CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- This may be the year that Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman finally makes a big splash early in free agency.
Or at least a big ripple.
He has the money -- still more than $34 million in salary-cap space after re-signing many of Carolina's own free agents -- and has needs at offensive tackle, safety and defensive end.
Among the early targets he could pursue when free agency officially opens at 4 p.