The Patriots play the Panthers this Sunday for the first time since 2013, when Luke Keuchly got away with a pass interference as time expired, giving the Panthers a controversial Monday Night football victory. Usually it’s not relevant to use film from 2013 to study for a game in 2017, but amazingly, the Panthers still run the exact same defensive scheme, even after losing defensive coordinator Sean McDermott.
The Panthers play a Tampa 2 zone defense the vast majority of the time. As a defensive system, a Tampa 2 absolutely cannot work without 2 elite coverage linebackers.