The Carolina Panthers had a rough start to their season. 2024 was never planned as a year for this team to contend. It was mainly supposed to be a year where we all got to assess Bryce Young’s future. With that in mind, the Panthers signed enough talent on defense to fill out the roster, but spent most of their free agency money and high draft picks on offensive talent. Stars like Derrick Brown and Shaq Thompson were the only real tools that defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero was given to work with.
Then the team lost Brown to a meniscus injury in the season opener against the New Orleans Saints.