CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Country music star Luke Combs is a huge fan of the Carolina Panthers. The native of nearby Huntersville isn't shy about wearing their colors onstage and off. He went so far as to jokingly predict before the 2023 season that the Panthers would go 17-0 (they finished an NFL-worst 2-15).
"Bryce is the guy!'' Combs said of then-rookie quarterback Bryce Young, the No. 1 pick of the 2023 draft.
But on Monday, when the Panthers traded edge rusher Brian Burns to the New York Giants for a second-round pick (No.