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USAT: Panthers Wire

Feb 22, 2022

If you’re talking about the Carolina Panthers and the Houston Texans, then you’re probably talking Deshaun Watson. With owner David Tepper still starving for a franchise quarterback and the legally-troubled Pro Bowl passer on the outs, the link between the two has yet to completely dissipate. - But is there another standout Texan that could also catch Carolina’s eye? - Spotrac founder and managing editor Mike Ginnitti joined ESPN Houston’s The Bench with John Granato and Lance Zierlein on Monday to discuss what’ll be a tumultuous offseason for the Texans. Of the topics covered, in addition to Watson, was left tackle Laremy Tunsil—who is likely headed out of the Lone Star State as well. - “It’s very similar to Watson,” Ginnitii said of Tunsil’s salary cap implications in a potential trade. “There’s about 16 and change on Laremy Tunsil and almost 16 on Deshaun Watson. So, it’s a similar situation. Now the Tunsil one, you might be able to wait until after the draft. You probably wanna know you have your next left tackle in-house at that point and I would say that if you’re trading him to a team like a Cincinnati or a Baltimore, that’s been rumored, they wanna know that their free agent situation worked or didn’t work out the way they wanted it to.” - And there’s the catch. Although general manager Scott Fitterer expressed his intentions of prioritizing the team’s offensive line, an area that just about parallels their need for a quarterback, the Panthers don’t have the resources a Cincinnati or Baltimore would to swing that type of deal. - If one of those contenders makes a move, they’ll have mid and late first-round draft picks to do it with. Carolina, who very likely wouldn’t part with their sixth overall selection (at least straight up), doesn’t even have a second-rounder to get themselves into the fray. - That second-rounder, instead, was shipped off to nab Sam Darnold—who, of course, hasn’t helped fix that problem under center either in a cruel twist of irony. - - RelatedPanthers reportedly called Vikings about QB Kirk CousinsIs this 'a lot of compensation' for a potential trade of Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey? - - List - - 4 quarterbacks the Panthers should consider in free agency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Panthers Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Panthers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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