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Panthers reportedly adding 2 new players to practice squad

The Panthers are reportedly set to sign a pair of new players to their practice squad.

The Carolina Panthers may not be done with the construction of their practice squad this week.

According to Mike Kaye of The Charlotte Observer, the team intends to sign wide receiver Deon Cain and offensive lineman Brandon Walton to the group. Both players were waived on Thursday.

Cain, who attended nearby Clemson University, was selected in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound pass catcher has since chalked up stops with four other NFL organizations—including the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens, the Philadelphia Eagles and, most recently, the Buffalo Bills.

His best pro ball has come as a member of the of USFL/UFL’s Birmingham Stallions. Cain was a league champion in 2023, when he was named the USFL championship game’s Most Valuable Player, and in 2024.

Walton, a Clearwater, Fla. native and Florida Atlantic product, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2020. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound tackle, who was let go by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after three seasons, has prior experience with Panthers head coach Dave Canales and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert.

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13 pending offensive free agents with ties to the Panthers’ coaching staff

Mike Evans, who is set to hit the open market, had his best season in years under new Panthers HC Dave Canales.

With new head coach Dave Canales leading the transition, the Carolina Panthers have completely overhauled their offensive staff this winter. And with new faces comes new connections for the organization.

Here are 13 pending offensive free agents, in areas of particular need, with ties to Canales’ staff:

Who’s out and who’s in for the Panthers’ 2024 coaching staff

Now that the Panthers’ 2024 coaching staff is in place, let’s survey the damage.

The Carolina Panthers put the bow on their new coaching staff this afternoon.

As announced on Thursday, the team has hired five new coaches and retained 13 more. Per the official release, the moves have now rounded out the sideline staff for the upcoming season.

So, what did the turnover ultimately look like in the end?

Here are the coaching positions that underwent a change for Carolina going into 2024:

Panthers 2024 coaching staff tracker

Who’s out and who’s in for the Panthers’ reconstructed coaching staff? Keep it here for the latest.

The turnover has begun.

Less than a week after the Carolina Panthers named Dave Canales their new head coach, the organization started up the reconstruction of their staff. The opening additions came on Tuesday—with the hirings of a handful of offensive assistants.

So, before we all get lost in the shuffle, keep it here as we track who’s in (and who’s out) from the Carolina sideline.

Panthers part ways with passing game coordinator Parks Frazier

Parks Frazier is the latest member of the 2023 staff to part ways with the Panthers.

It wasn’t all one-way traffic into 800 South Mint Street tonight.

On Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers announced the additions of four offensive assistants. Coming in as part of new head coach Dave Canales’ staff will be assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin, running backs coach Bernie Parmalee, wide receivers coach Rob Moore and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert.

But, as subsequently reported by Darin Gantt just moments later, passing game coordinator Parks Frazier has been informed that he will no longer continue with the organization.

Frazier began his NFL coaching career in 2018, as an assistant to then-Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich. He’d go on to serve as an offensive quality control coach, assistant quarterbacks coach and—when Reich was fired in the middle of the 2022 season—the interim offensive coordinator.

Reich then brought Frazier over when he was hired as head coach of the Panthers last offseason. The 32-year-old, once again, stayed on to finish out the year despite Reich’s dismissal at the end of Week 12.

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Panthers hire Joe Gilbert as OL coach

The Panthers just got a whole lot of experience in new OL coach Joe Gilbert.

The Carolina Panthers have found their replacement for James Campen.

On Tuesday, the team announced the addition of new offensive line coach Joe Gilbert. The 59-year-old is one of four offensive assistants who were officially hired by the Panthers and head coach Dave Canales on the night.

Gilbert started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Albany back in 1987. He go on to make a number of stops throughout the college ranks—with runs at the University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, the University of Maine, Mansfield University, the University of Toledo, the University of Central Florida, the University of Houston and the University of Illinois.

His NFL coaching career kicked off in 2012, as the assistant offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He’d be promoted to offensive line coach in 2013, but bumped back down to assistant in 2016.

The Arizona Cardinals then came calling in 2018, hiring Gilbert as their offensive line coach and run game coordinator for one season.

He then moved on to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he was the offensive line coach from 2019 to 2023.

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Bucs coaches Harold Goodwin and Joe Gilbert join Dave Canales in Carolina

Tampa Bay’s offensive staff has been almost entirely gutted since Canales left the Bucs to become the Panthers’ head coach.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive staff is all but cleared.

NFL reporter Ian Rapoport and FOX Sports reporter Carmen Vitali reported Tuesday that Bucs assistant head coach and run game coordinator Harold Goodwin and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert are joining Panthers head coach Dave Canales in Carolina. Both had been with the Bucs before Canales arrived in Tampa Bay in 2023, but both are now making lateral moves away from the team to join Canales.

With the movement of Goodwin and Gilbert and the departure of Brad Idzik on Tuesday as well, Tampa Bay’s staff has faced massive turnover. The team’s offensive staff has almost entirely turned over since 2022, with the longest-tenured coach in one position being tight ends coach John Van Dam, who has held the position since 2022.

As Canales has converted most of Tampa Bay’s offensive staff, whoever the Bucs choose as their next offensive coordinator will likely bring a whole new cast of coaches for the offensive side of the ball in 2024.

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8 ex-Colts chasing a ring in Super Bowl LV

Former Colts looking for glory.

While the Indianapolis Colts will be watching Super Bowl LV from the comfort of their home, there are a few familiar faces on both sidelines for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs.

In terms of players, there are a few that will catch the eye of Colts fans but the one dominating headlines is Bucs head coach Bruce Arians, who has a small but vital history with the Colts.

Here are eight former Colts chasing a ring in Super Bowl LV: