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Dan Morgan: "No plans" to sign fourth QB after Will Grier's retirement
The Panthers' roster went down to three quarterbacks when Will Grier retired earlier this month
Will Grier
QB · FA · 31 yrs · exp 7 · West Virginia
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Dan Morgan: "No plans" to sign fourth QB after Will Grier's retirement
The Panthers’ roster went down to three quarterbacks when Will Grier retired earlier this month. The plan is now to hold that number at the position through training camp. In his Wednesday press conference, General Manager Dan Morgan told reporters that Carolina has “no plans” right now to bring in a fourth QB. “Obviously, wish Will and his family the best,” Morgan said. “In terms of his career, just playing as long as he did — just wish him the best moving forward.” So, Carolina will go through training camp with Kenny Pickett and Haynes King behind starter Bryce Young at quarterback. Grier, 31, had rejoined Carolina as a free agent in April. The Panthers had brought him into the league as a third-round pick back in 2019. But after participating in the club’s offseason program, Grier decided to hang up his cleats. Grier started just two games in his career, both of which came as a rookie for the Panthers. He also spent time with the Cowboys, Bengals, Patriots, Chargers, and Eagles
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Carolina Panthers 2026 off-season mailbag: Bryce Young, Tetairoa McMillan, Will Grier, and more!
Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! Another week down in this long offseason, but the discussions are ongoing with you guys, our community. Let’s dive right in with all your questions! @WTMealey: What’s a tougher waiting period draft to training camp or training camp to week 1? It used to be the NFL Draft to training camp when I was younger, but I think now its definitely training camp to week 1 of the regular season. During the dead zone period after the NFL Draft, there’s not much to talk about short of roster projections and reviewing the previous season, and acquisitions during the off-season. There really isn’t a whole lot to think about during that time so I can focus on other aspects of life. I think once training camp starts happening, the anticipation for the regular season really starts to build as we fans are fed morsels of information to wet the appetite. The preseason doesn’t help either, because once you’ve been around the block enough, you know what you’re seeing in the preseason really has no bearing on the regular season short of the back end roster guys who might make the 53. So that’s my answer and I am sticking to it. Carolinacloggy: Brian my man, you have the most Dutch last name i’ve ever heard! Keep pounding (regards from a Dutch fan) I always enjoy the responses about my last name. Most people have either never seen my last name, or have met someone related to me. Yes, it is very Dutch. Welcome to CSR, friend! Revshawn: Does Fanfest count as the start of the NFL season? I think it certainly does, it is the starter as we really ramp up into “we’re almost there” time. Mozzie11: Is the golden ago of qb’ing over? Brady , Manning , Rogers, et al giving way to a time of qb’s with flaws and very few HOF candidates. Mahommes is heading to the HOF but has been heading down hill over the last several years but might have some more good years. Allen just got voted by execs as the top qb but has not won anything of consequence yet. Jackson is an ex MVP but has a number of major flaws passing wise and sucks in the playoffs. Hurts – not so much. Mayes has had a promising start but there is a lot of time needed to see how he shakes out. If you step back and look at it that the league has no/few true elite qb’s, does it change the way a team should approach team building? I think the approach now needs to be more team focused than anything, at least for those teams drafting a QB to be “the guy”. Quarterbacks don’t come out as pro-ready as they did a decade ago, partially because of the way college offenses run now and also partially because QBs often shift to different colleges way more often now. I don’t think we’re done with having several elite caliber quarterbacks in the NFL, but I think most situations will require a little more development than they used to for a quarterback to cement himself as “elite”. I think the big difference now is that you’re very rarely going to be able to just draft a quarterback high with a bad team and expect a quick turnaround. And teams need to plan for those growing pains over time. Good_Ol_Boy: How old were you when you went in person to your first NFL game? I would have been 13. Colts vs Chargers , December 26th 2004. My brother and I spent most of our younger years in Kentucky and Tennessee , so Peyton Manning was all the rage. We went and saw Manning break the touchdown pass record. This was before I had really gotten into football, but it was still quite a game to see with my parents. Great memory. Robholland211: Do you expect TMac to break 1000 yards again this season? Or do you think the emergence of Coker cuts into that total and he falls short of 1000? I do expect Tetairoa McMillan to break 1,000 yards again. Despite your individual opinion of Bryce Young , these two dudes have great chemistry, and Bryce has said he is comfortable throwing the ball to T Mac even when he isn’t open in the traditional s [... truncated ...]
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Panthers quarterback Will Grier retires from NFL at 31
Will Grier, who played quarterback for the Panthers, announced his retirement from the NFL on Instagram at the age of 31
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NFL QB courted for Cowboys coaching staff announces sudden retirement
Will Grier 's NFL journey has come to an end. The 31-year-old quarterback, who bounced around the bottom of depth charts across the league, retired Wednesday, the Carolina Panthers announced. Originally a third-round pick by the Panthers in 2019, Grier appeared in two games that season – accounting for the only regular-season action of his NFL career. He played collegiately at Florida and West Virginia. After his first stint with the Panthers, Grier went on to make stops with the Dallas Cowboys (2021 to 2022 and 2024 to 2025), Cincinnati Bengals (2023), New England Patriots (2023) and Los Angeles Chargers (2023). He did not appear in a game for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024 and was cut halfway through the season but received a Super Bowl ring anyway. The Charlotte, North Carolina native nearly joined the Cowboys coaching staff prior to signing with the Panthers this offseason, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . OT Tytus Howard: Traded to Cleveland Browns (previous team: Houston Texans) CB Trent McDuffie: Traded to Los Angeles Rams (previous team: Kansas City Chiefs) RB David Montgomery: Traded to Houston Texans (previous team: Detroit Lions) WR DJ Moore: Traded to Buffalo Bills (previous team: Chicago Bears) OT Tytus Howard: Traded to Cleveland Browns (previous team: Houston Texans) OT Tytus Howard: Traded to Cleveland Browns (previous team: Houston Texans) CB Trent McDuffie: Traded to Los Angeles Rams (previous team: Kansas City Chiefs) RB David Montgomery: Traded to Houston Texans (previous team: Detroit Lions) WR DJ Moore: Traded to Buffalo Bills (previous team: Chicago Bears) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL QB courted for Cowboys coaching staff announces sudden retirement
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Panthers QB Will Grier retires
Panthers quarterback Will Grier has chosen to retire, the team announced on Wednesday
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Panthers QB Will Grier retires
Panthers quarterback Will Grier has chosen to retire, the team announced on Wednesday. Grier, 31, had rejoined Carolina as a free agent in April. The Panthers had brought him into the league as a third-round pick back in 2019. But after participating in the club’s offseason program, Grier has elected to hang up his cleats. Grier started just two games in his career, both of which came as a rookie for the Panthers. He also spent time with the Cowboys, Bengals, Patriots, Chargers, and Eagles throughout his career. Carolina now has Bryce Young, Kenny Pickett, and undrafted rookie Haynes King on its roster at QB
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Reacts Results: Fans want a QB2 battle
Last week we asked y’all how the second quarterback spot would shake out during training camp. The Carolina Panthers have three guys vying to back up Bryce Young between Will Grier , Haynes King , and Kenny Pickett. All of them have stories to root for and all of them have reasons to doubt why they’ll make a career in the NFL. Grier, unsurprisingly, has fans the least excited this season. The Charlotte-area native began his career with the Panthers in 2019, before being cut after the 2021 Sam Darnold trade. That was the end of the Ron Rivera era and the start of the Matt Rhule fiasco. He has since spent time with five other NFL teams. He clearly has shown something in practice that teams are willing to keep taking a chance on, but most fans are not ready to revisit the memories stirred up by Grier’s return. The hopes of most fans rest either in pedigree or potential. This seems about right for this portion of the off season. Pickett was the 20th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. He spent two seasons struggling to put it all together with the Pittsburgh Steelers . After the Steelers signed Russell Wilson in 2024, Pickett requested what became the first of many trades. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles , who traded him to the Cleveland Browns , who traded him to the Las Vegas Raiders. That took him through 2025 and the end of his rookie contract and up to his signing this off season with the Panthers. Long story short, he seems a serviceable back up, but folks should pump the breaks if they think he’s going to compete for anything beyond the number two spot. For all that Pickett is a known quantity at this point, King is nothing but unheralded potential. He was an electric, dual-threat quarterback for Georgia Tech (a school that is no longer synonymous with the triple-option), but he wasn’t quite successful enough to garner much draft attention. For all that he was a fun college quarterback, the fact that he went undrafted should give anyone pause in forecasting his future in an already quarterback hungry league. That said, some folks are excited about his potential as a Taysom Hill-type role for the Panthers. Anything can happen in training camp and the preseason, but my expectation would be for the Pickett to win the back up job and King to make a home for himself on the practice squad. With fierce competition at wide receiver and cornerback, it seems unlikely that Dave Canales and Dan Morgan are going to find room on the 53-man roster for a third quarterback. Checkout FanDuel , the official sportsbook partner of SB Nation
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Haley Cavinder, Jake Ferguson wanted guests to ‘let loose’ at starry wedding — leading to one notable rule
Former Miami Hurricanes star Haley Cavinder and Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson agreed on a set of rules in the early stages of planning their beachfront Miami wedding — and "no kids allowed" was on the list. "I knew for a fact my little cousins would be asking [Cowboys quarterback] Dak Prescott for a picture," a laughing Ferguson said in a joint interview with GQ. "I just didn't want that to happen, because I wanted him to let loose a little bit." The pair's other conditions included a private first look and vows, no slow-dancing, "YMCA," or "Cha Cha Slide" during the reception and a mini honeymoon in the Bahamas. Cavinder and Ferguson tied the knot at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, which he said was the perfect venue for a "big party with all our people." Hanna Cavinder, her twin sister and former Hurricanes' teammate, served as maid of honor. Ferguson's former Cowboys teammate, quarterback Will Grier, officiated the ceremony. The 25-year-old influencer — who was a 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit digital cover cover model ¸— wore a custom lace princess gown from the designer Galia Lahav. Ferguson wore a Bond-esque white dinner jacket tailored by Mitch Purgason of Stitched by Mitch, who has made nearly every suit the two-time Pro Bowler has worn during his four seasons in the NFL, all with Dallas. There was a ranch dressing fountain at the reception. "He's obsessed with ranch," Cavinder added. Ferguson, who signed a $52 million contract extension with the Cowboys last offseason, gifted his groomsmen custom golf putters and Rolexes. Cavinder and Ferguson first connected over social media and had their first date in Miami. They got engaged in April 2025
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Cowboys backup QB battle comes down to safety vs. upside
Who would you say is going to wind up QB2?
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