Taking a look at how ESPN projects the Carolina Panthers defense to fair statistically in 2024.
will take the field for their first regular season game of 2024. A preseason littered with optimism, curious coaching decisions, injuries, and everything in between is nearly in the rear view mirror. With that being said, it's never too late to project what is to come for the Panthers in 2024.
Plenty of ink has been spilled on the Panthers' perceived lack of talent on defense. Last season's top three sack producers have moved on , along with the team's CB2, Donte Jackson. Carolina finished as a top five defense in yards allowed in 2023, and it will take both internal improvement and an infusion of incoming talent to replicate that finish.Jadeveon Clowneynumber for the veteran. Clowney, a three time Pro Bowler, has never accumulated greater than 9.5 sacks in a season.
Like many other prognosticators, Clay projects a large gap between Clowney and the Panthers' secondary and tertiary pass rushers. The only edge rushers on the Panthers' roster that Clay projects for at least two sacks are veteran free agent acquisitions D.J. Wonnum and K'Lavon Chaisson. The Panthers' best defensive player in 2023 was Pro Bowler Derrick Brown. The ESPN pundit forsees another massive year from the defensive lineman. Clay projects Brown to amass 99 sacks, the second best number of his career behind last season's record setting campaign, and four sacks, a career high. Behind Brown, Shy Tuttle and A'Shawn Robinson are predicted to combine for 102 tackles on the line., a Panthers captain, is projected by Clay to set a career high with 132 tackles in 2024.
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