Panthers: 3 surprising roster cuts
Here are three shocking cuts on the part of the Carolina Panthers…
The Carolina Panthers 53-man roster is set – for now. A total of 20 players were waived or terminated ahead of today’s 2:00 PM EST roster cut deadline.
The Panthers have elected to keep six wide receivers, 10 offensive linemen and 10 defensive linemen. They also restructured linebacker Luke Kuechly‘s contract to make room for incoming offensive tackle Corey Robinson, who was traded over from the Lions in exchange for an undisclosed 2020 draft pick.
Every year around this time fans hope that their favorite underdog players make the final roster. Sometimes they are not prepared for the surprising cuts that very few people expected.
Here are three surprising roster cuts the Panthers made today.
WR Mose Frazier
A four-touchdown performance this preseason was not enough to save Frazier from the dreaded cuts made on roster cut-down day. Despite his solid performance this preseason, he was still an underdog and ultimately got beat out by Damiere Byrd, a receiver who can return kickoffs, something that the Panthers value.
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Frazier, 25, has spent most of his career bouncing around to different practice squads around the NFL. He spent time with the Broncos, Bills and 49ers before signing with the Panthers on January 17, 2017. Frazier appeared in one game with the Panthers last year.
Barner, initially drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2013, returned to the Panthers this offseason to compete for a roster spot. This offseason he competed against running backs Cameron-Artis Payne, Reggie Bonnafon and Elijah Hood.
Hood, unfortunately, missed out on an opportunity to play for the Panthers this year because of a knee injury he suffered on a kickoff return during the fourth preseason game. The Panthers tried out Barner on specials teams, which is likely where they would have used him if he made the roster, but he was not as successful as guys like Curtis Samuel, Damiere Byrd, Christian McCaffrey and DJ Moore. Cameron Artis-Payne was the more efficient runner of the group.
In the 45 NFL games he has appeared in, Barner has accumulated 317 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 77 attempts. He carried the ball 19 times for 93 yards this preseason.
The Carolina Panthers would like to have on their practice squad, but I think another team will grab him.
DE Daeshon Hall
I was a bit surprised to see the Carolina Panthers give up on their 2017 third round pick so soon. Hall played in just one game his rookie season before he suffered a significant injury. He is a bit undersized for an edge defender, but that did not stop him from accumulating 14 sacks and 33.5 TFL during the four years he attended Texas A&M.
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It is worth mentioning that he handled the cut well. Instead of venting his frustrations on Twitter, he congratulated defensive end Efe Obada, the first player from the NFL’s International Pathway Program to be promoted to the active roster of a team.