Despite the difficult decisions that lie ahead, Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales isn’t shying away from the challenge of getting down to his very first 53-man roster.
“Yeah, it’s hard. And I’m excited for it,” he told reporters after last Wednesday’s practice. “When you respect and regard the whole unit and you’re kinda bringing everybody up at the same time—with the teaching, with the practices, the drill work and all those things as we improve everyone—it makes the decisions harder and harder.
“So I’m really excited about doing this with Dan [Morgan], with Brandt [Tilis], with the coaching staff. We’ve kinda had our touch-points throughout camp to evaluate where we’re at right now, and then we’ll have that culmination after we get through this last game.”
Well, they got through that game—besting the host Buffalo Bills in their final preseason outing of the summer on Saturday. So now, the “excitement” begins.
Keep it here, from now until 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, as we track each of the team’s moves in the path to their initial 53-man roster for the 2024 season.
Cuts:
- G Jack Anderson (waived)
- WR Sam Pinckney (waived)
- S Rudy Ford (released)
- WR Michael Strachan (waived)
- OLB Luiji Vilain (waived)
- TE Feleipe Franks (waived)
- RB Jaden Shirden (waived)
- LB Chandler Wooten (waived)
- CB Dicaprio Bootle (waived)
- QB Jack Plummer (waived)
- RB Mike Boone (released)
- OLB Derrick McLendon (waived)
- TE Jacob Hollister (released)
- G Mason Brooks (waived)
- OLB Kenny Dyson (waived)
- WR Terrace Marshall Jr. (waived)
- TE Jordan Matthews (released)
- CB Willie Drew (waived)
- DT Junior Aho (waived/injured)
- OT Tyler Smith (waived/injured)
- DT Ulumoo Ale (waived)
- LB Aaron Beasley (waived)
- S Alex Cook (waived)
- OT Jeremiah Crawford (waived)
- OT Ricky Lee (waived)
- CB Quandre Mosely (waived)
- DT Walter Palmore (waived)
- DT T.J. Smith (waived)
- CB Chris Wilcox (waived)
- G Ike Boettger (released)
- TE Jesper Horsted (released)
Injury placements:
- RB Jonathon Brooks (NFI)
- OLB D.J. Wonnum (PUP)
- OLB Amaré Barno (PUP)
- CB Dane Jackson (IR/designated for return)
- S Sam Franklin Jr. (IR/designated for return)
- LB Tae Davis (IR)
- OLB Cam Gill (IR)
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