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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- It took a rare Sunday off for the Carolina Panthers to finally win something big this season - the

No. 1 overall draft pick.

The NFL-worst Panthers are on the clock for April's draft and potentially in line to take Stanford star quarterback Andrew Luck after wins by Cincinnati and Denver. That gave the Bengals and

Broncos 4-11 records and left the 2-13 Panthers with an insurmountable lead in the race to the bottom of the league with one week left.

The Panthers will now wait to see if Luck decides to leave school early. Numerous draft analysts have called the 6-foot-4 Luck the best prospect in the potential daft pool.

The Panthers have the league's worst offense and managed 119 yards in Thursday's 27-3 loss at Pittsburgh.

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