CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers were preparing for Super Bowl 50 after the 2015 season when then-general manager Dave Gettleman offered insight into the key to building a successful team: If you don’t have big men, you can’t compete.
“Tom Coughlin taught me a great thing,’’ Gettleman said of the former New York Giants coach, who won two Super Bowls as a head coach and one as an assistant. “Big men allow you to compete."