The Carolina Panthers have added ex-NFL player Bobby Brown III to their defensive front, aiming to develop a new defensive line approach as they look to improve their performance on the ground.
Aug 8, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Bobby Brown III on the field in the second quarter at Bank of America Stadium.
Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images | Bob Donnan-Imagn Imagesselected massive Texas Tech defensive tackle Lee Hunter. The addition of the 6’3 1/2”, 318-pound prospect should provide defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero with quite a chess piece to pair with defensive tackle Derrick Brown. In 2024, the Panthers allowed an NFL-worst 179.8 yards per game on the ground. That was with the 2023 Pro Bowler going down for the season in an opening week loss at New Orleans.
Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Last offseason, Morgan signed experienced free agents such as Tershawn Wharton and Bobby Brown III to bolster a defensive front that included). Carolina improved to 20th in the NFL in rushing defense , but struggled against the run during the second half of the season.
As for Bobby Brown, he appeared in all 17 games and the playoff tilt vs. his former team for Dave Canales’s club, but made only five starts. Neither he nor Wharton were very effective, however the former Chief basically missed half of the season and actually saw more defensive snaps in eight fewer games than Brown via“Brown just does not have the range that modern defensive tackles need to create plays,” explained Solak.
“He’s late getting off blocks and struggles mightily when tasked with beating reach blocks laterally. He doesn’t eat up the space a nose tackle needs to occupy to survive. ” On the other hand, the former Red Raider has impact defender written all over him and that could start with slowing down opposing runners. All told, Carolina’s new-look defensive unit slumped after a decent start this past season.
The Panthers wound up surrendering a disappointing 144.8 yards per game on the ground in its final 10 regular-season outings.
“Hunter has moments of remarkable first-step quickness and up-field disruption for a player carrying 320 pounds,” added Solak, “and he still has plenty of room to grow in his frame. Hunter, Derrick Brown and Tershawn Wharton will almost certainly be the primary rotation of defensive tackles this season, with Brown once again struggling to see more than 40 percent of the snaps in a given game. ” Here’s something else to ponder.
Just over a year ago, Morgan used a fifth-round pick on University of Florida defensive tackle Cam Jackson. He saw very limited defensive snaps in nine regular-season outings. Russell S. Baxter has been writing and researching the game of football for more than 40 years, and on numerous platforms. That includes television, as he spent more than two decades at ESPN, and was part of shows that garnered five Emmy Awards.
He also spent the 2015 NFL season with Thursday Night Football on CBS/NFLN.
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