ESPN.com · Jan 23, 2017
Panthers' DT position revolves around what happens with Kawann Short
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The seventh installment of an 11-part analysis of the Carolina Panthers roster focuses on a position that has the biggest free agent priority in Kawann Short.
Next up: Defensive tackle.
2016 grade: B. Short didn’t play to his Pro Bowl level of 2015, when he led the team with 11 sacks, but the combination of Short, Star Lotulelei, Vernon Butler, Paul Soliai and Kyle Love fared well. Short and Lotulelei combined for 10 sacks, only two fewer than they had in ’15, because Lotulelei upped his total. That Short took almost half a season to reach the form he had the previous year defines the kind of year this was for Carolina in general.