The joke around Greg Van Roten when he first signed with the Carolina Panthers last summer was simple:
How exactly do you pronounce his name?
“I get Rotten a lot,” Van Roten (pronounced ROAT-en) said after practice Wednesday. “People think it’s a good football name.”
But while the jokes surrounding his name haven’t changed in the past year, Van Roten’s standing on the team certainly has.
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