
The Charlotte Observer
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — There was a team that will obviously make the NFL playoffs striding confidently around the practice fields Wednesday at Wofford College. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the Carolina Panthers. The Baltimore Ravens’ visit to Spartanburg for two days of joint practices with Carolina puts into sharp relief how far these Panthers still have to go to get admission beyond the velvet ropes and into the NFL elite. And that’s a good thing — it’s better to know now than later. When you watched Lamar Jackson throw one dart after another to his open wide receivers Wednesday — that’s what an NF…
