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NFL free agency: 4 things Bruce Irvin brings to the Panthers defense | Tim Weaver, PanthersWire
The Carolina Panthers were very quiet the first week of free agency. ... Given their limited salary cap space, it seemed unlikely they would make another splash. On Tuesday, the team upended those expectations by signing free agent defensive end/linebacker Bruce Irvin to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million with incentives.
Panthers long ago held interest in Bruce Irvin, and feeling was mutual | Bryan Strickland, Panthers.com
Carolina passed on Irvin early in 2012 draft in favor of Luke Kuechly; now both are Panthers.
Adding Bruce Irvin helps, but won’t stop Panthers from drafting another defensive end | Marcel Louis-Jacques, Charlotte Observer
Not every free agency signing is mutually exclusive with a team’s plans for the NFL Draft — they can make one move without necessarily impacting another.
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