If the Carolina Panthers make a run in 2023, then we’ll have to look back at this tweet:
Really love this Team and Coaches! Something special cooking . #KeepPounding
— DeShawn Williams (@iamDeShawnW) June 9, 2023
Defensive lineman DeShawn Williams has seemingly been loving his time in Charlotte thus far. After what may have been a sour end to a three-year run with the Denver Broncos, the Central, S.C. native and Clemson University product returned home on a one-year, $1.08 million pact.
That deal was reached due in part to Williams’ career campaign in 2022. The 30-year-old posted bests in sacks (4.5), quarterback hits (eight), tackles for a loss (four) and passes defensed (three) over 15 starts.
His homecoming was also made possible to his connection with Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, who spent that 2022 season coaching up the big man in Denver. Williams has already gone on record with his excitement for his new team, his (kinda) new defense and the new objective.
“The players that we have and the vision that ‘E’ has for this team is scary,” he said during voluntary minicamp in April. “But, obviously, we have to put in the work each and every day. And that’s why we’re doing this minicamp—to lay the foundation and the groundwork each and every day.
“Right now, it’s not gonna be perfect—but we takin’ one percent better. That’s what Frank [Reich] says every day—one percent better. And we gettin’ better right now.”
Well, they must loading up pretty quickly based off that tweet.
