Panthers expected K Eddy Piñeiro to test the freelance agency

The Carolina Panthers enter a low season in which all three specialists are supposed to meet a free agency. This group includes kicker Eddy Piñeiro – who, according to a team Beat Beat writer, could be willing to explore the open market.

Joe person of The athlete On Thursday, Piñeiro, Carolina’s main kicker, reported in the outs in the last three seasons. In addition to the signing of kicker Matthew Wright on Tuesday, person finds that the team’s restraint of issuing Piñeiro from the long distance in 2024 could be another indicator of a possible separation.

He writes:

It does not mean that he will be the Panthers kicker next season. And the movement in itself does not mean the end of Pineios time in Charlotte. But the sense in league circles is that Carolina Pineiro enables the freelance agency to test after a season in which he scored 22 von-26 fields and was 33 out of 35 with additional points. Access has never been the problem with Pineiro. But Panther’s coach Dave Canales and his employees seemed to believe little in Pineiro’s leg force. Pineiros two attempts of over 50 were very few under 25 kickers, who tried more than 25 field goals in 2024.

Piñeiro made one of these two attempts, a 53-yarder from the Panthers’ Week 10 victory against the New York Giants in Munich. In his two earlier seasons in Carolina, he rose from seven of his nine Field Goal attempts from at least 50 meters.

There was a bit of uncertainty about Piñeiro in the last seasonal season after he had not visited any voluntary Minicamp nor organized team activities in the spring. However, he returned for the summer – where he leaned to comment on the reason for his absences when he entered the last year of his contract.

The 29-year-old is currently the third largest kicker in NFL history (88.1 percent)-Nur Justin Tucker (89.1 percent) and Harrison Butker (88.6).