The Carolina Panthers may have their swagger back defensively. The swagger has not come from veterans but from two rookies.
Donte Jackson and Rashaan Gaulden are not the type of rookies who are going to cower from the media, at least for now. “Swagger” has been one of their favorite words to describe how they play. Not only that, as Stephen Igoe notes via the Panthers website, they feed off of each other’s confident energy.
“He’s got a different swagger about him,” Gaulden said with Jackson standing next to him and listening intently.