The Carolina Panthers have had themselves a decent enough offseason, at least relative to what their personnel looked like in January. But the lack of a major splash, particularly at the two most important posts for any franchise, hasn’t exactly inspired much on the grand scheme of things.
You can count NBC Sports’ Peter King amongst the uninspired, as the longtime NFL scribe positioned the Panthers at the 31st spot of his power rankings on Monday.
“Hard to be optimistic if you’re a Panthers’ fan,” King starts in his latest “Football Morning in America” column. “You don’t know who your quarterback, head coach or coordinators will be on opening day 2023, and you’re not sure any of those men are in-house (even Matt Corral) today. The best sign of the spring for Carolina is that owner David Tepper came out and said the team has to be patient. If so, give Sam Darnold six or eight games to sink or swim, and if he fails, give the rest of the year to Corral. I wouldn’t import Baker Mayfield unless I was confident he had a good chance to be the QB of the future. How you’d figure what to pay him … I am clueless.”
