CHARLOTTE -- Carolina dealt to go defensive Saturday.
The Panthers traded their 2010 first-round pick to the 49ers for the No. 43 overall selection and a fourth-rounder Sunday. Carolina used the 43rd pick to select Florida State defensive end 
For a rundown of how the day went, follow the updates below.
4 p.m. EDT: The telecasts are on the air, and we're off and running at the latest draft-start time in NFL history.
Every so often in this exercise, we'll take stock of where the day stands.
PICKS MADE: None.
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 0:00.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: N/A, but if last year's pace is repeated, 9:40 p.m. EDT.
4:04 p.m. EDT: Roger Goodell strides to the stage, and proclaims the Detroit Lions as "on the clock." Less than 15 seconds later, he makes it official -- the Lions select Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford.
4:14 p.m. EDT: Kansas City is on the clock, according to the public-address system at Radio City Music Hall, but we do not know the Rams' pick ... Now we will, because Goodell walks to the dais and makes the announcement: OT Jason Smith of Baylor.
4:23 p.m. EDT: The Show-Me state represenatives took their time with their selections; both the Chiefs and Rams went well past the nine-minute mark before turning in their cards.
4:24 p.m. EDT: The first "oooooohs" of surprise rattle through Radio City Music Hall with the Chiefs' selection of LSU defensive end Tyson Jackson.
4:31 p.m. EDT: Seattle doesn't need the full 10 minutes for its pick ... Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry. We're averaging seven minutes a pick.
4:39 p.m. EDT: The Jets traded into the No. 5 slot, and USC quarterback Mark Sanchez is on the phone ... smiling ... and donning his sports coat. The telltale signs of a man who knows his future is assured.
4:41 p.m. EDT: ... and Sanchez puts on the Jets hat. The trade and pick has slowed the pace a scosh.
4:49 p.m. EDT: The Jets' price to the Browns to move up to select Sanchez: DE Kenyon Coleman, QB Brett Ratliff and DB Abram Elam, a first-round pick (17th overall) and a second-round pick (52nd).
4:50 p.m. EDT: Alabama OT Andre Smith is the Bengals' pick at No. 6 overall.
Time for a pace update.
PICKS MADE: 6
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 7:50.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 10:36 p.m. EDT.
4:56 p.m. EDT: Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey goes to the Raiders. A second "oooooh" of surprise rattles through Radio City.
5:04 p.m. EDT: Eugene Monroe, Virginia's OT, is smiling while conversing on his cellular phone. He appears relaxed. Does he know his destination?
5:05 p.m. EDT: Sure does ... Monroe's a Jaguar.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 8.
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 7:45.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 10:32 p.m. EDT.
5:10 p.m. EDT: Giddiness at B.J. Raji's house. If he's the pick, the ACC has four of the first nine selections. The SEC has three and the Big 12 and Pac-10 one apiece.
5:14 p.m. EDT: Raji's the pick.
5:21 p.m. EDT: A smile for Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree, who was starting to become the image of draft angst. He's a 49er at No. 10.
5:26 p.m. EDT: Buffalo takes Penn State DE Aaron Maybin. Five minutes ... now we're starting to roll.
5:31 p.m. EDT: Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno to the Broncos ... Another five-minute pick.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 13.
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 6:55.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 9:50 p.m. EDT.
5:33 p.m. EDT: Really rolling ... Redskins take less than two minutes to select Texas DE Brian Orakpo.
5:45 p.m. EDT: Two more defensive players ... Malcolm Jenkins (DB, Ohio State) to the Saints and Brian Cushing (LB, USC) to the Texans.
5:58 p.m. EDT: A Browns trade to Tampa Bay at No. 17 has put the Buccaneers on the clock; the Bucs surrender a sixth-round pick to move up two slots.
6 p.m. EDT: Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman is shown smiling on his cell phone in the green room -- which is actually blue -- at Radio City Music Hall. Seconds later, Roger Goodell confirms the Bucs' decision to select the quarterback.
6:06 p.m. EDT: Denver, at No. 18, selects DE Robert Ayers of Tennessee.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 18.
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 6:50.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 9:46 p.m. EDT.
6:18 p.m. EDT: By moving down 16 slots and making three trades, Cleveland has turned the No. 5 overall pick into:
• The No. 21 overall selection;
• Three extra draft picks (No. 52 overall from N.Y. Jets; No. 191 overall from Tampa Bay; No. 195 overall from Philadelphia);
• Three players (DE Kenyon Coleman, QB Brett Ratliff and DB Abram Elam).
6:33 p.m. EDT: Patriots are on the clock at No. 23 after selections of Cal C Alex Mack (Cleveland, No. 21) and Florida WR Percy Harvin (Minnesota, No. 22).
6:34 p.m. EDT: New England's No. 23 pick is traded to Baltimore.
6:35 p.m. EDT: The pick becomes Mississippi OL Michael Oher.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 23
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 6:37.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 9:34 p.m. EDT.
6:54 p.m. EDT: New England moving down the speed dial ... from No. 23 to No. 26, and now lower after they make a deal with the Packers. Green Bay takes USC linebacker Clay Matthews with the pick; he's the second SC 'backer to go so far (Brian Cushing, No. 15, Houston).
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 26
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 6:35.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 9:33 p.m. EDT.
The Patriots, meawhile, have the Packers' second- (No. 41 overall) and third- (No. 73 overall) round selections. New England has 14 picks upcoming in the draft.
7 p.m. EDT: Donald Brown, from the University of Connecticut and Atlantic Highlands, N.J., is smiling on the phone. The Colts take him. For what it's worth, Brown is from the same area of the Garden State that gave the world Clerks and a myriad of other Kevin Smith movies.
7:21 p.m. EDT: Now we're through 30 picks. The pride of Independence H.S., wide receiver Hakeem Nicks, went to the Giants at the 29th slot.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 30
AVERAGE TIME PER SELECTION: 6:36.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME: 9:34 p.m. EDT.
7:32 p.m. EDT: The first round is over -- Evander "Ziggy" Hood, a DT from Missouri, closes out the round.
The first round took three hours and 29 minutes, starting at 4:03 p.m. EDT and concluding at 7:32.
7:36 p.m. EDT: Now we revise the estimated pace, basing it around second-round picks only. Four minutes into the round, we're through two selections -- a pair of DBs (Louis Delmas of Western Michigan to Detroit; Patrick Chung of Oregon to the Patriots.
PICKS MADE: 34.
AVERAGE TIME PER SECOND-ROUND SELECTION: 2:00.
AT THAT RATE, THE 59TH PICK WILL OCCUR AT WHAT TIME (or simply ETP -- estimated time of pick, as has been suggested): 8:24 p.m. EDT.
Obviously, that pace is subject to change, since it will almost certainly slow a smidgen.
7:45 p.m. EDT: In the midst of a Buckeye run ... three of the last six picks (Beanie Wells, No. 31 overall to Arizona; James Laurinaitis, No. 35 overall to St. Louis; Brian Robiskie, No. 36 overall to Cleveland).
PICKS MADE: 36.
AVERAGE TIME PER SECOND-ROUND SELECTION: 3:00.
ETP: 8:50 p.m. EDT.
8:06 p.m. EDT: The hour hand lurches past eight, and we await selection No. 40, from the Oakland Raiders ... and now we learn it will come from ew England, who traded into the slot. The pace has stalled in the last few picks, and now we are moving at a fairly normal clip for the second round -- between four and five minnutes per selection.
Pace update:
PICKS MADE: 39.
AVERAGE TIME PER SECOND-ROUND SELECTION: 4:09.
ETP: 9:19 p.m. EDT.
8:21 p.m. EDT: Panthers are on the clock ... trade with the 49ers. Panthers on the clock, No. 43 overall.
8:22 p.m. EDT: THE PICK IS IN ... Florida State defensive end Everette Brown. He was looking mighty forlorn on the broadcast in recent moments, but since the call from the Panthers, he's turned ecstatic. He'll also get to stay close to home; he's from Wilson, N.C.
Here's what we wrote about Brown in our draft previews:
Second-team All-American and first-team All-ACC selection last year ... Third in the country and first in the ACC with 13.5 sacks in 2008 ... Also led the conference in tackles for losses (21.5) ... Had 23.0 sacks, 46.5 tackles for losses and 100 total stops in his four seasons at FSU ... Ran the fourth-fastest 40-yard dash time among Combine defensive linemen (4.73 seconds) ... A product of Beddingfield High School in Wilson, N.C.; he was rated as the state's No. 5 prospect in the 2005 class by Superprep magazine.
8:29 p.m. EDT: The Panthers still have their No. 59 pick, which should be coming up in the next hour. Carolina surrendered its first-rounder next year and picked up the 49ers' this year (No. 111 overall). This pushes the complement of Panthers picks in this year's draft back to seven.
Back in the draft, we're on pick No. 50. Nine to go to Carolina's original slot.
8:48 p.m. EDT: Still buzzing here in the media room at Bank of America Stadium. When Brown talks, we'll have quotes and notes right here. Plenty coming on Brown -- and whatever else remains for the Panthers tonight -- so keep checking this space for updates.
9:06 P.M. EDT: Notes from Everette Brown's teleconference with Charlotte-area media:
... "If I had one team I wanted to come to, it would have been the Carolina Panthers." Talked about going to a Panthers game against the Saints when he was 14 years old. "All I remember is the excitement I had going to an NFL game, getting there early and coming up to the edge of the stands, watching the players warm up." ...
... Went to high school in Wilson, N.C., but says that Stantonsburg is his hometown ...
... His wait was spotlighted on ESPN, which had a camera on hand. Brown described the process as "stressful" but said he was "very calm." "I just wanted to play football again," he said ...
... He says he feels comfortable playing either side of the line ...
... He watched
... Said he did not talk to the Panthers between the Combine and last Sunday, when Panthers scout Mike Szabo got in touch with him.
9:12 P.M. EDT:
Here's a picture Panthers fans won't mind seeing in the pros ... Everette Brown chasing down Matt Ryan during a 2007 game at Boston College. (PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES)
9:24 P.M. EDT: Panthers are on the clock at No. 59.
9:29 P.M. EDT: The pick is in ... the Panthers select defensive back Sherrod Martin from Troy with the 59th selection.
From the Panthers.com draft preview:
All-Sun Belt first team in 2008 after notching 90 tackles and four interceptions for the Trojans ... Missed the 2006 season after having surgery on both shoulders; in spite of the injuries, he logged 78 tackles the previous season ... A first-teamer since the second half of the 2004 campaign ... Had the ninth-best 40-yard dash time among Combine safeties (4.52 seconds) ... Posted a 36-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot, three-inch broad jump; those ranked sixth and 11th, respectively, at his position.
9:50 P.M. EDT: General manager Marty Hurney just wrapped up his press conference. Among the highlights:
... The team had a first-round grade on Everette Brown. "We said coming in that if he was there at a certain spot, we would try to get him," Hurney said ...
... Said that they started working on possible trades after the second round began, and that they talked to "several" teams about a trade ...
... On whether trading next year's first-rounder is a calculated risk: "Sure it is -- every time you do it. I think you do it for players that you think can come in and help you right away. When you look at giving up next year's first-(rounder) for a guy like Everette Brown, you look at it (as) you have him for a year, and then he's that much better in 2002, and we had him as a first-rounder this year. I think he will continue to get better every year, but he does have the ability to come in and help us right away." ...
... "One of our needs was pass rusher, and we felt Everette Brown was one of the better pass rushers in this draft," but added that he can be an "all-around" defensive end ...
... Praised Brown's intangibles, particularly his work ethic, and said he will "work in the rotation" with the rest of the defensive ends.
10:32 P.M. EDT: Befitting a player who will be asked to make the transition from safety to cornerback, Sherrod Martin decribed himself as "versatile" on a conference call with Charlotte-area media.
He spoke of how he worked at cornerback at the Senior Bowl, and said that by the end of the week he was comfortable at the position after encountering some difficulty during the early-week practices. He also said that teams had talked to him about playing all over the secondary -- cornerback, safety, nickel, etc.
That will bring an end to the ongoing updates. A final wrap-up story is coming later, with video and photos. We'll be back with another running story tomorrow; until then mahalo, gracias and merci beaucoup.
