Dave Canales may have just pocketed his first receipt as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers.
During his monlogue at Thursday night’s NFL Honors show, actor and comedian Keegan-Michael Key delivered a punchline at the Panthers’ expense. Take a look:
Well, Canales definitely saw it—and it appears as though he’s taken note . . .
— Dave Canales (@TheCoachCanales) February 9, 2024
The Panthers finished at an NFL-worst 2-15 in 2023. That, obviously, placed them far outside of Super Bowl contention. Get it?
Unfortunately, the franchise is no stranger to being the butt of the joke—especially this season. But Canales, who is quite active on social media, hopes to use his platform to turn that around.
“What’s important to me is that we all grow to have a relationship,” Canales recently said of his interactions with fans online. “And as we have a chance to get into more detail about what we’re lookin’ for from a football standpoint, my hope is that I can show you what to look for in what we’re trying to become.
“My hope is that if I put this out there and I say, ‘This is who we’re gonna be,’ that we’re able to have this relationship where, like, you keep me accountable. ‘You said we’re gonna play this brand of football, you guys are crazy about the ball—we had three turnovers last week. We were -2 or we were -3.’ And I’ll be able to say, ‘That’s a great point. That’s not the kind of football we wanna play.’ So my hope is that we can kinda grow in that relationship as we have that expectation of who we’re gonna become.”
Remember that, Keegan-Michael.
