Jeremy Chinn isn’t even 100 percent sure about what to call his new position in the Carolina Panthers defense. But he does know that it’ll be new.
The fourth-year safety linebacker defender took the podium following Wednesday’s Fan Fest outing. When asked how he would define his position in Carolina’s transition to a 3-4 base, he refused to nickel-and-dime it.
“A nickel, a dime. But I feel like that puts it in a box a little bit,” he said, via Joe Person of The Athletic. “To say nickel doesn’t really do it justice.”
Chinn tried to do it justice by stating it’ll be “a little bit different” and “closer to the ball.” The former second-rounder played more as a free safety in 2022, seeing 25.4 percent of his snaps come from the box as opposed to 50.2 in 2021 and 40.5 in 2020.
And if he is indeed closer to the snap, Chinn has already expressed his excitement for the fresh plan under new defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.
“Yeah, I’m super excited about it,” Chinn said back in March. “I’ll be able to be around the ball more. So, that’s really exciting. Talking to Evero and Coach [Jonathan] Cooley, we have plans and I’m excited kinda for what they have me doing a little bit.”
