This may come as an absolute shocker to some, but don’t be surprised if the Carolina Panthers aren’t ready for the playoffs in 2024.
Dan Morgan spoke with reporters this afternoon—a day ahead of his first training camp as the Panthers’ president of football operations and general manager. He was asked, even after a nightmare 2023, if his team is primed for postseason contention.
“I’m not gonna put any expectations on anything right now,” Morgan replied. “What I do know is that there’s a lot of work ahead of us—not only from a personnel standpoint, but the players. The players know that they gotta put the work in out there. We have a lot of new players that gotta gel together out there and become a team.”
“So in terms of playoffs, we’ll reach that when we’re ready. But I think right now—we focused on today, tomorrow and just trying to get better as a team and an organization.”
As long as we’re being realistic, there’s almost nowhere to go but up for Morgan and the Panthers. Carolina is coming off an NFL-worst 2-15 record this past season, where they also fielded what may have been the most lifeless offense in the franchise history.
But now, they’re looking to build their product the right way—even if that means it’ll take a bit of time.
“Like I said before, we have a plan,” he said. “We have a plan in place, we have a process. We’re aligned in that plan and we’re gonna stick to it. And I feel like if we’re disciplined and we stick to our plan on building this thing, that we will build a winner eventually. I think we’re pretty confident in that.”
