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2026 NFL Draft: Panthers GM Dan Morgan addresses defensive line adjustments <\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Business is business and the Carolina Panthers<\/a> needed additional cap space for free-agent expenditures. The offseason result was the release of defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson.<\/p>\n

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A two-year starter, Robinson added a reliable presence, which Morgan could no longer afford. By releasing the former Super Bowl champion March 10, the Panthers saved approximately $10.5 million<\/a>. Part of that infusion helped Morgan negotiate deals for three top free agents<\/a>, edge Jaelan Phillips, inside linebacker Devin Lloyd, and left tackle Rasheed Wallace.<\/p>\n

Morgan didn’t enjoy calling Robinson to inform the 10-year veteran of the cost-cutting, but necessary, maneuver. With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching April 23-25 in Pittsburgh, the Panthers could find Robinson’s replacement with a mid-to-late-round selection.<\/p>\n

“A’Shawn, great dude, great leader,” Morgan said during Tuesday’s pre-draft press conference<\/a> at Bank of America Stadium. “We’ll definitely miss him around here. It’s definitely just part of the business.”<\/p>\n

Panthers GM Dan Morgan seeks DL depth<\/p>\n

Seeking to replace Robinson’s 145 combined tackles and eight sacks in 2024 and ’25, Morgan likely will look to add to the team’s defensive line depth with a mid-to-late round draft pick and possibly an undrafted free agent or two.<\/p>\n

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“In terms of the defensive tackle class, I feel pretty good about it,” Morgan said. “I think it’s a little top-heavy, but I do think there are guys we like that we pinpointed, so I think if the opportunity arises, we would definitely have competition and depth there.”<\/p>\n

While edge and offensive line prospects likely will receive a higher pre-draft grade, Morgan identified Clemson’s Peter Woods<\/a> as a potential first- or second-round prospect.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have never drafted a player from Clemson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: Panthers GM Dan Morgan addresses defensive line adjustments originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[228555,49,48,1744,228554,11441,68415,96701,28560,27363,514,4847,228556,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-605056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-a39shawn-robinson","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carolina-panthers","12":"tag-dan-morgan","13":"tag-defensive-lineman","14":"tag-defensive-tackle","15":"tag-devin-lloyd","16":"tag-jaelan-phillips","17":"tag-morgan","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-rasheed-wallace","21":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}