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The merger itself didn't require expansion drafts, as AFL teams were already well-established and of comparable strength. So, the next expansion draft happened in 1976, when two new teams joined the NFL: the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The last three expansion drafts took place between 1995 and 2002.
The two new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars, alternated picks from lists of unprotected players from existing franchises. Existing NFL teams made six players available, [2] and the new teams were required to pick a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 42 players. Each time one of the expansion franchises selected a ...
The Panthers had the second overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. The team selected future Hall of Fame defensive end Julius Peppers out of North Carolina. [40] New York Giants defensive coordinator John Fox was hired to replace Seifert [41] and led the team to a 7–9 finish in 2002. [42]
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of ...
The Carolina Panthers' history formally dates back to 1993, when the NFL awarded the franchise to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, began play in the 1995 NFL season as expansion teams. They have played in Charlotte since 1996, winning six division titles and two NFC Championships.
The 2024 NFL Draft begins Thursday and runs through Saturday, during which a few former Duke, UNC and N.C. State football players hope their dreams of going pro become reality.. The Tar Heels had ...
The final weekend of the NFL regular season brought the usual intrigue over which teams would clinch the final playoff spots — the Buccaneers and Broncos — and who would get the No. 1 overall ...
Most victories by an expansion team (7) [5] First expansion team to have a winning record at home (5–3) [5] First expansion team to have a four-game winning streak (weeks 7–10) [5] First expansion team to defeat a defending Super Bowl champion in its inaugural season (13–7 over the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco) [5]