DeAngelo Williams upset Panthers brass didn't attend mother's funeral

DeAngelo Williams is handling his exit from Carolina reasonably well, but he's not happy with the Carolina Panthers for one thing: not reaching out after his mother passed away last May.

"There's a couple of things that upset me about the Panthers when my mom died," Williams told WBTV's Molly Grantham in a sitdown interview. "Nobody came to the funeral. The owner didn't reach out; he didn't say anything."

Williams was upset with the higher ups in the organization and owner Jerry Richardson tried to make it right by apologizing to him at training camp after reading a piece Williams wrote about his mother for the MMQB.

Williams said defensive end Greg Hardy was the only member of the Panthers organization that attended his mother's funeral, which took place 11 days after Hardy was arrested on domestic violence charges. The charges have since been dropped. 

"One player came,'' Williams told Grantham. "And there is nothing that he can say or do in my eyes that is bad. ... Greg Hardy. All the players around the league, all the players in the locker room, they texted and called. But Greg Hardy showed up.''

Since the incident the team has reportedly adopted a policy of responding to the death of any player's family members.

Williams went on to say he harbored no resentment for fellow running back Jonathan Stewart and reiterated the point that he understands his release is just part of the business.

"(Jonathan Stewart) had the hot hand at the end of the season. He's a great running back, obviously. I don't feel bitter at all. It's a business. And that business comes back and reminds us year after year - whether it be Steve Smith, whether it be Jordan Gross, whether it be myself - it’s going to happen to every guy in that locker room, so it doesn't bother me at all."