"Marty Hurney" is the former General Manager (American football)/General Manager of the Carolina Panthers.

Hurney grew up in Wheaton, Maryland, and attended Good Counsel High School and Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Before coming to the Panthers in 1998, he served in the front office of the San Diego Chargers as General Manager Bobby Beathard's right-hand man. A journalist by trade, he first began in football in the Washington Redskins public relations department when owner Jack Kent Cooke asked him to join the team.

After the Panthers began the 2012 season with a 1–5 record, Hurney was fired by the Panthers on October 22, 2012.

Hurney still works in Charlotte, NC as a radio personality on ESPN 730 radio, with fellow host Al Gardner.

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You never go in saying we've got to get this position or that position. For us, it's about finding guys who are the right fits.

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Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice.

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We're still going over the film. The players aren't even back yet, so we haven't even started those kinds of discussions yet.

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Apparently he hurt the foot the same play as he hurt the knee; he showed a lot of toughness going back and playing on it.

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He's a first-round draft pick and we wanted to him to be here and finish his career here, if possible. That is something we think is very important if you can get your first-round picks or very good players who make a difference, to stick around.

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But it's something he didn't realize he did. He was focused on the knee, when the injury occurred. He didn't realize it until Friday morning when he woke up and couldn't walk on it.

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He obviously is very disappointed because he wants to get out and play and we would have liked to have seen that as well. It was something that he didn't realize he did when the injury occurred.

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Obviously, you weigh everything when you are dealing with a situation like this, but we believe Dan is a difference maker for us.

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