A year removed from almost going undefeated in the regular season and falling in the Super Bowl to Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, the Carolina Panthers regressed in a big way to bring up the rear of the NFC South standings. Carolina is predicted to finish in second place within the division by oddsmakers, and currently checks in as a 28-1 dog to win the big game down from their 33-1 opener.
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Arizona Cardinals +4200
Atlanta Falcons +1022
Baltimore Ravens +7200
Buffalo Bills +16000
Carolina Panthers +3004
Chicago Bears +16500
Cincinnati Bengals +7500
Cleveland Browns +24000
Dallas Cowboys +1350
Denver Broncos +3707
Detroit Lions +6300
Green Bay Packers +983
Houston Texans +2403
Indianapolis Colts +6500
Jacksonville Jaguars +9000
Kansas City Chiefs +2352
Los Angeles Chargers +5600
Los Angeles Rams +17000
Miami Dolphins +6500
Minnesota Vikings +3799
New England Patriots +303
New Orleans Saints +5500
New York Giants +1750
New York Jets +35000
Oakland Raiders +1451
Philadelphia Eagles +3619
Pittsburgh Steelers +845
San Francisco 49ers +18500
Seattle Seahawks +935
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3813
Tennessee Titans +3756
Washington Redskins +6700
Key Factors For Winning the Super Bowl
Cam Newton Must Get His Groove Back – Newton threw for 3,837 yards and a 35:10 TD/INT ratio throughout the Panthers marvelous 2015-16 campaign. Fantasy players lined up in droves to draft him early on the following season because of it. Unfortunately, the former Auburn Tiger grossly failed to live up to his enormously high average draft position by throwing for 3,509 yards and a 19:14 TD/INT ratio. He ended the year with a 75.8 QB rating and suffered a concussion which forced him to miss a game. It was later discovered the he played the season out with a partially torn rotator cuff. He had surgery to fix the issue in the offseason and dropped some weight. The coaching staff wants him to concentrate more on passing the ball and not tucking and running it moving forward. It remains to be seen if he does that, but one thing we do know is this slimmed down version of Cam looks healthy and ready to go.
Christian McCaffrey and Curtis Samuel Must Spark the Offense – The Panthers offense was extremely tough to watch last season. It plodded its way up and down the field, and never truly did anything exceptionally well. The unit averaged 343.7 yards per game ( No. 19 ) and scored just over 23 points per game ( No. 15 ). While it ranked No. 9 rushing the pigskin, it only averaged a tick over 230 passing yards per game. Both McCaffrey and Samuel were standouts on their respective teams at the collegiate level. The former was in the running for the Heisman Trophy in 2015, while the latter proved to be an invaluable weapon for the Buckeyes last season. Carolina’s vanilla offense needs a shot in the arm, and this duo looks like it will be able to do just that.
The Defensive Front Seven Must Rediscover its Swagger – The Panthers aren’t great in the back seven. They know that. That’s why it’s always been of utmost importance for the front wall to apply as much pressure on opposing quarterbacks to allow for their soft zone coverages to work. In games the team won last season, the defense tallied an average of 3.8 sacks per game. In games they lost, the unit averaged just 2.4. A happy medium must be found, and that will be up to holdovers Charles Johnson, Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short to figure out. The hope is that a 37-year old Julius Peppers has more gas in the tank to close his professional career out on a high on the team that originally drafted him. Should Luke Kuechly remain healthy all season long and the defense bounces back from a down season, there’s no reason to believe Carolina can’t and won’t compete for a Super Bowl title once again.
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