Ikem Ekwonu is hoping to recapture some of his rookie year magic in year-three with the Carolina Panthers.
tumultuous season was defined by the inability to elevate their rookie quarterback, and a large part of that was his left tackle's struggles in pass protection. Ekwonu wasn't the only issue on the Panthers offense, but he was unequivocally one of many.
To be fair to Ickey, quite literally everything around him was crumbling. His quarterback held onto the ball , his partner at left guard seemingly changed weekly, and the offensive indifference as a whole failed to set up any player for success. 2023 was an abject disaster, and as we turn the page to 2024, Ekwonu has the chance to reclaim his status as a rising star on the Panthers offense that eluded him after his dominant rookie season.
"With Ickey we all know it's consistency. He's a guy that wants it. He works hard, and that's the biggest thing for me in working with him. Just trying to be more consistent on a daily basis...it's the every day that's just being consistent and telling him 'hey, the great ones do the same thing over and over again, and get really good at it.'"That consistency that Joe Gilbert talked about is one of the tipping points for Carolina in 2024 and beyond.
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