After a week of coronavirus closings and a quiet start to free agency, Panthers’ fans were ready for some good news Monday.



It came in the form of several tweets that Carolina had agreed to terms with XFL quarterback P.J. Walker, a move that reunited Walker with Matt Rhule, his coach at Temple.



That was soon followed by more quarterback-related news (there’s been a lot of that in Charlotte lately): The Panthers were trading Kyle Allen to Washington for a fifth-round pick, leaving Walker and Will Grier to battle for the backup job behind Teddy Bridgewater, the successor to Cam Newton.



But Walker missed all of the goodwill on social media: He spent most of the day accepting congratulations from friends and preparing to move to Charlotte from Elizabeth, N.J., where he’s been staying at his parents’ house since the XFL suspended its season and eventually canceled it.



“Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see it,”...