CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Panthers wide receiver Diontae Johnson has come up in trade speculation as a potential fit for teams like the Chiefs, but Carolina coach Dave Canales doesn't "see that happening."
"My job is to do the best thing, to put the best 11 guys out there," Canales said Wednesday. "We love the guys that are developing in the progression that we have, so I don't see that happening."
The Panthers traded cornerback Donte Jackson and a sixth-round draft pick to the Steelers in March for Diontae Johnson and a seventh-round pick.
Diontae Johnson is in the last year of a two-year, $36,710,000 deal he signed while in Pittsburgh, fueling speculation that Carolina (1-3) would trade the 28-year-old before the Nov. 5 trade deadline for value instead of risking losing him in free agency.
"My job is to do the best thing, to put the best 11 guys out there," Canales said Wednesday. "We love the guys that are developing in the progression that we have, so I don't see that happening."
The Panthers traded cornerback Donte Jackson and a sixth-round draft pick to the Steelers in March for Diontae Johnson and a seventh-round pick.
Diontae Johnson is in the last year of a two-year, $36,710,000 deal he signed while in Pittsburgh, fueling speculation that Carolina (1-3) would trade the 28-year-old before the Nov. 5 trade deadline for value instead of risking losing him in free agency.
