The NFL is back and I don’t know about you but I’m pretty exited about a seeing a bunch of new players – including 49ers rookie QB Trey Lance, who threw for a TD on his firs play – making their debuts on the first Sunday of the 2021 season.
What I didn’t expect to see today, however, was the debut of the Carolina Panthers’ mixed-reality panther. (Yes, that is a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever write but here we are.)
I was just scrolling through Twitter when I ran across this video from the Panthers of their panther jumping around the stadium and I was in awe. I was also wondering about my level of sobriety.
I mean, check this out:
Check out our new mixed-reality panther that debuted today 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/8DwEvam9KM
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 12, 2021
Wild, right? I don’t know what I just watched but I do think it was pretty cool. Apparently fans in the stands can see it through their phones.
NFL fans watching from home had reactions: