(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Derrick Brown
The defensive line of the Carolina Panthers was always a place of pride during the Ron Rivera era, with pieces like Star Lotulelei and the recently released Kawaan Short clogging up the middle.
However, the departure of Lotulelei in free agency and the past few seasons of injuries from Short have left the Panthers looking for answers. Carolina’s interior line had only five sacks last year and while that statistic isn’t necessarily the most important, it does show a lack of meaningful penetration on a consistent basis.