“I think it’s just going back, reassessing your board and trying to figure out what guy is going to fall to us at 57,” Morgan said late Thursday night. “And then just kind of weighing the options of, hey, should we trade up? Should we stay where we’re at? Should we trade back?

“So, I just think all options are on the table again, right? With the second pick, we’re just going to attack it, and we’re gonna follow the board.”

Last year, in their first year in charge, they showed a willingness to move in both directions.

They initially traded back from the 39th overall spot in a deal with the Rams, in a trade that brought them this year’s second-rounder, which they previously lacked.

Specifically, they got the Rams’ 2024 second-rounder (No. 52), a fifth (155), and the 2025 second, which became No. 57. The Rams were eager to move up to get defensive tackle Braden Fiske, and Morgan and Tilis were eager to recoup the second-rounder this year they were missing, the last vestige of the Bears trade from two years ago in which they acquired the pick to choose Bryce Young.

But the Panthers had their eyes on Texas running back Jonathon Brooks, and they didn’t think he’d last until 52. So they started working the phones in the other direction.

Eventually, they traded that pick and two fifth-rounders (Nos. 142 and 155) to move back up to 46.