CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Joey Slye entered training camp for the Carolina Panthers without competition at place-kicker and ended it without a job.
The Panthers released Slye on Saturday in favor of Ryan Santoso, acquired Thursday in a trade with the New York Giants after he lost the kicking job to Graham Gano.
Ironically, it was Gano that lost his job to Slye last summer.
Even more ironic, Santoso wore No. 9 in Friday's preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers -- the same number that was Gano's from 2012 until his release last July.