Cornerback Josh Norman—or rather, the lack of Josh Norman—is continuing to haunt the Carolina Panthers this season.
The Panthers’ front-seven hasn’t performed to the level of a year ago, when the team was undefeated at this point in the season, but the real problem is the secondary, where rookies have done the bulk of the heavy lifting, and they have been without arguably their best CB for the past two games.
James Bradberry has been the team’s best cornerback in 2016, and he was playing in the FCS this time a year ago. For the season, Bradberry has only surrendered 160 receiving yards and a touchdown on 24 targets.