{"id":115604,"date":"2024-04-29T23:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=115604"},"modified":"2024-04-29T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:29:29","slug":"panthers-to-retain-rb-miles-sanders-likely-to-sign-cb-stephon-gilmore-tchieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/panthers-to-retain-rb-miles-sanders-likely-to-sign-cb-stephon-gilmore-tchieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers To Retain RB Miles Sanders, Likely To Sign CB Stephon Gilmore"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Panthers made Jonathon Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0the first running back off the board in this weekend\u2019s draft, trading two fifth-round picks to move up six spots in the second round\u00a0to select the former Texas standout. However, the Brooks pick does not impact RB\u00a0Miles Sanders<\/strong>\u2018 standing with the team.<\/p>\n

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As first-year GM\u00a0Dan Morgan<\/strong>\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cwe love Miles. We see a big role for him. He can do a lot for our offense. He\u2019s versatile in the pass game and he\u2019s a really good runner. So we\u2019re excited about him, as well\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(via Joseph Person of The Athletic (subscription required)).<\/p>\n

New head coach\u00a0Dave Canales<\/strong>\u00a0added,\u00a0\u201call these guys (Brooks, Sanders, and\u00a0Chuba Hubbard<\/strong>) are going to play. Look at the history of league. Every team I\u2019ve been on, we used all of our running backs at different points because it\u2019s such a violent position.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sanders, who will turn 27 this week, slogged through a miserable 2023, his first year in Charlotte after he parlayed a strong tenure with the Eagles into a\u00a0four-year, $25MM contract\u00a0with the Panthers last March (he was the only RB to secure a contract over three years in length last offseason, and his $6.25MM AAV was tops among all running backs who received more than a one-year term). His signing was championed by former HC\u00a0Frank Reich<\/strong>\u00a0and assistant head coach\/running backs coach\u00a0Duce Staley<\/strong>, but when Reich and Staley were fired in November, Sanders\u2019 role diminished.<\/p>\n

In 16 games last season, the 2022 Pro Bowler handled 129 carries for 432 yards, which amounted to a poor 3.3 yards-per-carry average. He did catch 27 passes for 154 yards, but he scored just one total touchdown. In fairness, the Panthers\u2019 offense as a whole was an unmitigated disaster in 2023, finishing last in the league in both yards and points, and it stands to reason that the team would want to give a talented back another look in a Canales-led unit that has no place to go but up. Plus, while Carolina would actually realize some cap savings by trading Sanders, he likely has no trade value at this point given his poor showing last season and the fact that he still has three years left on his deal, with base salaries ranging between $4.02MM and $5.5MM.<\/p>\n

On the defensive side of the ball, we heard earlier this month that Morgan was\u00a0giving thought to signing\u00a0cornerback\u00a0Stephon Gilmore<\/strong>, who played for the Panthers in 2021. Morgan indicated at the time that he would revisit the matter after the draft was over.<\/p>\n

Over the past three days, Morgan made just one CB addition, selecting Washington State defender\u00a0Chau Smith-Wade<\/strong>\u00a0in the fifth-round. As Person opines, Smith-Wade\u2019s diminutive stature will likely force him into a slot role at the professional level, and since\u00a0Donte Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0C.J. Henderson<\/strong>\u00a0are no longer in the mix, the Panthers still have a need for a boundary corner to join\u00a0Jaycee Horn<\/strong>\u00a0and free agent addition\u00a0Dane Jackson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Person\u2019s view, it is an inevitability that the Panthers will sign Gilmore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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