Dan Morgan was released.

he hasn't been healthy since he played at The U.

 

Good player. Bad melon.

One more hit and he's done.

Pass.

 

i'd be more interested in mike wahle.

 

A middle linebacker with concussion and achilles injury history is not an upgrade for anyone.

Wahle was in the pro bowl 2 years ago from memory. If we let Mawae go and Olsen retires, I could see bringing Wahle in to provide some veteran presence inside.

 

By Gloat standards, saying someone sucks no longer means anything.

Wahle is not a pro-bowl level player any more and he has had shoulder problems for the last 18 months or so. But that is not why he was released. Wahle's salary cap figure in 2008 was $7.242m!!! At that number he was always going to be cut. It doesn't mean he sucks.

He's 30 years old and probably has another 2-3 years left. He's obviously not worth the $7m price tag, but for a $3-4m (total), 2-year deal he would be a solid addition.

 

Admittedly I didn't watch him much this year, but I did catch a couple of Panthers games last year and watched him a lot with the Packers. The Panthers also converted to a zone blocking scheme this year, and for a big ugly like Wahle that is certainly not a good fit system-wise. His primary back-up, Ryan Kalil from USC, was a 2nd round pick last year and so releasing him was hardly a shock.

I did listen to Pat Kirwan discussing his release today and he surmised that he had still graded out well this year and would be a valuable pick-up for a run-oriented team. No offense, but I'll take Pat Kirwan's opinion over some random dudes on a Panthers fan site.

Here's a season review of the Panthers, courtesy of USAToday.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/panthers/home.htm?loc=interstitialskip

"Wahle has a big cap figure, but is still a very effective player and a leader on the line"