
Sports Illustrated
By Conor Orr The Panthers coach followed the directive by his owner and GM, and now Carolina will gamble that this platform can directly translate to a better-taught and -prepared team. The Panthers hold the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and for the prospect who might be taken there, it’s usually a bittersweet proposition. Here’s a place they’ll spend perhaps the next decade of their life and, depending on the route it took the franchise to sink to a level that earned it the No. 1 pick, a prospect might spend the next decade trying to fix something that’s irreparably broken. That’s not the case…
