The Carolina Panthers finished reducing their initial roster to 53 players early Saturday afternoon.
Although the team will undoubtedly be in the market for more roster depth (especially at tight end) this weekend, here’s a first look at our current projected Week 1 depth chart for Carolina.
Offense
| QB | Teddy Bridgewater | P.J. Walker | Will Grier | |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | Mike Davis | Trenton Cannon | |
| FB | Alex Armah | |||
| WR | D.J. Moore | Robby Anderson | Curtis Samuel | Seth Roberts |
| WR (contd.) | Pharoh Cooper | Keith Kirkwood | Brandon Zylstra | |
| TE | Ian Thomas | Chris Manhertz | ||
| LT | Russell Okung | Trenton Scott | Greg Little | |
| LG | Dennis Daley | Michael Schofield | ||
| C | Matt Paradis | Tyler Larsen | ||
| RG | John Miller | |||
| RT | Taylor Moton |
Defense
| RDE | Brian Burns | Marquis Haynes | Shareef Miller |
| DT | Kawann Short | Zach Kerr | |
| DT | Derrick Brown | Bravvion Roy | |
| LDE | Stephen Weatherly | Yetur Gross-Matos | |
| MLB | Tahir Whitehead | Adarius Taylor | |
| ROLB | Shaq Thompson | Julian Stanford | |
| LOLB | Jermaine Carter Jr. | Sam Franklin | |
| RCB | Eli Apple | Rasul Douglas | |
| LCB | Donte Jackson | Stantley Thomas-Oliver | |
| SCB | Troy Pride, Jr. | Corn Elder | |
| SS | Jeremy Chinn | Juston Burris | Myles Hartsfield |
| FS | Tre Boston |
Special Teams
| K | Joey Slye |
| P | Joseph Charlton |
| LS | J.J. Jansen |
| PR | Pharoh Cooper |
| KR | Pharoh Cooper |
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