgan turned his focus to the right side with Taylor Moton. He was asked if he and the front office are secure with extending the 30-year-old hog molly.

It worked out perfectly that way, as Walker was on the board at eight, but so was Tetairoa McMillan. The Panthers took the latter, and then they revealed that the mock drafts were never on the right track.