The ink was barely dry on Charles Johnson’s new contract when the Panthers defensive end began lobbying for the team to add another veteran edge-rusher with strong Carolina ties.
Johnson said he always tells general manager Dave Gettleman and assistant GM Brandon Beane to keep adding reinforcements to the defensive line.
And there aren’t many additions who could both push the pocket – and move the meter among the Panthers’ fan base – more than Julius Peppers.
“Like I tell Gettleman and Beaner, ‘Keep stacking the D-line. Keep bringing in good people for D-line,’” Johnson said on a conference call Tuesday.