We’re counting down the days until the Panthers open up the 2025 season!
We are less than three months away from the first NFL Sunday of the 2025 season. More specifically, there are just 91 days until the Carolina Panthers kick off the campaign. As per usual, we recognize the day by profiling the player wearing 91 for the good guys. Today is new edge Patrick Jones II.
Jones came into the NFL to the Vikings via a third round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Minnesota has generally been flush with edge rushers over the last few seasons, so Jones always functioned as a rotational piece. In his fourth season, he set career highs in sacks (7), tackles (39), QB hits (12), and tackles for loss (9). That breakout season earned him a two year, $15 million contract with the Panthers this offseason.
Jones will join fellow Minnesota castoff DJ Wonnum on the front lines. Neither are dominant pass rushers, but the Panthers are hoping that enough decent talent puts enough pressure on opposing fronts to manufacture at least a little bit of effectiveness. There won’t be much pressure to perform with the pair of former Vikings and two incoming rookies to all split the attention. At the very least that’ll make this front seven better than what the Panthers had last season.