The Carolina Panthers shocked everyone by announcing the release of starting linebacker Josey Jewell due to concerns over the healing process of a concussion suffered seven months ago. While this was a bad development for an already thin defense, it runs deeper than that.
It's no secret that the Panthers have long needed stability at the position and have yet to find it after this most recent development. But it began to look like they had something to build on, especially after Jewell missed time last season and just how lost the team was without the linebacker in the lineup.