Carolina had 21 free agents hit the market after the 2014 season. It was a mix of restricted and unrestricted free agents that featured more departures than it did additions. Among the departures was starting safety Mike Mitchell. Losing the hard-hitting safety reopened a void that had never been fully filled since the departure of Mike Minter years before. Thus began Carolina fans' quest for a long-term answer at both safety positions.
That same year, Carolina signed an unheralded backup safety, Kurt Coleman, to fill out this backfield that really had been piecemealed by Dave Gettleman for the last few years.