We finish the NFC with the Panthers, a team that drove fantasy owners mad last season. With a healthy Jake Delhomme, Carolina’s offense should return to normal.

QUARTERBACK: Delhomme threw eight touchdowns in three games before his season prematurely ended. Though I believe he’s a smidge risky as a QB1, he definitely can play like one and might put up 3,500 yards and 22 TDs in 2008. Those are QB1 numbers, but on draft day, take him as a QB2 and don’t be surprised if passes that expectation.

RUNNING BACKS: The trendy rookie to top 1,000 yards rushing is Jonathan Stewart, a 5-foot-11, 230-pound tank. But he will be sharing carries with DeAngelo Williams, who gets a chance to be the Panthers’ premier back after the departure of DeShaun Foster. Though many predict Stewart will supplant Williams as the team’s main man, I’m guessing they will form a RBBC (barring a Williams injury, of course). That makes both of them RB3s.

WIDE RECEIVERS: Steve Smith’s numbers were down without Delhomme and WR threats on the other side of the field. That’s if you can call 1,002 yards and seven TDs down for the WR1. With his QB back, and the additions of D.J. Hackett and Muhsin Muhammad, Smith will rebound to about 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns. That might be optimistic, but consider this: Smith caught four of Delhomme’s eight TDs in 2007. Hackett and Muhammad will put up WR5 numbers, but make no mistake, Smith is the main show in Carolina.

TIGHT ENDS: Jeff King might benefit a little from Delhomme’s return, but he’s a TE2, nothing more.

KICKER: John Kasay’s points were down along with the Carolina offense, but he’s still an accurate, reliable kicker. Take him as a K2.