{"id":774645,"date":"2026-02-25T04:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774645\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:42:27","slug":"carolina-panthers-express-interest-in-pro-bowl-pass-rusher-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774645\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers Express Interest in Pro Bowl Pass-Rusher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some teams are cutting costs this time of year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/carolina-panthers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a> haven\u2019t felt compelled to move on from any of their higher-priced veterans. But changes could be on the way to help carve out more than the roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/cap\/_\/year\/2026\/sort\/cap_maximum_space\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:$10 million in cap space;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">$10 million in cap space<\/a> they\u2019re projected to have.<\/p>\n<p>Once free agency kicks off, the Panthers could become active as they look to improve the roster. That could include adding a Pro Bowl player into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Panthers general manager Dan Morgan was speaking to the media at the NFL Combine. While doing so, he revealed that the team is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/panthers-gm-dan-morgan-well-explore-signing-bradley-chubb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:exploring;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">exploring<\/a>\u201d whether to sign two-time Pro Bowl pass-rusher Bradley Chubb, who was recently released by the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anything is going to be off the table,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cWe\u2019ll explore that, we\u2019ll talk to his agent, but I wouldn\u2019t say anything\u2019s upcoming, but we\u2019ll definitely stay on that, and we\u2019ll see where that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan said that the 29-year-old Chubb is \u201cstill playing at a really good level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chubb started all 17 games for the Dolphins last season, recording 8.5 sacks in the process. It was a strong performance, considering he missed the entire 2024 season with a torn ACL after recording 11 sacks in 2023. Chubb recorded a career-high 12 sacks as a rookie, and he\u2019s been trying to get back to that peak ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After five seasons in Denver and three in Miami, Chubb\u2019s next chapter will likely lead him back to another contender as he\u2019s appeared in just one playoff game since arriving as the fifth overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/5-ideal-bradley-chubb-free-200653818.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:5 Ideal Bradley Chubb Free Agency Landing Spots;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\">5 Ideal Bradley Chubb Free Agency Landing Spots<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some teams are cutting costs this time of year. The Carolina Panthers haven\u2019t felt compelled to move on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[18700,235,260,2567,3839,231,217,7,216,6,236,4912],"class_list":{"0":"post-774645","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-dan-morgan","13":"tag-denver","14":"tag-dolphins","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-miami","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-panthers","19":"tag-pro-bowl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116129441363222770","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774645","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=774645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}