The Carolina Panthers made some… interesting personnel decisions last offseason. While there’s nothing they could have done about Luke Kuechly’s sudden retirement, some of their moves were truly confusing. Trading Trai Turner for Russell Okung and extending Shaq Thompson and Christian McCaffrey while allowing James Bradberry to walk were all more than questionable decisions, to say nothing of the unpardonable sin of releasing former league MVP Cam Newton and using that cap space to sign an inferior bridge QB to a three-year deal.
Hopefully general manager Marty Hurney will make better decisions with the 2021 class. Let’s take a look at each of the team’s pending free agents for next year and decide whether or not they are worth keeping around, beginning with the offensive linemen.