Carolina's rookie head coach Dave Canales shares his philosophy on roster building after cutdown, waiver wire moves.
yesterday, picking up six players from around the league, with a heavy emphasis on cornerbacks. Once all the moves were made official the team held its first practice after cut-down day. After it was over, head coach Dave Canales spoke with beat reporters and talked a bit about his roster-building philosophy, especially as it pertains to the back end of the defense.
Here's what Canales shared about the changes that have been made to the secondary, and what they're trying to do long-term, "I just really feel like we owe it to this team to look across all the league and kind-of compared it to the roster that we had. And we've been talking about challenging our roster, you know, from the beginning. And so we started off with the secondary room...
It sounds like Canales is open to bringing back some of those guys at a later point in the season, whether they need to due to injuries or if they become unsatisfied with the results of the current group.Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson starting at the boundary corner spots, with Troy Hill in the slot and Xavier Woods and Jordan Fuller at safety. Backing them up will be Nick Scott and Jammie Robinson.
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