The Carolina Panthers have another game and another opponent this week. So that means one very important, poignant and totally pragmatical thing . . .

We get to steal another player!

In case you haven’t been following along through the first month of the season, this’ll be the latest installment of us just straight snatching up a guy from whoever the Panthers are facing. Yes, it’s unrealistic. Yes, it’s hypothetical. But, yes, it’s also fun.

This week’s fun will be had at the expense of the Philadelphia Eagles, who present us with a handful of tempting options.

We could go with one of those rising pass catchers in rookie receiver Devonta Smith or tight end Dallas Goedert. Goedert would be nice considering Carolina still has yet to replace Greg Olsen. And even though the roster is pretty fine on wideouts, you can never have enough weapons.

You can also never have enough shutdown corners, making Darius Slay a possible choice. Imagine being able to mix and match with him, Stephon Gilmore, Donte Jackson, Jaycee Horn and C.J. Henderson at some point.

We’ll, however, politely pass on those three and zero in on two interior lineman—one on offense and the other on defense.

The latter is Fletcher Cox, the 10th-year veteran who has been a force in pretty much every one of those 10 years. The Panthers were actually interested in drafting Cox out of Mississippi State University back in 2012, but instead opted for some dude named Luke Kuechly.

And although Cox would provide one heck of a presence alongside Derrick Brown in the defensive trenches, we’ll opt elsewhere too and take right guard Brandon Brooks.

He hasn’t been up to his usual business of late, as an achilles tear and, most recently, a pectoral strain has sidelined the 6-foot-5, 335-pounder in 18 of Philadelphia’s last 20 games. His talent and yearly effectiveness, however, is still too much to pass up at a position of need for Carolina.

Brooks was the highest-graded right guard by Pro Football Focus in 2019, earning a sparkling 92.8 overall mark. He garnered a 76.0, an 86.2 and an 82.4 for Philly in the three seasons prior.

His success hasn’t been exclusive to the Eagles either, as he was the same reliable blocker with the Houston Texans before his move. Excluding his rookie campaign, Brooks had not graded below a 77.5 in Houston from 2013 to 2015.

If you don’t like grades, by the way, then PFF has another stat for you: Brooks has allowed just eight career sacks over 4,436 pass-blocking snaps.

Do you think we got it right?