Building a winner in the NFL requires more than just talent and quality coaching. It usually takes time for contenders to gel. In other words, Super Bowl teams don’t come out of nowhere and franchises that maintain consistency tend to do better than those that don’t.
This is perhaps the difficult part of what the Carolina Panthers are facing in 2020. Not only do they have one of the most difficult schedules in the league, they’ll have to do it with an almost totally-remade roster and coaching staff.
According to ESPN, this team ranks dead last in the NFL in continuity going into next season by a huge margin. The Panthers are returning just 46.9% of their snaps played from last year. For some context, the team that ranks No. 31 on their list is the Giants, and they’re returning 66.1%.
There’s no silver lining, either. No part of this team has been spared from a radical makeover.
Carolina ranks last in offensive snaps returning (58.2%) and defensive snaps returning (35.2%). They also have just one coach staying in the same spot as last year – Chase Blackburn remains the special teams coordinator – and his unit struggled alot in 2019.
At least there’s nowhere to go but up.
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