No seat in the NFL is hotter than that of Matt Rhule’s at the top of the Carolina Panthers organization. His buns are so toasty, in fact, that he might even have to trade up in the upcoming 2022 NFL draft.
With discouraging whiffs on back-to-back projects in Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold, Rhule is seemingly one more strike away at the quarterback position from becoming the D.J. Jazzy Jeff to owner David Tepper’s Uncle Phil. So is a bold move about to be born and raised?
Well, it could be—as the draft’s most potent prize under center is growing more and more in demand by the week. That prize is Liberty University’s Malik Willis, who NFL.com draft analyst Chad Reuter has Carolina securing at the No. 3 overall slot in his latest mock draft.
