Charles Johnson: Ready for Whatever Comes Next in Carolina

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Published: June 5, 2009

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... with the team in time for training camp, they are going through summer school as if he's already gone for good.

Weary that putting all of your eggs in one basket can spell doom in the NFL, the Panthers have conducted their offseason workouts the way they would if Peppers had his way and was spending the summer months getting used to a new city.

The understandably glaring question facing the Panthers this offseason is this: Who will replace Peppers when he is gone?  So far, it looks like it will be third-year man Charles Johnson, a 6'2", 275-pound pass rusher from Georgia. 

Johnson has spent most of the Panthers' summer school sessions working with the first team in Peppers' currently vacant right defensive end position.

All signs currently point to Johnson having continued his rapid improvement since entering the league in the Panthers 2007 draft class, which includes Pro Bowl linebacker Jon Beason, starting center Ryan Kalil, and the much-mali...

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