They were pre-season Super Bowl favorites last year but the Panthers finished out of the playoff picture because of inconsistent play, injuries and cheerleaders gone wild.
While are healthy this year (so far), they are also collectively older and don’t have a serious threat at wide receiver outside of Steve Smith now that Keyshawn Johnson has taken the “Former wide receiever who says crazy, crazy stuff,” role at ESPN, recently held by the one, the only, Michael Irvin. They have high hopes for Dwayne Jarrett but it still looks like their second WR option will be a mix of three thirds (Jarrett, Drew Carter, and Keary Colbert).
In an attempt to take some pressure off of Jake Delhomme, the Panthers have brought in a new offensive coordinator and new offensive line coach to install a zone blocking system which they hope will spring DeTerrible twosome of DeAngelo Williams and DeShaun Foster for some big runs. In an attempt to put some pressure ON Jake Delhomme, they brought in hard luck case David Carr who is both dreamy and much better than what he had in Houston.
With their aging, injury prone, yet still effective and very talented defense keeping games close, my bet is that Delhomme will falter early in the season which will force coach John Fox to turn the reins over to Carr, who will lead the Panthers on a push for the Wild Card. Signs saying “Wild Carr” will start pop up all over North Carolina.
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