Hey, so the Carolina Panthers did a thing this past week. And, as a result, some other things will look a bit different heading into the 2022 regular season.
Let’s try to figure out how different they’ll look in this—our pre-training camp predictions for the 53-man depth chart.
Offense:
| Position | Starter | Depth | ||
| QB | Baker Mayfield | Sam Darnold | Matt Corral | |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | Chuba Hubbard | D’Onta Foreman | |
| WR | DJ Moore | Terrace Marshall Jr. | Brandon Zylstra | Andre Roberts |
| WR | Robbie Anderson | Rashard Higgins | Shi Smith | |
| TE | Ian Thomas | Colin Thompson | ||
| TE | Tommy Tremble | |||
| LT | Ikem Ekwonu | Cameron Erving | ||
| LG | Brady Christensen | Michael Jordan | Dennis Daley | |
| C | Bradley Bozeman | Pat Elflein | ||
| RG | Austin Corbett | |||
| RT | Taylor Moton |
Defense:
| Position | Starter | Depth | |
| DE | Brian Burns | Marquis Haynes Sr. | |
| DT | Derrick Brown | Daviyon Nixon | |
| DT | Matt Ioannidis | Bravvion Roy | Phil Hoskins |
| DE | Yetur Gross-Matos | Amaré Barno | Darryl Johnson |
| WLB | Shaq Thompson | Brandon Smith | |
| MLB | Damien Wilson | Julian Stanford | |
| SLB | Frankie Luvu | Cory Littleton | |
| CB | Donte Jackson | CJ Henderson | Myles Hartsfield |
| SS | Xavier Woods | Juston Burris | |
| FS | Jeremy Chinn | Kenny Robinson | |
| CB | Jaycee Horn | Keith Taylor Jr. |
Specialists:
| Position | ||
| K | Zane Gonzalez | |
| P | Johnny Hekker | |
| LS | JJ Jansen | |
| KR | Andre Roberts | Chuba Hubbard |
| PR | Andre Roberts | Shi Smith |
