The Panthers are preparing offensively to compete with the Buccaneers.
To be the man, you have to overcome the man. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the man to go, and the Carolina Panthers (and the rest of the NFC South) must dethrone them.
Carolina’s next step to do that is to sign Texas running back Jonathon Brooks, who will now be a new NFC South weapon for the Bucs. Brooks will play for former Bucs offensive coordinator and current Panthers head coach Dave Canales, whose commitment to the running game is known.
Brooks is a talented guard, rushing for 1,139 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Longhorns last year, but that comes with injury issues. Brooks tore his ACL in November of last year, and while he’s confident in the groups, he’d be fit to play in the NFL. season, he is still recovering from the injury. That doesn’t seem to have deterred the Panthers much, as they traded on the second round to catch him with the 46th overall pick.
Brooks will create a tandem with running back Chuba Hubbard, who will prove to be a nuisance to Tampa Bay’s defensive front. However, it takes a lot more than that to build a competitor, and the Panthers still have a long way to go before they get there. against the Bucs.
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