OFFICIAL 2026 Undrafted Free Agent Thread

[MHS831]

24 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

If its the same Tony Grimes from UNC then he wasnt a bad player at all.  A bit underwhelming based on his recruiting but hes a big kid.  

same (I believe) he is now 24....so the timing fits.

[Jon Snow]

2 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I know there is one to get the roster to 53, but the way i understand it, they cannot exceed 90.  I am guessing they have not contacted the players yet, and it will be announced any time.  This is, of course, assuming that my assumption that we went over the limit is correct.  

And then there is the international player provision, and one site had the UDFAs listed and noted that a couple are from Canada--whatever that means.

I think international players do not count against the 90 man limit. The Panthers have had several over the years. They will however count as part of the 53 if kept after final cuts.

[TheSpecialJuan]

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[MrBubba]

 

[Jon Snow]

9 hours ago, MrBubba said:

 

They will not be able to stash him on the practice squad. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

5 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

They will not be able to stash him on the practice squad. 

Can't you protect 4 players on PS? 

[Jackie Lee]

6 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

They will not be able to stash him on the practice squad. 

I hope they don't Matt Corral him and only give him like 2 reps at the end of each practice. He's talented but he needs some reps at the NFL level unless they just want him to be a gadget guy

[mrcompletely11]

27 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I hope they don't Matt Corral him and only give him like 2 reps at the end of each practice. He's talented but he needs some reps at the NFL level unless they just want him to be a gadget guy

Hes got a funky throwing motion and just isnt accurate so I think gadget guy is his only path even then he is still a bit small for that

[Basbear]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Can't you protect 4 players on PS? 

I maybe wrong, I think its 2 players and you can only protect them from the team your playing that week or some weird rule. I maybe off and I know it changed some. I still recall when that rule first happen, the pats would not protect any player, cause bill thought if teams knows we value these guys the most, teams would sign them.

It also maybe only 4 weeks you can use the "protect" label. I honestly don't know the current wording, it has changed. 

[Jackie Lee]

3 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Hes got a funky throwing motion and just isnt accurate so I think gadget guy is his only path even then he is still a bit small for that

Having Chris Weinke as a coach at GT probably didn't help things lol. I think he did get a good QB coach this offseason though. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

7 minutes ago, Basbear said:

I maybe wrong, I think its 2 players and you can only protect them from the team your playing that week or some weird rule. I maybe off and I know it changed some. I still recall when that rule first happen, the pats would not protect any player, cause bill thought if teams knows we value these guys the most, teams would sign them.

It also maybe only 4 weeks you can use the "protect" label. I honestly don't know the current wording, it has changed. 

You can protect up to 4 per week but they can't be protected forever. So at some point, they have to come off the list which means if we keep him, he'll likely need to be on the 53. 

[Basbear]

17 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

You can protect up to 4 per week but they can't be protected forever. So at some point, they have to come off the list which means if we keep him, he'll likely need to be on the 53. 

I think you can only protect them from Wednesday til GameDay. I think they are free to sign mon-tuesday. Of course this changes if they are Monday night or Thursday night game.... 

Edited 4 hours ago by Basbear

[Lurk21]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

I hope they don't Matt Corral him and only give him like 2 reps at the end of each practice. He's talented but he needs some reps at the NFL level unless they just want him to be a gadget guy

Being that no other backup has more  than 1 year, you are right! This is an investment  worth putting time in. 

[strato]

We should be able to see plenty in preseason this time. I might even watch. This isn’t like watching Jake Plummer. At last I hope and think it’s not.