Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper spoke with the Charlotte media a few weeks ago and told them that he wouldn’t accept sustained mediocrity. The team has responded by displaying a brand of football that certainly isn’t mediocre. The full truth of the matter is that the Panthers, no matter how talented they are on the field, simply don’t have what it takes to win in the NFL as they are currently constructed. A lot of that is on injuries. More of it is on coaching. That means that a lot of their ills can be resolved in one off season of careful decisions and patient recovery.
Monday Morning Optimist: Next year isn’t more than a year away
