Diontae Johnson is in the same boat as his head coach Dave Canales. They’re both figuring out what the Carolina Panthers are all about. For Canales, he’s a first-year head coach trying to provide stability and wins to a franchise that’s fallen off a cliff. For Johnson, he has a fresh start after five years in Pittsburgh, traded early in the offseason.
In a recent interview with The Athletic, Johnson compared and contrasted his old coach Mike Tomlin with his new one in Canales.
“Once I got here, his energy was different,” he told The Athletic’s Joseph Person.