One scout I talked to prior to the draft was gushing over the UCLA linebacker, comparing his football IQ and play diagnosis to Luke Kuechly.
Schwesinger doesn’t have Kuechly’s first-step athleticism, so pump the brakes just a touch — but he should be a tackling machine in the box and will quickly become a fan favorite.
The decision to take Quinshon Judkins over teammate TreVeyon Henderson at running back might have been a touch of a head scratcher, but it’s one of those picks where the more I think about it, the more I like it. After Day 2 the Panthers are laughing.
The team got two extremely good pass rushers in Nic Scourton who can be an immediate starter and Princely Umanmielen in the third, who seems tailor made to be a rotational speed rusher. This was a team that still had an aging Jadaveon Clowney on the roster, so they get some youth and find a way to stop the bleeding at EDGE — which they can build over time.
This was a case where need met BPA in all three picks, and the Panthers took monumental steps forward on both sides of the ball without mortgaging their future by trading picks in 2026.
Winner: Dallas Cowboys
As much as I hated what Dallas did in the first round by reaching for Tyler Booker at No. 12, I am obsessed with this team’s picks on the second day. Both Donovan Ezeiruaku and Shavon Revel Jr. are guys who had the talent to be first round picks, but fell due to various reasons.
If Revel is fully healed he can be a difference maker. He’s a baller who will be an amazing complement to Micah Parsons and open up the pass rush even more.
These picks were good enough to make Dallas potential winners of the whole draft.,
