07-30-2024, 05:53 PM -
Well...that did not last long. I never really understood the signing.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports...66614.html
The Carolina Panthers’ crowded running back room thinned out a bit Tuesday morning. The team placed veteran running back Rashaad Penny on the reserve/retired list on Tuesday morning, meaning the 2018 first-round pick is no longer considered part of the 90-man roster. The reserve/retired list typically means that a player has retired, but that if he decides to return to playing, the team retains his rights under the player’s contract. Penny signed to the Panthers in May in hopes for competing for a final roster spot — which would be determined at the end of the preseason. The Panthers signed wide receiver Tayvion Robinson, a rookie out of Kentucky, to fill his roster spot. Head coach Dave Canales told reporters Tuesday after practice that he and Penny discussed Penny’s future Monday afternoon.
“Rashaad Penny has decided to retire,” Canales said. “It was a really cool opportunity for me — I knew Rashaad at his best — to see if we could get him to that kind of look. And he came up, and he just felt like he wasn’t himself, and I had to respect that going forward.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports...66614.html
The Carolina Panthers’ crowded running back room thinned out a bit Tuesday morning. The team placed veteran running back Rashaad Penny on the reserve/retired list on Tuesday morning, meaning the 2018 first-round pick is no longer considered part of the 90-man roster. The reserve/retired list typically means that a player has retired, but that if he decides to return to playing, the team retains his rights under the player’s contract. Penny signed to the Panthers in May in hopes for competing for a final roster spot — which would be determined at the end of the preseason. The Panthers signed wide receiver Tayvion Robinson, a rookie out of Kentucky, to fill his roster spot. Head coach Dave Canales told reporters Tuesday after practice that he and Penny discussed Penny’s future Monday afternoon.
“Rashaad Penny has decided to retire,” Canales said. “It was a really cool opportunity for me — I knew Rashaad at his best — to see if we could get him to that kind of look. And he came up, and he just felt like he wasn’t himself, and I had to respect that going forward.