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https://x.com/tejfbanalytics/status/2032562269377241541?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA the panthers have added 3 of CBS sports’ top 20 free agents in jaelan phillips, devin lloyd and rasheed walker. all of those players fit an area of need and inspire optimism in their respective units. awesome job by their front office

Great move

Canales opened the door to all this with how he managed the RB carries. Then you've got some of our own fans goading him for whatever reason like we paid him a ton of money. These folks should have kept that same energy for other backs who were making record salaries while riding the bench.

Dan is truly cooking this off-season. Starter level player, we can truly go BPA now.....I haven't been this exited about the future of this team in a long time

Bill Barnwell article this morning: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48185973/2026-nfl-free-agency-best-team-fits-top-players-available-barnwell

Rasheed Walker, OT Editor's note: Walker signed with the Panthers on Friday afternoon. Why is he still available? Likely the contract size. Young left tackles earned massive deals in free agency last season. Jaylon Moore, the backup to Trent Williams in San Francisco, signed a two-year, $30 million contract to join the Chiefs. Dan Moore Jr., a below-average starter in Pittsburgh, inked a four-year, $82 million pact with the Titans. The latter Moore allowed the most sacks in the league in 2024 (16.5), per NFL Next Gen Stats, then finished second behind Stone Forsythe in 2025 (13.5 sacks). Walker, a three-year starter in Green Bay, was the latest young left tackle to hit the market. He is coming from a better offense and hasn't missed a game since taking over as the starter on Jordan Love's blind side in 2023. At 26, Walker had every right to expect that he would earn one of the largest deals in free agency. My expectation was that his deal could come in as high as $25 million per season, and ESPN's Seth Walder projected Walker's new contract to average $21.8 million per year. Talking to people in and around the league about Walker before free agency, though, there wasn't a real excitement about an opportunity that should have been very appealing on paper. Was it a red flag that the Packers were letting a young player at a critical position walk out the door without really pushing too hard to re-sign him? Were the two Moore contracts from 2024 more of an outlier than a true indicator of what teams were willing to pay for young tackles? Some teams with left tackle openings elected to head in a different direction. The Bears and Panthers will need left tackles to open 2026 after their incumbents (Ozzy Trapilo and Ikem Ekwonu, respectively) tore their patellar tendons in January. They both opted for short-term solutions, as the Bears re-signed Braxton Jones and the Panthers added Forsythe. Teams that might have signed a left tackle and moved their incumbents to the right side, such as the Browns and Texans, instead chose to acquire right tackles. Walker might also be heading for a short-term deal. ESPN's Adam Schefter spoke with ESPN Milwaukee earlier this week and suggested that Walker might need to settle for a one-year deal before hitting free agency again in 2027. It looks like the significant market that many anticipated for Walker -- myself included -- never really materialized.

I'm not sure of our OL coach, or his pedigree, but I agree with this. I'm a huge believer in finding guys who are "good enough" in the "non skill" positions and then coaching them up. Yes we pay these players millions, but we also pay our coaches millions. We've band-aided the LT position it appears. Now up to Dave Canales and his coaches to design an offense that can succeed. That's why we hired him - he was an "offensive genius". Alot of this rides on Bryce, but after watching what Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones did with the right system, it's time for Canales to put up or get out. Especially in this division, which is by far the weakest in the NFL.

I think we just had the best FA class in the NFL for 2026. Hang the banner!

Agreed.

Expect to see Icky extended to cover this deal and give him time to recover. Makes sense now, given that this is a 1 year deal.

The Panthers front office has done a magnificent job with both the process and execution of their free agency plan. Every move has felt intentional, disciplined, and focused on building a stronger roster without sacrificing the future

They're looking at us resetting the market. Who wouldn't want in on that?

Well done Mr Morgan well done

Very relieved. And one year… at that price? And got Lloyd at under the predicted rate too. Good going. This is the best option we had. By far. Short of a trade or a trade up in the draft. Neither of which I would have been real happy with but we were in a bad spot. I don’t think he is quite on Icky’s level but he was the best way to go. I am surprised he took a 1 year deal. I probably would have preferred three year but we can develop someone this year. All in all, this is the best case scenario. Thank you Dan.

Him and his agent weren't going to get the money they were asking, so the best option at that point is a short, prove in contract, that he can show the league he is worth a better long term contract. That is a win win for both camps.

The gun charge doesn't seem to be much of an issue. Improper liscense.

$100 real for $200 fun.

Im dead serious, but right now, for realistic options I’d take Freeling then Proctor if available at 19 as the guys I want. But he absolutely needs to play at least 20 pounds less than he did at Bama. Scourton lost that much, it’s not an indictment and teams will want that.

I'll back Derrick Brown in that match-up.

Agreed. Also agreed. There are two huge mountains of black on one side and white on the other in the legal system. Then there is the even bigger ravine of grey river between them. Way easier to pontoon boat through the grey than scale the black or white.

He's talking mad poo on Twitter for a guy that disappeared down the stretch. Not to mention that abortion of a fumble against the Bucs.

Rasheed Walker CARTackle#63 Panthers signed LT Rasheed Walker, formerly of the Packers, to a one-year, $10 million contract. This is a great deal for the Panthers. Walker, a former seventh-round pick with the Packers, made just over $6 million on his rookie contract. This is a decent pay bump for him. Among NFL tackles with at least 490 left tackle snaps, Walker’s 69.3 PFF pass-blocking grade ranks 21st. The Panthers lost starter LT Ikem Ekwonu to a patellar tendon rupture during their Wild Card Round loss to the Rams last year. While he is undoubtedly rehabbing the injury rigorously, signing Walker gives them a reliable, if non-elite, starter for as long as they need one in 2026

Agreed. Unless a DE is a Julius Peppers type, it takes a couple of years to really develope. I am hoping we can get one to go with Prince and Scourton. Or another Interior Dlineman might work as well.