Carolina Panthers linebackers coach Sam Mills watches from the sideline during the team’s NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Nov. 21, 2004, in Charlotte, N.C. After his playing career with the New Orleans Saints and the Panthers, Mills went into coaching with Carolina, and was an assistant when he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer before the 2003 season. John Byrum
Brett Martel AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps the late Sam Mills would have been a bluechip college recruit and high NFL draft…
