{"id":133012,"date":"2025-06-15T23:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/133012\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:34:07","slug":"panthers-have-interest-in-free-agent-s-justin-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/133012\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers have interest in free-agent S Justin Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carolina Panthers<\/a> still might be on the prowl for a veteran safety.<\/p>\n

This past Thursday, ESPN senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler joined Kincade & Salciunas on Philadelphia’s 97.5 The Fanatic. Fowler was asked about the possibility of the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles<\/a> adding free-agent safety Justin Simmons, and offered up another potential suitor for the two-time Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n

“Simmons is interesting, because I think coming out of Atlanta, I do think he’s looking for that big scheme,” he stated<\/a>. “That’s why the Eagles are on the shortlist there. It’s Philadelphia, it’s Carolina\u2014has interest in Simmons. Ejiro Evero came from the Vic Fangio school. So that’s where I think you should look for Simmons.”<\/p>\n

Before becoming Carolina’s defensive coordinator two years ago, Evero served in the same role for the Denver Broncos<\/a> in 2022. That’d be Simmons’ penultimate season in Denver, where he recorded an NFL-leading six interceptions and a career-high three forced fumbles.<\/p>\n

Simmons, who turns 32 years old in November, spent the 2024 campaign with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>. He amassed 62 combined tackles and two picks over 16 starts.<\/p>\n

Despite signing Tre’von Moehrig to a three-year, $51 million deal<\/a> this spring, the Panthers could use some additional safety help. Outside of Moehrig, Carolina is carrying six other players at the position\u2014veterans Demani Richardson and Nick Scott, 2025 fourth-round pick Lathan Ransom and undrafted rookies Isaac Gifford, Jack Henderson and Trevian Thomas.<\/p>\n

Carolina has previously expressed interest in free-agent safeties Julian Blackmon and Marcus Williams, both of whom were brought in for visits<\/a> in late March.<\/p>\n

Follow\u00a0@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Panthers still might be on the prowl for a veteran safety. This past Thursday, ESPN senior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[247,265,223,254,232,235,260,2567,231,258,25,12,388,224,7,379,1066,6559,248,267,246,88,6,245,264,2123,236,242,109,5521,9,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-133012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-falcons","12":"tag-broncos","13":"tag-carolina","14":"tag-carolina-panthers","15":"tag-carolinapanthers","16":"tag-denver","17":"tag-denver-broncos","18":"tag-eagles","19":"tag-espn","20":"tag-espn-inc","21":"tag-falcons","22":"tag-football","23":"tag-inc","24":"tag-justin","25":"tag-justin-simmons","26":"tag-national","27":"tag-national-sports","28":"tag-neutral","29":"tag-news","30":"tag-nfl","31":"tag-overall","32":"tag-overall-neutral","33":"tag-pa","34":"tag-panthers","35":"tag-philadelphia","36":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","37":"tag-simmons","38":"tag-sports","39":"tag-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114690003146908015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}