Carolina Panthers’ defense was cruel in 2024 and was last dead in the NFL in several major categories: points, meters, meters allowed at the game and the first downs gave up.
The repetition 2025 aims to bury that past quickly.
“We don’t have to be close to that,” said Jaycee corner in the corner through the team’s official website. “You want to throw it out of your mind because this is a new season, but at the same time it is also on your mind, because it should really be all the motivation you need to come back to the camp. You don’t want anything like this to happen again.
“It’s out there, yes. I mean, you know that’s what it is. You just have to go to treat it properly, bounce back.”
Panthers’ defense was not only the worst in the league last season, it was historically bad. Their 534 points allowed NFL record for one period. The club finished in second place of all time in meters allowed (6,877) and third all the time in Rush Yards allowed (3,057).
Outside Linebacker DJ Wonum said the leadership was hell bent to fix the issues last year.
“We know this is not the standard,” Wonum said. “And it turns back to the competitiveness of Jaycee, [Derrick Brown] And all these boys have on the field. It makes us want to go and compete more and more. There is nothing to get away from it. And we are not running from it either, but we are going to show you, we are going to show the progress and how much better we are and how much better we can be. “
Getting Big Man Derrick Brown, who missed the whole campaign 2024, is a big blessing of the club. Then the Panthers went out on the first day of a free agency and scored Tre’von Moehrig, Tershawn Wharton, Bobby Brown III, Patrick Jones II and Christian Rozeboom. Maybe not the names of households, but certainly improvements to the Carolina project list. Panthers also added Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen, along with Lathan Ransom’s safety storage, and Cam Jackson’s defense in the draft.
When training camps opened next week, we will look at how the new faces mix in Ejiro Evero systems. It certainly can’t be worse than last year.
“For the defense of the boys, this is a new year,” said Dave Canales coach. “We have lots of new faces and the boys that were here last year, they make a lot of pride in ensuring that we are the best we can be this year.”