[vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html]Before he signed a free agent deal in Carolina this offseason, tight end Ed Dickson spent his first four seasons in Baltimore. Few in the Panthers organization know Ray Rice as well as Dickson.Shortly after the Ravens cut their running back Monday afternoon, Panthers players were filtering back into the locker room after meetings. And while Dickson didn’t want to go into much detail with his opinions, he agreed his former organization had just one option.”Baltimore handled it right, they had to do something. Knowing (owner) Steve Bisciotti, knowing (head coach John) Harbaugh, knowing everybody there, it forced a hand,” Dickson said. “(Rice) made his own decision.”Of course, the dark cloud of a domestic violence case currently hangs over the Panthers, but they’ve made it clear nothing will be said or done until the legal process for defensive end Greg Hardy plays out.And while Hardy still has the right to a jury trial, the video of Rice punching his future wife was all anyone needed to see to make a judgment.”You want to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s been a good kid. He made a bad decision and now we’re here,” Dickson said.”I’ve got children, I’ve got a wife, I’ve got sisters. So I feel bad for them. As a human being, you never want to see anything happen. It just makes you as a person want to do things better.”