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their new wide receivers coach. This follows reports from earlier this month that Lance Taylor would not return to the Panthers in 2019.Hostler has spent 18 seasons in the NFL prior to this season coaching across several positions in the passing game. His link to the Panthers’ staff is a brief cross-over with Norv Turner in 2006 Stitched Marquis Haynes Jersey , which makes him about the least familiar assistant the Panthers currently employ. His deeper connection is to wide receiver Torrey Smith, whom he coached for three years (2011-2013) at the start of Smith’s career. For reference, those Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012.While his recent stint in Green Bay was unimpressive, Hostler’s experience molding young wide receivers into effective and threatening pieces of a passing game is intriguing. DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel are both still a little raw, but highly talented athletes whose futures will determine the potential of the Carolina Panthers’ offense.It is a shame that the Panthers didn’t bring home Steve Smith for this position, as we seriously suggested two weeks ago. However Hostler Youth Ian Thomas Jersey , as both a relatively new face and a proven coach, is no disappointment. The receiving side of the Panthers’ passing game is in good hands, at least. Julius Peppers is leaving the NFL the way he came into it — quietly.But the legacy he leaves will speak volumes, until his eventual induction into the Hall of Fame.The former Panthers defensive end announced his retirement this morning in , a month after finishing his 17th season.“Anybody who knows me knows I’m not big on words and I don’t like to put myself out there, so I’m just gonna get right to it Stitched Ian Thomas Jersey ,” he wrote. “Seventeen years is a long time to be playing this game. It’s two careers for a lot of people. I’m thankful that I have been able to play so long and still be healthy. I’m not all banged up and beaten down. I still feel good.“But as much as I would love to play forever, I know that I can’t. It’s gotta end at some point. That point is now. Today, I’m retiring.”Peppers went on to thank some friends, and mention his lifelong dream of being a basketball player. He was one at the University of North Carolina, but his path was clearly on the football field.The No. 2 overall pick in 2002, he finished with 159.5 sacks Youth Rashaan Gaulden Jersey , fourth on the all-time list behind just Bruce Smith, Reggie White, and Kevin Greene. He had stints with the Bears and Packers before returning to his home-state team to wrap up his career, which may not have ended as he wished. But throughout it all, he was one of the dominant pass-rushers of a generation, the kind of athlete who could change games at a moment’s notice.He became even more that just an athlete Stitched Rashaan Gaulden Jersey , and during his final season he organized efforts for hurricane relief in his home state, giving back to the place that watched him become a legend.