4B
SPORTS/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, January 16 1997
m
Changes in store for ‘97
Continued from 1B
season.
back-up, Johnson emerged
this season, rushing for better
than 1,200 yards and filling in
admirably for the injured
Tshimanga Biakabutuka.
Biakabutuka is expected to be
back full strength next year,
hkely pushing Johnson to a
backup role again. Capers
knows it may be very hard to
keep Johnson around, even
though he fills a very impor
tant role as captain of the
Panthers special teams.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for
Anthony Johnson and I’d like
to have Anthony Johnson on
this football team,” Capers
said. “I think
Mills led
t
Mills
Carolina in
a c k 1 e s
earned a
starting spot
in the Pro
Bowl. Mills
WEIS Edso on a
winning play
off team for
the first time
in his 11 year
career, but
falling a game
short of the
Super Bowl is
Green
he’s a very
vEduable team
member. His
contribution
has been
tremendous
and I think
Anthony
Johnson likes
playing here.”
/kiother key
free Eigent is
hard to tEike.
“It hurts a lot with me
because I don’t know when I’ll
tEike the field agsdn (in the
playoffs),” he said. “But I plan
on coming back. You never
know what happens Eind that’s
why you really try to make the
most of your opportunities.
Believe me, I felt horrihle
walking off that field, knowing
that 1 wasn’t going to New
OrleEuis.”
The Panthers know they
must upgrade some key posi
tions through free agency if
they want to be good enough to
advance to the Super Bowl.
Speed is an area Carolina
must address on both sides of
the ball. General Manager Bill
Polian said the Panthers
would have to make signifi
cant improvement to advsmce
to the Super Bowl.
“It’s pretty hard to teU at this
point in time,” he SEud. “You
lick your wound...and assess
it, but I think there’s no ques
tion that Green Bay was the
better teEun, by a pretty wide
margin Simda. If we’re going
to play at their level and they
Eire the benchmark, we have a
ways to go.”
Besides Johnson, Green and
Mills, other key free agents
are: Linebackers Carlton
Bailey and Duane Bickett;
defensive linemen Greg
KrEigen, Les Miller and Mark
Thomas; defensive back Toi
Cook; running back Howsird
Griffith; receivers MEirk
Carrier, Raghib Ismail and
Dwight Stone; offensive line
men MEirk Rodenhauser and
Matt Elliot and punter Rohn
StEirk.
wide-receiver Wilhe Green. He
was the Panthers’ best receiv
er over the final half of the
season after regaining the
starting job when rookie
Muhsin Muhammad went
down with a hamstring injury.
Green finished the season with
46 catches for 614 yards and
three touchdowns. The seven-
year veteran says it’s impor
tant the Panthers keep the
nucleus together.
“The key to this team is to
get the guys back that are here
now because we’ve all jelled
together and we’ve got, I don’t
know, 20, 25, 30 guys who are
free agents for next year,” he
said. “It’s either going to
rebuild or keep the guys that
we have. 1 hope Fm Eiround
and we’re all back because I
know there’s going to be some
changes but the majority of us
I feel can contribute well to
this team next year, not only
on the field but off the field as
well.”
The oldest Panther, 37-year
old inside linebacker Sam
Mills, said he will be back next
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