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Carolina Panthers News
The Panthers have made some changes in their staff, letting go Mark Carrier (Executive Director of Football) and Bryan Porter (Director of Football Operations), per team spokesperson. Wouldn't surprise if former Carolina LB Dan Morgan, with Buffalo, fills one spot.
Now that it's official Deshaun Watson has asked the Texans to trade him, what would it take for the Panthers to get him? I asked that on Twitter last week and gave several options. Here's the results: 2 first-round picks, 1 second-round pick (33%); 2 first-round picks, Christian McCaffrey (27.6 %); 3 first-round picks, Teddy Bridgewater (35.5 %); 2 first-round picks, Brian Burns (3.9%).
Panthers coach Matt Rhule had a very simple explanation for how and why he was able to keep his language clean (for the most part) while being mic'd up by ESPN for today's Senior Bowl practice. ‘'Because I knew my mom would be watching.''
In talking about new QB coach Sean Ryan, Panthers coach Matt Rhule said, "He's coached some really good quarterbacks.'' The last two were Detroit's Matthew Stafford and Houston's Deshaun Watson. Stafford is available for trade and Watson could be, so as has been said here several times keep a close eye on this. Watson, because of his age (25) and athletic ability, obviously makes him the more attractive of the two.