What is up? It's the rant. My name is Jeff Racklevin. It is Monday, June 14th, and a preview

series rolls on. Today we're going to talk about the Carolina Panthers. A really interesting

team, obviously a team in transition, new coaching, regime in place last year, Matt Rule, and

of course Joe Brady, the offensive coordinator, the young wonder kind. And really, I mean,

hey, I liked what I saw last year, but there were a couple major problems. First and foremost,

they're most important offensive player. Only played three games in Christian McCaffrey.

And secondly, they were really held back at quarterback. Now, will they be held back

at quarterback this year? That remains to be seen. But Teddy Bridgewater obviously is out.

He's in Denver. We'll talk about that in a few shows here. But Sam Darnold's in. And

well, here's what we know about Sam Darnold in his time with the Jets. Did he really follow

through on being one of the top picks in his respect to draft class a few years ago? I

would say no. I don't think anybody out there would argue that he has justified that

yet. He did have that brief stretch over the final several games of his rookie season

where he looked pretty good. But otherwise, he's been lackluster at best. Now a couple

qualifiers. First and foremost, he was with the Jets. So sorry, Jets fans. But we know it was

a mess under Adam Gase. We also know he's quite young. You know, in fact, Joe Brady did

remark that that was one of the appealing things of Darnold. You have, it's not like

you're trading for a guy in his 30s. You're trading for a guy who is still he's not even

25 yet. And here he has three years in the NFL. So there's a wealth of experience there.

Now granted, the play wasn't amazing by any means. But there's a wealth of experience

there that you simply wouldn't get had you say drafted a rookie, you know, in the first

round this year, which in theory, they could have ultimately ended up with Justin fields

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