CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -
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.
The deal, coming a day before the NFL trade deadline, gives the Panthers more options on the defensive line after the season-ending injury to Maake Kemoeatu in training camp.
It's a homecoming for the 6-foot-2, 306-pound Tyler, who grew up in Fayetteville, N.C., and played at North Carolina State. He was taken by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2007 draft and started all 16 games last season.
But Tyler started only two of six games this season -- he was replaced by Ron Edwards -- and had 22 tackles. Tyler is expected to give Carolina options at nose tackle alongside 35-year-old Hollis Thomas, who was signed after Week 3 when he was released by St. Louis.
"Tank is a young defensive tackle who we think will fit in well with us," said general manager Marty Hurney, who scouted Tyler in the preseason. "He has good size and athletic ability."
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The deal, coming a day before the NFL trade deadline, gives the Panthers more options on the defensive line after the season-ending injury to Maake Kemoeatu in training camp.
It's a homecoming for the 6-foot-2, 306-pound Tyler, who grew up in Fayetteville, N.C., and played at North Carolina State. He was taken by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2007 draft and started all 16 games last season.
But Tyler started only two of six games this season -- he was replaced by Ron Edwards -- and had 22 tackles. Tyler is expected to give Carolina options at nose tackle alongside 35-year-old Hollis Thomas, who was signed after Week 3 when he was released by St. Louis.
"Tank is a young defensive tackle who we think will fit in well with us," said general manager Marty Hurney, who scouted Tyler in the preseason. "He has good size and athletic ability."
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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