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n roster The Carolina Panthers begin their 2018 journey at Wofford College in beautiful Spartanburg Stitched Matt Paradis Jersey , SC on Thursday with the start of training camp. Before camp begins, let’s take a closer look at the 91 men* who will participate in the next few weeks of grueling practices in preparation for the season.To make this easier to follow, the players will be broken down by position group and listed in alphabeitcal order.Quarterbacks (4)Kyle AllenGarrett GilbertTaylor HeinickeCam NewtonRunning backs (7)C.J. AndersonAlex ArmahCameron Artis-PayneKenjon BarnerReggie BonnafonElijah HoodChristian McCaffreyWide receivers (12)Rasheed BaileyDamiere ByrdAustin DukeMose FrazierDevin FunchessBug HowardJamaal JonesD.J. MooreFred RossCurtis SamuelTorrey SmithJarius WrightTight Ends (5)Evan BaylissChris Manhertz**Greg OlsenIan ThomasJason Vander LaanCenters (3)Kyle FriendRyan KalilTyler LarsenGuards (9)Kyle BoschQuinterrious EatmonTaylor HearnDorian JohnsonBrendon MahonJeremiah SirlesNorman PriceTrai TurnerGreg Van RotenOffensive tackles (5)Blaine ClausellMatt KalilTaylor MotonAmini Silatolu***Daryl WilliamsDefensive ends (9)Mario AddisonBryan Cox, Jr.Daeshon HallMarquis HaynesWes HortonZach MooreEfe Obada*Julius PeppersKarter SchultDefensive tackles (8)Vernon ButlerDrew IddingsKyle LoveAshaad MabryKendrick NortonDontari PoeKawann ShortTracy SprinkleLinebackers (10)Richie BrownJermaine CarterThomas DavisChris FreyBen JacobsLuke KuechlyDavid MayoJared NorrisAndre SmithShaq ThompsonCornerbacks (9)James BradberryRoss CockrellLorenzo DossCorn ElderLaDarius GunterDonte JacksonCole LukeCaptain MunnerlynKevon SeymourSafeties (7)Mike AdamsDemetrious CoxRashaan GauldenColin JonesDamian ParmsDa’Norris SearcyDezmen SouthwardSpecialists (3)Graham GanoJ.J. JansenMichael PalardyThere you have it, Panthers fans—the current 91-man roster.I’m almost positive the Panthers will release a few of the extra receivers/linemen to bring in camp bodies at kicker and punter so Gano and Palardy don’t wear their legs out in camp. I’m also confident that this 91-man roster will change several times over the next few weeks as Ron Rivera churns the bottom third of the roster to search for hidden gems. We’ll keep you posted when such churns happen.*- Efe Obada doesn’t count against the team’s 90-man roster as part of the NFL International Pathway Program. He will once again be the 11th member of the practice squad and cannot be activated to the 53-man roster or released this season.Update: According to Bill Voth, the Panthers can place Obada on the 53-man roster this year. If they choose not to Youth Shaq Thompson Jersey , he will have to clear waivers before he can be added to the practice squad. The Panthers can then use the IPPP exception to keep him as the 11th man on the practice squad, but then would not be able to add him to the 53-man roster at any point this season. They could also add him to the practice squad without the IPPP exception, but would lose the 11th practice squad slot and Obada could be poached by another team. (h/t to carolinallday for bringing this to my attention)**- Chris Manhertz will begin training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.***- Amini Silatolu is listed on the roster as a tackle but is currently penciled in as the starter at left guard. The Panthers are in good shape with their special teams unit heading into the 2019 season thanks to The Specialists."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Keep Sounding PodcastPanthers 2019 NFL DraftCSR Film RoomPanthers 2018 season review: Special teamsNew,5commentsThe Panthers are in good shape with their special teams unit heading into the 2019 season thanks to The Specialists.ESTShareTweetShareSharePanthers 2018 season review: Special teamsThe Panthers’ 2018 season may not have turned out the way they wanted it to, but that wasn’t the fault of their special teams unit. (In fact, they beat the Giants in Week 5 thanks to a 63-yard field goal.) Because kickers and punters are everyone’s favorite topic to discuss Stitched Shaq Thompson Jersey , let’s take a closer look at what Graham Gano, Michael Palardy and J.J. Jansen offered the Panthers in 2018.KickerGano was the team’s kicker for the first 12 games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury. In those 12 games he was 14-for-16 in field goal attempts (87.5%) and 30-for-33 in extra point attempts (90.9%). One of his misses was from 30-39 yards while the other was from 50+. Gano’s most exciting kick in 2018 was the 63-yarder he nailed in the closing seconds to help the Panthers beat the Giants in Week 5.Gano injured his knee in practice before the Panthers’ Week 14 game against the Browns and was placed on injured reserve two weeks later. Chandler Catanzaro was signed to fill in for Gano over the final four weeks of the season. Catanzaro was 5-for-5 in field goal attempts and 7-for-8 in extra points in his four weeks with the Panthers.Heading into 2019 it’s Gano’s job to lose considering the amount of money the Panthers have tied into the position. I’m sure the coaching staff will bring someone into training camp to ‘push Gano’ during the preseason, but unless he injures himself or completely forgets how to kick a football it’s almost a guarantee that Gano will be the Panthers’ kicker in 2019.PunterPalardy was rewarded in 2018 with a three-year contract extension worth $7.5 million after setting a franchise record for net punting average in 2017.The Panthers will have Palardy’s services until the end of the 2021 season, so it’s safe to say that he will be dropping bombs for Carolina in 2019. While he’s no Brad Nortman, it’s nice that the Panthers have a quality punter who can flip the field if needed for the next few years.Long snapperJansen’s name doesn’t come up very often in discussions about the Panthers, and that’s just the way he would like it. Normally Youth James Bradberry Jersey , you don’t know who the long snapper is unless he’s really bad at his job, and the fact that you never see or hear anything about Jansen says a lot about how good he is at whippin’ the football back to Palardy. Jansen is under contract until 2020 at just over $1 million per year, so there’s a pretty good chance that he’ll be on the roster for the duration of the contract.What’s next?We shouldn’t expect to see any changes heading into the 2019 season. All three players are under reasonably affordable contracts (well, maybe not Gano... but he’s here whether we like it or not) and provided enough value in 2018 to keep them around for at least another year. Other than the minor issue of Gano being slightly overpaid, the Panthers are in good shape with their specialists. They have a good long snapper, a good punter and a good kicker. Hopefully that continues to be true in 2019 and beyond.Author’s note: Despite what Gano Stitched James Bradberry Jersey , Palardy and Jansen may have accomplished on the field in 2018, nothing will ever top the moment they became The Specialists. Nothing.