The Facts: The Panthers brought Avant in as a mentor. But after sharing his opinion on the way things were going, they may have decided he wasn’t sharing the right things. Avant’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, just tweeted out what appears to be news that Avant is no longer a Panther.
Diehards Line:Mike Garfolo of FOX Sports confirmed that Avant was indeed released. Avant made some comments after last week’s loss that pointed to the conservative play-calling down the stretch, when the Panthers played for a potential game-winning field goal, which was ultimately missed by Graham Gano. ... By running off a more productive receiver in Steve Smith, the Panthers made it clear that boat-rocking wasn’t going to be tolerated. And now we have further evidence of that.