The Carolina Panthers are expecting veteran safety Tre'von Moehrig to provide an assured, tone-setting presence on the backend of their defense that was sorely lacking last season. And one respected figure around the league threw his support behind this scenario coming to fruition.
Second-year general manager Dan Morgan took an aggressive route to fixing Carolina's historically bad defense. The Panthers allocated their major financial outlays to assist Ejiro Evero's failing unit, and rightfully so. Most of the attention went to the trenches, but the general manager also identified Moehrig as a high-priority target for their secondary.