Today’s Charlotte Observer reports that the Panthers and linebacker Landon Johnson are talking about reworking his contract:

The Carolina Panthers are planning to keep linebacker Landon Johnson and are reworking his contract to save approximately $1 million in salary cap space for the 2009 season. The Observer has learned the deal is imminent, though not yet final. There has been speculation that the Panthers would release Johnson, but that would’ve saved them about the same amount of cap space that they’ll be getting with the changes to his contract.