DeAngelo

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Huff’s salary went from $945,000 in 2009 to $5.75 million in 2010. This rule is a relative of the “30 percent” rule that prohibited teams from locking up players to long-term deals that would pay them 30 percent more than their 2010 salary in any future year. Depending on the outcome of the CBA, Huff will either hit the open market or the Raiders will have to fork over $6.325 million if he’s ruled a restricted free agent. Other players affected by the same rule: Haloti Ngata, Johnathan Joseph, DeAngelo Williams, Chad Greenway, and Tamba Hali.

Eric Shelton collected 18 yards on four rushes and DeShaun Foster carried five times for 15 yards as Carolina defeated Buffalo 14-13.

“He’s looked very, very quick thus far. He’s got great explosion, great vision. As far as where we are right now, he’s looked very good,” Fox said. Of course, in the next moment, Fox called DeShaun Foster the “featured guy.”

Second-round CB Richard Marshall and WR Keary Colbert are also working out, but the Associated Press says the Panthers clearly want Williams to take the job. We think it means Williams not a serious threat to unseat DeShaun Foster as the team’s starting tailback unless Foster gets hurt.

Second-round pick Richard Marshall also took turns.

We hadn’t seen much from Carolina’s top draftee to this point, so it was a nice showing. Williams looked like a first-round back on a 15-yard burst into Miami’s secondary in the third quarter.

He did catch an eight-yard pass and return three kickoffs for 64 yards, but RB DeShaun Foster had all 15 carries that went to Carolina running backs.

DeAngelo looks slower, less elusive and simply inferior to Jonathan Stewart. Through three games, Williams is averaging 2.25 yards per carry and has 61 total rushing yards. The Panthers are wisely ignoring Williams’ contract and giving the rock to Stewart in crunch time. Staple Williams to fantasy benches.

Williams was the only Panthers back to touch the ball in the first half while the Saints ran more than twice as many plays. The highlight was a tackle-breaking 69-yard scamper off an option pitch set up by Cam Newton’s run threat. After a slow start, Williams is averaging 98.5 yards at 10.4 per clip the past two weeks. He’s a low-end RB2 for next week’s game at Atlanta.

Newton has 13 carries from inside the 10-yard line while Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams have combined for three. “That’s one place where it’s so compact that it’s hard to get good numbers and so with the quarterback as a runner your numbers even out so that you can get hats on hats a little easier,” said Chudzinski. Newton already has five rushing touchdowns this year.