Panthers OLB Pat Jones II makes bold claim about team's defense

[KSpan]

Not a snowball's chance in hell, but notably better? Sure.

Edited May 25, 2025 by KSpan

[frankw]

It's the time of year where fluff is in the air.

Regardless I do appreciate his attitude and if we are to become a dominant level defense again we will certainly need more of this.

[DaveThePanther2008]

It's not impossible to go from worst to first.  We kept Evero because anyone in there right mind knew our defense was destroyed by injuries, not the scheme. 

Evero has been given a plethora of talent between free agency and the draft, not to mention getting DB back. I fully expect our defense to be very good. 

I have no reason to think Jones would say something like that unless he truly felt like that. 

 

Edited May 25, 2025 by DaveThePanther2008

[Shocker]

15 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

It's a David Newton article so he probably misquoted Pat Jones, or made up the quote all together. 

 

[pantherclaw]

We will go as far as our defense carries us. 

While I expect the offense to be the better unit, IF our defense can get stops, turnovers, giving our offense short fields, this team will absolutely be dangerous.

[Loyalty4Life]

I have the same feeling now as I did right before the 2nd year of the John Fox era.

[DJ feed me moore]

can not be worse.

[lightsout]

Boys get ready for us to find new and imaginative ways of losing games while having units and individual players playing very well. We are gonna need to figure out how to win as a team, but the parts alone will all do their thing I think. 

[JPPT1974]

Need to prove it in action not words. Just hope that your coaches will bring you back to the winning promised land.

[Mills]

We better Jaycee stays healthy post contract because theres not much after him

[Waldo]

I still see the inverse of the 2019 defense. I do not trust Evero to pull off a decent D at this point.

[rayzor]

i think it will be good. i can't wait to see it.

[CarolinaLivin]

2 minutes ago, rayzor said:

i think it will be good. i can't wait to see it.

I will say that I am more optimistic this year than the “ultimate staff” we fielded i believe in 2023 that didn’t last long. I will say im less worried about evero, though he is a concern. I am more focused on confirming Canales to be the guy. Will be watching Bryce too of course, as the want is to confirm both Canales and Bryce as the “guys”.  Evero is more of a lets see if does well enough to keep. But i am excited. 

[ImfromClayton]

If either of those Rookie Edge players has a good year, we have a chance to be really good. Nobody we brought in is a world beater on defense, but we got a little better at nearly every spot.