Quarterback? Check.

The Carolina Panthers were able to add Sam Darnold without giving up the No. 8 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, leaving them with a premier pick to land a difference-making player.

The team could theoretically take another swing at the quarterback position, but in a press conference, head coach Matt Rhule insisted that they are going to be taking the best player they can get – regardless of position.

“We’ll look at anything and everything,” Rhule said, according to ESPN.com. “We recognize maybe there are positions we’d like to address in the draft, either via draft-day trades, post-draft trades or in the draft. I do think with the eighth pick you take the best available player. Now, if two guys are close, you take the guy that fits your need as well.”

It could put them in the market for a top QB if one or more fall down the draft board, but the quarterback position could be the only one without premier talent on the board at No. 8. The top prospects at offensive tackle (Penei Sewell, Rashawn Slater) and cornerback (Patrick Surtain, Jaycee Horn) may be still on the board, both positions of need for the Panthers.

Carolina is heading into its second season under Matt Rhule after posting a 5-11 record in year one. They have seven picks to work with in the draft, having traded a sixth-rounder to the Jets in the Darnold deal.