INDIANAPOLIS – For 90 minutes Wednesday morning, the NFL Scouting Combine was a who's who of who's recently left Carolina. All that was missing was the cake and "Panthers 2018 Reunion" T-shirts.
Former defensive assistants-turned-head coaches Sean McDermott and Steve Wilks said nice things about Ron Rivera and his latest rising defensive coordinator, Eric Washington. Bills general manager Brandon Beane continuously cited what he learned while climbing the ladder in Charlotte. And Giants general manager Dave Gettleman cautiously took a walk down memory lane.
“Anytime something like that happens, we all have to understand we're all complicit," Gettleman said when asked about his sudden firing from the Panthers last summer.