CHARLOTTE – For four seasons, Jon Beason ranked among the most productive linebackers in the NFL.
Injuries, the emergence of Luke Kuechly and the reemergence of Thomas Davis slowed the roll of the Panthers' 2007 first-round draft choice, but he believed he could recapture his form if he could play more snaps.
Beason got that chance early in the 2013 season, when the Panthers traded him to the New York Giants.
What Beason never really got was the chance to say goodbye.
"This is my first time back since literally the day I found out I was getting traded," said Beason, who attended Carolina's organized team activity Thursday.