In the second edition of Predicting the Panthers, it’s all about predicting who’s going to get the ball thrown their way. That’s right, we’re talking about targets.
Yours truly has gone through the painstaking task of downloading all of Pro Football Reference’s receiving data for each of the past four seasons, from whichever team new Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales happened to be coaching with that year. This includes his year as an offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his 2022 season as the quarterbacks coach with the Seattle Seahawks, as well as the two years he spent as the passing game coordinator between 2021 and 2020 also with the Seahawks.