While the praise for the Carolina Panthers offseason has been plentiful, there’s one aspect of the team’s roster decisions that continues to confound fans and media alike: what are the Panthers planning to do at the safety position?
Even as the NFL continues its shift towards position-less football, it’s still common for the roster builders across the league to keep to the traditional strong and free safety positions. One player taking the hard-nosed, close to the line of scrimmage enforcer role while the free safety is the playmaking ball hawk who acts as the last line of defense to prevent anyone on the offense from getting on top of the defense.