I’m not sure everyone is particularly on a doomsday course, it’s just that we were spoiled last season with a franchise Center, a damn good safety, and a resigning of one of our better defensive players.

This season, we seem to be alienating our best defensive player (sorry, I can’t give it to James with just one season, as good as it was), and we’ve only signed AJ Feeley, who would be a backup to Marc Bulger as of right now. Probably a better backup than Marc Bulger, but I was hoping we would land one of the big names that seem all but gone.

That said, this post demonstrates that Devaney is prone to making great decisions that seem poor or at least questionable at the time. I was shocked when Will was traded, but I was pleased we got an extra pick and a solid young prospect out of it, and now he’s free and possibly available after half a season. That decision was questionable at the time, but it’s working out quite well.

Maybe in this case it’s the same. Maybe Devaney realizes that shelling out the dough we have in this FA class isn’t the smartest idea. I’ll trust that.

but not Spoon. Then again, he did previously play for Carolina, so maybe that’s the connection.

Rotoworld says:

Panthers beat writer Steve Reed thinks the Panthers could have some interest in bringing back free agent LB Will Witherspoon if the price is right.
Witherspoon could replace recently released strong-side LB Na’il Diggs, even though Spoon played the MIKE and WILL spots for the Eagles and Rams in 2009. He played his first four seasons in the league with the Panthers and may want to return “home.” It’s not an ideal fit position-wise.