Miles Sanders is a very good teammate.
The new Carolina Panthers running back hopped on Thursday’s episode of WFNZ’s Mac & Bone. When asked by host Chris McClain how good he thinks the team can be right off the bat, Sanders said it’s all a matter of putting their talent together.
“I believe we could be as good as we put our minds to it,” he replied. “People will say we look good on paper or we got a lot of talent—lot of young talent, got some vets on the team, too—but you really create a championship team between OTAs and training camp. And we’re about to get into training camp and that’s gonna really matter.”
Sanders proceeded to run down that paper, and had a very intriguing perspective on veteran quarterback Andy Dalton.
“But I have a good feeling about these guys,” he added. “These guys work, and that’s the main thing I’ve noticed in OTAs. We got a very, very good young quarterback that’s being mentored by a very, very, very good quarterback, a future Hall of Famer Andy Dalton—who I have a lot of respect for. And you got guys like Adam Thielen mentoring the young receivers, and that’s a great guy to take notes from. We got a seasoned o-line that I love—I love the film, I love watching their film. And the defense is stacked.”
Dalton has carved himself out a rock-solid NFL career. Over 12 seasons, the former second-round pick has thrown for 38,150 yards (24th all-time) and 244 touchdowns (27th) while amassing three Pro Bowl selections.
But Dalton currently boasts a 42.23 mark in the Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor, which puts him right in between Trent Green and Matt Hasselbeck. Oh, and we also don’t need a monitor to tell us this either.
So, the real takeaway here is that Sanders may actually register as a Hall of Fame hype man.
