The Panthers canceled today’s practice and players are planning to unveil a social justice initiative tonight, per ESPN.
Meanwhile, the front office continues to try to find solutions to their most pressing roster issues. According to a report by Joe Person at the Athletic, Carolina is calling other teams looking for secondary help.
On a football-related note, Panthers have been calling teams looking for secondary help, per source.
— Joe Person (@josephperson) August 29, 2020
There’s only two weeks to go before the season begins at home against the Raiders. Now seems like a bad time to be up against the wall and in need of more help at a critical position.
Of course, the Panthers had months to address their obvious hole at cornerback and they have yet to come through with a real answer. Signing Eli Apple was a good low-cost, potential high-reward kind of move, but they need at least one more of those before the season begins.
General manager Marty Hurney tried putting in a claim for Ryan Lewis, who was awarded to Washington. Several other free agent cornerbacks have signed since, though. Now, their options are relatively limited and any potential trade for a DB could be costly in terms of draft capital.
Speaking of trades, dealing for Jamal Adams would have given this team the game-changing kind of playmaker the secondary needs to begin rebuilding in earnest. John Schneider and the Seahawks beat the Panthers to the punch there, though.
The best name still on the board is Logan Ryan, who has been trying to sell himself as a safety to teams in need. As of yet, nobody has been willing to meet his price tag.
Truth is, they should have picked a cornerback earlier than they did in the draft.
At the moment, the Panthers only have around $12 million in cap space left for the 2020 season. That will also limit what manuevers Hurney can make.
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