{"id":431237,"date":"2017-02-15T09:13:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T14:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=431237"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:14:13","slug":"with-no-8-pick-panthers-need-to-get-on-board-with-nfls-running-back-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=431237","title":{"rendered":"With No. 8 pick, Panthers need to get on board with NFL\u2019s running back renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL draft begins April 27, and the Carolina Panthers have the eighth pick. Some mock drafts have the Panthers choosing Leonard Fournette, the superb running back out of Louisiana \u2026 <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/tom-sorensen-blog\/article132826354.html#storylink=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Continue \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/tom-sorensen-blog\/article132826354.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/tom-sorensen-blog\/article132826354.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"With No. 8 pick, Panthers need to get on board with NFL\u2019s running back renaissance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Observer Carolina Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL draft begins April 27, and the Carolina Panthers have the eighth pick. Some mock drafts have the Panthers choosing Leonard Fournette, the superb running&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-panthers","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-88-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900392,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431237\/revisions\/1900392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}