Most Panthers fan think oddsmakers are underestimating Bryce Young and Dave Canales
When FanDuel released their win total odds for each team last week, we decided to ask y’all what you thought about their odds for the Carolina Panthers. They put the over/under on wins for Bryce Young and Dave Canales at 6.5 and y’all seemed to think that was a touch low.
90% of you, in fact, would take the over on that bet.
The Panthers are coming off of a strong finish to the 2024 season, relative to where they started, and have plenty of room left to improve. FanDuel apparently thinks that, after a whole offseason of work and additions, that the Panthers are only going to improve by 1.5 games over last season.
Yes, every team “gets better” in free agency and, yes, Dan Morgan still has every opportunity to air ball the entire draft. But that is all secondary to how the Panthers won five games last season and how they lost a handful more.
Young’s improvement passed the eye test when he returned to play late last season and fans have little reason to believe he won’t at least maintain his improved level of play. That alone, across a whole season, should be good for more than six wins.
We’ll check back in with this question across the off season to see if and when this simmering optimism reaches a boil.