April 23rd, 2017: USA Today Panthers Wire’s Edgar Salmingo, Jr. joins us to talk all about the Draft! We also take a quick look at some Panthers news from earlier in the season, discuss the Panthers’ 2017 schedule by difficulty level gloat about our new web site and preview some Roaring Riot goodies!

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I am Keith and I am joined by Drew (pause to hello) and Jayme (pause to say hello).

For an off-season podcast this one is packed with talk about the Panthers. USA Today’s Panthers Wire’s Edgar Salmingo, Jr. will be joining us to talk the draft, we look at some Panthers news and look at the Panthers’ 2017 schedule by difficulty.

If this is your first time listening to the podcast then welcome! I have heard from quite a few new listeners since our last podcast in early April. Thank you for writing, Joan in Charlotte, Sean in Texas, Katelyn in New York and Domingo from Barcelona! Feel free to reach out to us via social media or email us at [email protected].

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Drew: Only counts as $10 against the Cap this year.

Now, in case you missed it or just forgot about it here are the Panthers news highlights from recent weeks:

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We will have our way-too-early picks later this summer, when there’s nothing else to talk about.

At USA Today Panthers wire Alex Reynolds breaks down the Panthers regular-season schedule by difficulty. Reynolds notes that with this schedule the Panthers are no longer a favorite choice for prime-time games and that we will be be facing all 3 division rivals as well as Aaron Rodgers in the last 5 weeks of the regular season.

Alright, here’s Alex’s take on the schedule:

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