Lost in the flurry of roster moves Sunday was the fact that the Carolina Panthers have cut yet another former high draft pick in offensive tackle Rashad Butler.

   Butler becomes the latest third-round pick not to pan out for Carolina.

   In 2005, the Panthers selected DT Atiyyah Ellison from Missouri and he held the distinction of being the highest drafted player to get cut that season. In 2003, the Panthers selected TE Mike Seidman in the third round and he never could make it here due to injuries. Going back to 1999, Carolina selected DL Chuck Wiley and Mitch Marrow in the third round and both were monumental disappointments. In 1997, it was LB Kinnon Tatem and a year earlier RB Winslow Oliver and DE J.C. Price failed to produce after being selected in the third round.

   To be fair, the Panthers have had some success in the third round -- WR Steve Smith (2001), LB Will Witherspoon (2002), CB Ricky Manning Jr (2003) and OT Travelle Wharton (2004) have all had successful careers in the NFL to this point.

   Meanwhile, the jury is still out on OL Evan Mathis (2005), LB James Anderson (2006) and DE Charles Johnson (2007).  

   The Panthers are probably hoping Butler clears waivers so they can bring him back to the practice squad.

   He  was viewed as a project when he arrived in 2006 and spent all of his rookie season on injured reserve. However, he never really seemed to have the right body shape to play offensive tackle in the NFL. He was big up top, but his lower body was pretty thin for a lineman. Butler had worked as the team's first-team left tackle during minicamp when Wharton was still recovering from his knee injury. The Panthers essentially replaced him on the roster with Frank Omiyale, a third-year player from Tennessee Tech.

   Butler and offensive lineman Will Montgomery, who was also waived Sunday, are the only two players from Carolina's eight-man draft in 2006 that are no longer with the team.