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The Panthers are willing to forgive certain things for their own guys.

The team announced they had re-signed defensive end Wes Horton to a one-year deal.

Horton has been a rotational lineman for them, but was suspended four games late last season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

After the suspension, they waived him but brought him back to the practice squad, where he finished out the season.

He started 15 games for them in 2014 (when they were caught short by Greg Hardy being placed on the commissioner’s exempt list), and has six sacks in three seasons.