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I forget his name, but he was a hell of a SOLID backup at DT.

He should be better by now, and has had a lot of time to let his body heal.

I dont know if he is even a thought after being out of football for soo long, but he was the "hangman" of our DL a few years back.

Might be worth checking into?

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Carstens!!!

Thats right..

If I remember he had some sort of irregular heartbeat??

It was said to a condition that was going to get better with time?

I know its a 5% deal, but the guy gave 100% when he was on the field, and was a good suprise on the field when he played.

Being we were so shallow at Tackle this season, it could be a CHEAP "tryout"/addition.

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my dad still plays golf in charlotte with a guy named wattenburger (big orthopedic surgeon in charlotte for the Panthers) and this actually came up towards the end of last year. Carstens lost a tremendous amount of weight and would need another year to get back in play shape.

that was about four months ago though.

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IIRC, Carstens actually started having complications with his kidneys or liver due to a blood clot that Ryan Vermillion had suspected because of symptoms he had. I thought they put him on blood thinners and subsequently he couldn't play for awhile, but I didn't think it was a career ending situation. From the article I remember reading around that time, I thought they were just happy that they found the clot before anything serious happened.

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