For a team who had rotated through decision makers who constantly preached a “building through the trenches” philosophy to team building, it was rare that the Carolina Panthers put their money where their mouth was. When Dan Morgan was promoted to General Manager and fans were once again promised that the building up the trenches was the number one goal for his first offseason, there wasn’t much confidence that it would actually happen.
Turns out he wasn’t lying. While the performance on the field might be debatable, Morgan’s first free agency affirmed his priorities as the team went out and spent over $150 million on the first day to bring in two above average guards.