For weeks, Carolina Panthers fans have been bracing themselves for free agency’s inevitable reality: The loss of free agent All-Pro guard Andrew Norwell.
On Tuesday morning, a day before the official start to the free agency period, multiple national reports broke that a deal between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Norwell had been struck.
The reported five-year, $66.5 million deal (with $30 million guaranteed) makes Norwell the highest-paid guard in the NFL. Norwell began his career as an undrafted free agent in 2014, and worked his way into a starting role in Carolina.
He will join a team that made a deep playoff run last season and a roster that includes running back Leonard Fournette.