On Sunday after 12:00 p.m. ET, the Panthers may establish a practice squad of eight players. Here are the players cut by Carolina that are eligible for the practice squad: QB Brett Basanez; RB DeCori Birmingham; WRs Chris Hannon and William Buchanon; TE Chad Upshaw; OL Rueben Riley, Geoff Schwartz; DT Nick Hayden; CB Darren Toney; and S Joe Fields.

For the record, players who are eligible to be signed to the practice squad include:

• Free agents who have not yet earned an accrued season of free agency credit.
• Free agents who were on the game-day 45-man active list for less than nine regular season games during any year in which they earned any accrued season.

   However, a player may only be eligible to participate on a practice squad for up to three seasons – with three or more weeks on the practice squad in the regular season or postseason during each of the first two qualifying seasons and one or more games during the third qualifying season. Linebacker Shaun Smith will be added to the Panthers' practice squad as part of the NFL's international player development program, but he will not count against the team's total of eight players.