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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The NFC champion Panthers kept only three of their five draft picks this year, waiving cornerback Zack Sanchez and tight end Beau Sandland to trim their roster to 53 players on Saturday.Sanchez was a fifth-round selection and Sandland a seventh-rounder.Backup guard Chris Scott was placed on the reserve/suspended list after being suspended by the NFL for four games for violating the policy on performance enhancing substances.Also cut were running backs Brandon Wegher and Jalen Simmons, wide receiver Keyarris Garrett, tight ends Eric Wallace and Marcus Lucas, guard David Yankey, defensive ends Larry Webster and Arthur Miley, defensive tackles Kyle Love, Eric Crume and Robert Thomas, linebacker Brian Blechen, cornerback Lou Young and safeties Stevie Brown, Marcus Ball and Travell Dixon.Wide receiver Kevin Norwood, linebacker Ben Jacobs and offensive tackle Jordan Rigsbee were placed on injured reserve.Sanchez becomes the highest-drafted player by fourth-year general manager Dave Gettleman to not make the teams opening-day roster.Sanchez was one of three cornerbacks the Panthers drafted to help fill the void from the departure of All-Pro Josh Norman. But while second-round pick James Bradberry and third-round pick Daryl Worley quickly secured starting roles, Sanchez was relegated to nickel back duty and struggled during the preseason. Bene Benwikere, Robert McClain and Teddy Williams are the other cornerbacks who made the roster ahead of Sanchez, a candidate for the practice squad.The Panthers kept Scott Simonson as their third tight over Sandland, who didnt make many plays in the preseason, and Lucas, who caught two touchdown passes from Joe Webb in the teams third preseason game against the New England Patriots.The Panthers decided to keep six wide receivers at their most talented position, with Brenton Bersin and Damiere Byrd both making the list of 53. Norwood, acquired in a trade last year with Seattle, had been in the running to make the roster but injured his hip in the teams final preseason game.Wegher was a fan favorite at running back, but the Panthers went with Fozzy Whittaker and Cameron Artis-Payne as the backups to Jonathan Stewart.Scotts suspension opened a roster spot for guard Tyler Larsen, who had stints with Miami and Washington last year but has never played in a regular season game.In cutting Love, the Panthers decided to keep five defensive ends and four defensive tackles as ends Ryan Delaire and Wes Horton claimed the last of the defensive line spots.Love played in 15 games last season for the Panthers with two starts and had 19 tackles and three sacks in helping the Panthers to a third-straight NFC South championship. 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Center Bryan Stork failed his physical with the Washington Redskins, nullifying a trade made with the New England Patriots last week, and then the Patriots waived him later Monday.It is uncertain why Stork failed the physical, but he has suffered multiple concussions in his first two seasons.Its disappointing. Im sure hes disappointed. Were disappointed, but it happens every year, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said after Mondays practice, according to the Washington Post. When people get traded or picked up, they have to pass physicals, and every physical is different. Until all that gets taken care of -- they report, they pass a physical -- as a coach, theres really not a lot you can do until they actually get into the pads and into practice. Its unfortunate. Hes a great kid and obviously a very good player. ... Every physical is different on every team, so it might be different somewhere else, but it didnt work out here.The Redskins had agreed to send a conditional seventh-round pick to the Patriots in exchange for Stork on Wednesday. But, a source said, the shock of his pending release by the Patriots and subsequent trade left Sttork contemplating retirement.dddddddddddd Stork, though, had apparently changed his mind on that stance and tweeted Saturday about looking forward to playing in Washington. That tweet has since been deleted, and he will now have to continue his career elsewhere.ESPN 980 in Washington first reported Storks failed physical.A fourth-round pick in 2014, Stork started in New Englands Super Bowl run two seasons ago. But a concussion and a muscle-related issue sidelined him at the start of the 2015 season, though he returned to start the final seven games.Stork has reportedly suffered four concussions in the past four years. He suffered another concussion earlier this month.In Washington, Stork would have had a chance to compete with center Kory Lichtensteiger for the