{"id":17847,"date":"2021-07-02T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=17847"},"modified":"2021-07-02T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:47:55","slug":"carolina-panthers-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/carolina-panthers-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"CAROLINA PANTHERS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of sitting still in the NFL Draft and selecting the guy I thought was the second best QB prospect coming out of college (Justin Fields from Ohio State), the Carolina Panthers outsmarted themselves once again, trading the New York Jets for Sam Darnold and going back into battle with one of the weakest rosters in a loaded NFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the bright side, hopefully Christian McCaffrey will be healthy this season as he suffered the usual post big contract injury and let down season that\u2019s become commonplace in the modern NFL. Carolina was worse than its record last season, so there\u2019s a chance head coach Matt Rhule might be OK. He\u2019s built up the defense some, but there\u2019s little chance enough has improved to become a serious contender in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAROLINA<\/strong> PANTHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 5-11, third place NFC South<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> under 7.5 wins -130, over 7.5 wins +100<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Jaycee Horn, CB, South Carolina \u2013 Round 1, Terrace Marshall Jr., WR, LSU \u2013 Round 2, Brady Christensen, OT, BYU \u2013 Round 3, Chuba Hubbard, RB, Oklahoma State \u2013 Round 4, Daviyon Nixon, DT, Iowa \u2013 Ruound 5, Keith Taylor, CB, Washington \u2013 Round 5, Deonte Brown, OG, Alabama \u2013 Round 6, Shi Smith, WR, South Carolina \u2013 Round 6, Thomas Fletcher, LS, Alabama \u2013 Round 6, Phil Hoskins, DT, Kentuck \u2013 Round 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Paddy Fisher, LB \u2013 Northwestern, Oscar Draguicevich, P \u2013 Washington State, Spencer Brown, RB \u2013 UAB, David Moore, OL \u2013 Grambling, Mason Stokke, FB \u2013 Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions: <\/strong>A.J. Bouye, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Sam Darnold, QB \u2013 Trade, DaQuan Jones, DL Free Agent, Denzel Perryman, LB – Free Agent, Haason Reddick, Edge – Free Agent, Cameron Erving, LG – Free Agent, Rashaan Melvin, CB – Free Agent, Pat Elflein, LG – Free Agent, Caraun Reid, DL – Free Agent, David Moore, WR – Free Agent, Morgan Fox, DL – Free Agent, Delano Hill, DL – Free Agent, Frankie Luvu, LB – Free Agent, Dan Arnold, TE – Free Agent, Stephen Sullivan, TE – Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses: Teddy Bridgwater \u2013 QB, Kawaan Short \u2013 DL, Russell Okung \u2013 LT, Tre Boston \u2013 Safety, Mike Davis \u2013 RB, Tahir Whitehead \u2013 LB, Tyler Larsen \u2013 C, Michael Parlady \u2013 P, Curis Samuel \u2013 WR, Michael Schofield \u2013 RG, Zach Kerr \u2013 DT, Chris Manhertz \u2013 TE, Rasul Douglas \u2013 CB, Alex Armah \u2013 FB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Sam Darnold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Christian McCaffrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Robby Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> D.J. Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> David Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Dan Arnold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FB:<\/strong> Mike Daniel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Cameron Erving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Pat Elflein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Matt Paradis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> John Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Taylor Moton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Haason Reddick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDT: <\/strong>Bravvion Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDT:<\/strong> Derrick Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> Brian Burns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Shaq Thompson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB:<\/strong> Denzel Perryman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Jermain Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Donte Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Jaycee Horn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS:<\/strong> Jeremy Chinn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Justin Burris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Joey Slye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Joseph Charlton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers\u2019 fanbase is going to get pretty excited thanks to an opening month\u2019s schedule facing the New York Jets, Drew Brees-less New Orleans Saints and the hapless (I\u2019ll keep using that word) Houston Texans. A 3-0 start is not out of the question. It\u2019s all the games after that which could spell trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Mike McCarthy is a garbage head coach, the Dallas Cowboys should be at full strength, roster-wise, in Week 4 and that could spell a solid losing streak with games against the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, a New York Giants team that\u2019s at least a year ahead of Carolina and an Atlanta Falcons squad that could end up in the Wild Card round. And that\u2019s all before they play the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers twice, the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 6-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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