Travaris Cadet wasn’t expecting that call.
Cadet, a longtime New Orleans Saints running back and Appalachian State alum, was working out in Florida this week when his agent phoned him. After spending most of the 2018 NFL season as a free agent, Cadet finally had a new employer:
The Carolina Panthers ... the same team he’d hated for most of his professional career.
“I was surprised it was the Panthers — I mean, it’s been a longtime enemy of mine being in New Orleans,” Cadet said Wednesday. “When I first came in here, Thomas (Davis) came to me and said, ‘A long time wearing the wrong colors.