{"id":188739,"date":"2024-09-08T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=188739"},"modified":"2024-09-07T20:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T00:57:16","slug":"ravens-panthers-caleb-farley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/08\/ravens-panthers-caleb-farley\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens, Panthers May Steal Former First Rounder From Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens or Carolina Panthers may steal former first-rounder, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/13\/caleb-farley-2021-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Caleb Farley<\/a> from the New England Patriots this upcoming regular season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/patriots-caleb-farley-nfl-free-agent-rumors\/645367\/#:~:text=ESPN&#039;s%20Field%20Yates%20reported%20Tuesday,games%20played%20in%20his%20career.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to a report<\/a>, the Patriots were working out the cornerback in a move that they could potentially sign him nothing is happening right now. The Titans didn&#8217;t bring back Farley when deciding the final 53-man roster. The team is moving on since the Virginia Tech product hasn&#8217;t been able to stay healthy during his rookie year in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries have been dating back to his college days which are now following him throughout the league. Farley attempted to return the next season but his time didn&#8217;t last after suffering another injury, receiving surgery on his back. He didn&#8217;t participate in a single game last year so he&#8217;s heading for a &#8220;bust&#8221; label if he doesn&#8217;t get any playing time. However, Farley was able to post 14 total tackles and one pass defended.<\/p>\n<h2>Ravens, Panthers May Steal Former First Rounder Caleb Farley From Patriots<\/h2>\n<h3>A Championship Scenery<\/h3>\n<p>Teams with questionable depth at the cornerback position should be able to bring him in for a chance. He isn&#8217;t the most impressive or explosive talent but it gives many teams like the Ravens and Panthers a boost. However, Farley would probably be better off heading to the Ravens if he wants to get back to his productive self. Baltimore doesn&#8217;t need another cornerback since they have two strong ones, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/17\/5-baltimore-ravens-cornerback-targets-amid-marlon-humphrey-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Marlon Humphrey<\/a> and Brandon Stephens.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, a new breath of air and better coaching is what Farley needs to play at his peak. He won&#8217;t have any pressure to start but since they&#8217;re bringing in rookie Nate Wiggins, he could carve out a backup role for himself too. The Ravens don&#8217;t lose anything if they give Farley a one-year shot where he could give the depth chart an upside.<\/p>\n<h3>Rebuilding Mode<\/h3>\n<p>The Panthers have their focus on restructuring their offense after getting a strong supporting cast for Bryce Young. Diontae Johnson and rookie Xavier Legette are a good start for their offense but they won&#8217;t win games without any help in their secondary. Farley isn&#8217;t going to magically change it but it&#8217;s a need for the position. Carolina was close to receiving help after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/04\/15\/stephon-gilmore-signs-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Stephon Gilmore<\/a> was in talks to return but it <a href=\"https:\/\/catcrave.com\/posts\/carolina-panthers-playing-dangerous-game-frustrated-stephon-gilmore#:~:text=One%20name%20linked%20earlier%20this,normally%20comes%20down%20to%20money.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn&#8217;t work out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers also don&#8217;t have anything to lose being that they had one of the worst records last year. They need all the help they can get behind Jaycee Horn.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Potential Destinations<\/h3>\n<h4>Kansas City Chiefs<\/h4>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect this team to have the same success they did last year after trading <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/23\/kansas-city-chiefs-trade-ljarius-sneed-tennessee-titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">L&#8217;Jarius Sneed<\/a> this offseason. Joshua Williams and Trent McDuffie will have to pick up the slack for this season. They&#8217;ve been showing flashes after their week one win but some solid depth would help provide some comfort. Farley could carve out a role at the bottom of the roster so the team has some backup in case they need some insurance.<\/p>\n<h4>New Orleans Saints<\/h4>\n<p>You can never have too many cornerbacks in the league but since <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/09\/19\/nfl-rumors-mike-evans-facing-possible-suspension-for-marshon-lattimore-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Marshon Lattimore<\/a> is a hot trade candidate, they may have to start thinking about life after him. The Saints shouldn&#8217;t worry too much since Paulson Adebo and Kool-Aid McKinstry can probably take over but both are young and need more time to adjust. Farley&#8217;s young too but he&#8217;s been a part of the league for a couple of years so the change of scenery could improve his abilities.<\/p>\n<h4>Dallas Cowboys<\/h4>\n<p>The Cowboys are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascowboys.com\/news\/daron-bland-moved-to-ir-will-miss-at-least-4-games\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">losing DaRon Bland for a couple of weeks<\/a> which leaves Trevon Diggs and Jourdan Lewis to step up. Many reports were urging the Cowboys to bring back Gilmore and now he&#8217;s a player they need. He&#8217;s signing with the Vikings so the Cowboys can&#8217;t bring him in anymore. However, Farley is nowhere on the level of Gilmore or Xavien Howard but it gives Dallas some new life in depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens or Carolina Panthers may steal former first-rounder, Caleb Farley after his visit with the Patriots. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":188747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,30,19,16,5,28],"tags":[7486,7811,9979,1274,1658,7661,7638,7659,1063],"class_list":["post-188739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-ravens","category-panthers","category-cowboys","category-chiefs","category-patriots","category-saints","tag-caleb-farley","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-ljarius-sneed","tag-marlon-humphrey","tag-marshon-lattimore","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured","tag-saints-featured","tag-stephon-gilmore"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}