Things could have been a bit easier for head coach Matt Rhule to start life in the NFL. The Carolina Panthers schedule has them coming up against the Las Vegas Raiders at Bank of America Stadium in week one, according to Joe Person of The Athletic.
This represents an acid test for the Panthers young core of players, which will tell us a lot about what we can expect from a new-look roster in 2020. The Raiders are an aggressive outfit that have plenty of firepower at their disposal. So they are going to be thrown in at the deep end from the outset.