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Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles gave an update on former Colorado S Shilo Sanders, who signed with the team after going undrafted.
“He’s coming along,” Bowles said, via Pro Football Talk. “He’s getting the scheme down. He’s made plays like everybody else back there. There are a few tests that come up during the preseason — Tuesday night was one, and the other three preseason games and practices will be others. He’s got a chance to make it.”
The Panthers kept their entire offensive line from last season intact going into 2025, including LT Ikem Ekwonu, LG Damien Lewis, C Austin Corbett, RG Robert Hunt and RT Taylor Moton. But not only did they return the starting five, the Panthers also retained virtually all of the key backups and brought almost the entire room from 2024 back. Carolina HC Dave Canales said it’s the first time in his 15-year career for a team to keep their starters and key depth players in two consecutive years.
“In 15 years, I don’t think I’ve ever been involved where we brought every single person back from an offensive line. And we’re talking about not just the starters, but the guys that are behind them,” Canales said, via Joseph Person of The Athletic. “And even the depth, practice squad players, these are all guys that have physical attributes that we’re excited about. And now they’ve got more understanding of what we’re doing.”
Hunt thinks the continuity of the Panthers’ offensive line speaks to the trust they’ve gained from their coaching staff.
“I’ve never been part of a room that has retained everybody. Everybody came back. That’s the first time I’ve seen that in my career,” said Hunt. “It’s awesome, man. It speaks for us, the guys in the room. That means they believe in us. We work hard. We trust each other.”
Canales is seeing the trust and chemistry their offensive line has established in each other, pointing out that they are going into training camp with a much better understanding of the system.
“A lot of those things take time. Those are things we were working through last camp and into the season,” Canales said. “We come into this camp with a lot stronger, greater understanding of what’s happening.”
The Saints are looking to identify their new starting quarterback between Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener. New Orleans HC Kellen Moore said they will make adjustments as the preseason progresses and they’ll decide on their starter when “the decision becomes clear.”
“Obviously, we’ll make the adjustments once we get out of that first preseason game and go from there,” Moore said, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN. *“Anytime the decision becomes clear, we’ll make the decision, we’ll just roll and that can happen whenever. [If] it goes all the way to the end,...
