In the first draft of his tenure, Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman did something predecessor Marty Hurney never did. Heck, Gettleman did something Bill Polian never did. He did something Dom Capers and George Seifert did in the brief windows when coaches held general-manager powers in Carolina.
When the Carolina Panthers signed Ron Edwards coming out of the lockout in 2011, the thinking was he’d give the team the run-stuffing defensive tackle it had lacked since Kris Jenkins left after the 2007 season.
It’s not as dramatic as the major releases the Atlanta Falcons made Friday morning, but the Carolina Panthers are working toward getting under the salary cap. They have restructured the contract of safety Haruki Nakamura to free up about $500,000.
Let's take a look at some news and notes from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Roy Cummings points out that New York has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. That could be a problem for defensive end Da’Quan Bowers, who was charged with illegally carrying a gun at LaGuardia Airport on Monday.
As I’ve been running through playing-time numbers for the 2012 season, I’ve been highlighting the guys who played huge amounts. But, in this post about Carolina’s defense, we’re going to go in the opposite direction.
Let’s take a run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Remember Ray Edwards, the free-agent bust the Falcons released in the middle of last season? Well, after no other team signed him, Edwards apparently turned to boxing.
Dave Gettleman said almost all the right things as he officially was introduced as the general manager of the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday. He talked about how he’s confident how he can work with coach Ron Rivera and staff the team already has in place.
The Carolina Panthers added plenty of scouting experience Wednesday when they hired Dave Gettleman as their new general manager. “I was very impressed with Dave’s experience and think he will be a very good fit for our organization,” Panthers owner Jerry Richardson said.
We took a look at the New Orleans Saints’ salary-cap situation. It’s far from ideal, but at least the Saints have some obvious ways to free up cap space. But I’m now looking at the numbers for the Carolina Panthers, and it sure looks like they’re in a much worse situation than the Saints.
When a team’s season goes bad, one common response is to point to injuries. Sometimes that holds merit and sometimes it doesn’t. We don’t have to look any further than the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers to see that.
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