Panthers releasing K Coleman according to Rapoport

[Captain Morgan]

as a person, I'm sad to see him go.  classy guy

[luke nukem]

getting mossed by Tampa bays 4th string WR who is 5'10 was the last straw. see ya! thanks for 2015.

[TheRed]

The 2016 offseason just looks worse and worse.

[bewonee]

1 minute ago, YoungPanthers89 said:

Adams should've been gone first

Adams is way better.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Joe Person reporting this moves saves Panthers $2.6 million under the cap with $2.5 in dead money. 

[chknwing]

called this early on. it saves a nice chunk of cap.

[frash.exe]

marty must have asked him if he wanted to convert to cb and he said no

[WesleyM]

As a person, great guy.  2016 was rough for him though

[TheSpecialJuan]

Just now, bewonee said:

Adams is way better.

Absolutely. We just pick on Adams cuz he's old as dirt. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, bewonee said:

This basically confirms we are targeting a safety in either the draft or free agency.

This. 

I just hope we don't replace a washed up retread with another washed up retread. Can we finally get a real safety in here? Adams can work as a stopgap for another season if we'll get a rangy true FS to put beside him.

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Joe Person reporting this moves saves Panthers $2.6 million under the cap with $2.5 in dead money. 

Seems more of a performance based move. 

[SOJA]

FS was a need before but now it's probably tied with WR and DE as a top need 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Seems more of a performance based move. 

Of course it's performance based. But, $2.6M in savings vs. $2.5M in dead money doesn't mean it's basically a wash. It means that his cap hit if he was on the roster was going to be $5M+. The $2.6M in savings is real savings.

[Untouchable]

7 minutes ago, WestPanthers said:

Can't we just trade him instead of release?

Unfortunately, his contract (vs. his production) made it so he had no trade value.