Dan Morgan, one of my favorite Panthers since his rookie year in 2001, was cut by the Carolina Panthers this week. When thinking about Dan Morgan, unfortunately all many will remember about his time in Carolina will be his injuries. He's been sidelined with everything from broken legs, to concussions, to shoulders, to the most recent achilles tendon that ended his season last year. Many Carolina fans blame the GM for letting go the highly talented Will Witherspoon in 2005 in favor of Dan Morgan. Hey, hindsight is always 20/20. Witherspoon was a talent, but if Morgan were healthy, he'd have been one of the very best defensive players in the NFL.
Unfortnately, though, I find myself applauding the release. Morgan is just too much of a risk to get hurt again and the Panthers could certainly use that cap room to focus on other needs, such as WR, DL, and OL. And, that's not even mentioning the surprising emergance of rookie Jon Beason and his 140 tackles as he took over the MLB spot when Morgan went down.
In the end, I will continue to root for Dan Morgan and hope that he can go somewhere (outside of the NFC South!) and contribute to a team without getting injured again. He was a class act at Carolina who stepped up in big games (in the 2003 NFCCG and SB38, he had a combined 43 tackles), it's just too bad that he couldn't avoid the injury bug. Good luck, Dan.
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