{"id":756898,"date":"2026-02-16T22:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756898\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:45:16","slug":"is-panthers-g-robert-hunt-already-trying-to-recruit-pair-of-star-free-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756898\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Panthers G Robert Hunt already trying to recruit pair of star free agents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a> starting right guard Robert Hunt may be back on the recruiting trail.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Dolphins<\/a> officially announced the release of five-time first-team All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill. They&#8217;re also, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/panthers-may-perfect-fit-newly-201536972.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:multiple reports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple reports<\/a>, expected to part ways with two-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Bradley Chubb.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Both Hill and Chubb could fill two of Carolina&#8217;s most pressing needs this offseason, as the Panthers are certainly in the market for a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/panthers-looking-add-exciting-player-020040230.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:home-run threat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">home-run threat<\/a> on offense and a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/panthers-gm-dan-morgan-says-210029447.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:productive pass rusher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">productive pass rusher<\/a> on defense. And Hunt, based off a reply on Twitter\/X from this afternoon, seems ready to offer up some accommodations to the newly-available stars . . .<\/p>\n<p>Hunt played with Hill (@cheetah) and Chubb (@astronaut) during his four-year stint for the Dolphins. (By the way, props to those guys for landing some premium Twitter\/X handles.)<\/p>\n<p>He must&#8217;ve enjoyed his time in Miami with Hill especially, as this wouldn&#8217;t be the first time Hunt has <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2025\/01\/05\/nfl-rumors-panthers-robert-hunt-dolphins-tyreek-hill\/77480268007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reached out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reached out<\/a> for the former Super Bowl champion . . .<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully for the Panthers, &#8220;Big Rob&#8221; has some big pull.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@ThePanthersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2026\/02\/16\/panthers-offseason-free-agency-robert-hunt-tyreek-hill-bradley-chubb\/88708412007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is Panthers G Robert Hunt already trying to recruit pair of star free agents?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is Panthers G Robert Hunt already trying to recruit pair of star free agents?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers starting right guard Robert Hunt may be back on the recruiting trail. On Monday, the Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[18700,235,260,2567,7,251,6,236,3454,1089],"class_list":{"0":"post-756898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-bradley-chubb","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-carolinapanthers","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-miami-dolphins","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-panthers","16":"tag-robert-hunt","17":"tag-tyreek-hill"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116082739620533416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756898","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=756898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}