Only three defensive tackles
One reason Obada’s release came as a surprise was the fact that he’d been taking reps on the interior during training camp. Carolina is going to need their edge defenders to slide inside often, because at the moment they only have three true defensive tackles on the roster. That’s a dramatic change coming only one year after having the deepest and most expensive interior rotation in the NFL. While it’s clear that certain positions like tight end and defensive tackle will be less important than in the past under coach Matt Rhule, Kawann Short, Derrick Brown and Bravvion Roy need to stay healthy or this is going to be a problem.