Seven months after forgiving teammate Steve Smith for his nose-breaking sucker-punch, the Carolina Panthers released starting cornerback Ken Lucas on Wednesday in a salary-cap move.
The decision clears about $2.3 million and comes after the Panthers failed to work out a trade for the veteran, who struggled late last season. Lucas vetoed a deal to the Detroit Lions last month.
“We had some teams approach us and we talked to some teams and nothing worked out,” general manager Marty Hurney said. “We just thought this was the time to do this. … Ken’s been a very good starter for us for four years.”
Lucas was signed away from Seattle to a six-year, $36 million deal in 2005. He started 49 of 50 games for Carolina and had 13 interceptions.
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Do we pursue, or is he going to cost too much?
Glad he's out of Carolina.
