Louis Leonard News

It might not seem like much, but to players, those 10 pounds can mean everything.

Tonight's trade with Kansas City for DT Tank Tyler inexchange for a 2010 fifth-round selection leaves Carolina withfive picks innext year'sdraft. Here's a look at deals the Panthers have made in recent months and a look at the picks they have left.

By shipping defensive end Gaines Adams to Chicago on Friday night, Tampa Bay admitted a previous mistake and began preparing for the future.

The Carolina Panthers added depth at their weakest position Monday, sending a 2010 fifth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for defensive tackle Tank Tyler.

It's strange to hear Carolina Panthers defensive line coach Brian Baker say it, but the conviction in his voice and the smile on his face are the first two signs of the truth of his message.

Maake Kemoeatu realizes the best way to ensure the ruptured Achilles he suffered in training camp is season-ending, and not career-ending, is to lose some weight this off-season. That won't be easy for Kemoeatu, who is naturally a wide-body guy who comes from a family where "the older you get, the bigger you get." Kemoeatu said he weighs about 368 ...

Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Maake Kemoeatu said Wednesday's he's about three weeks away from getting off the crutches he's been on since rupturing his Achilles tendon in training camp.

Coach John Fox and quarterback Jake Delhomme emphatically validated one another's leadership positions with the Carolina Panthers after practice Wednesday.

There's something to be said for the Carolina Panthers ' defense; just what that is seems to be the debatable part.

Hollis Thomas, Carolina's latest attempt to fill its giant hole at defensive tackle, had just finished his first practice with the Panthers Thursday when he was asked what he would bring to his new team.

Peyton Manning threw two touchdown passes to take some sheen off the Dolphins ' glitzy makeover under new owner Steplen Ross, and the Colts came from behind four times to win 27-23 Monday in Miami.

The Carolina Panthers placed defensive tackle Louis Leonard on injured reserve and signed defensive tackle Antwon Burton on Tuesday.

Why did the league come down hard on the New York Jets and former coach Eric Mangini for covering up 's biceps injury last year? "It goes hand-in-hand with Spygate," said a league source familiar with the process.

Most of Mangini's moves, or non-moves, have been met with widespread skepticism, no matter who you read or watch, local or national.

Eric Mangini excused himself during his job interview with owner Randy Lerner to be Cleveland's coach because he was sick to his stomach.

In January 2004, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson looks on as stadium president Jon Richardson and team president Mark Richardson present honorary team jerseys to Bank of America's Graham Denton and Ken Lewis.

An hour or so before Tuesday's practice, Eric Mangini said the M Word. Minnesota. Yes, the Browns still have plenty at stake - including roster spots - in Thursday's preseason finale at Chicago, but the real fun is ahead.

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Rookie halfback Andre Brown has been placed on injured reserve by the New York Giants.

Rookie right tackle Andre Smith suffered a broken left foot during practice yesterday, only two days after the sixth overall draft choice out of Alabama ended his holdout and signed a four-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals.