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Jimmy Johnson Eviscerates Panthers Owner David Tepper in Wake of Bryce Young Fiasco
It's been open season all week on the Carolina Panthers in the wake of the Bryce Young fiasco. Just about everybody with a microphone has chimed in on what went wrong for the franchise. It was Jimmy Johnson's turn on Sunday before the Panthers took on the Las Vegas Raiders under new starter Andy Dalton.
The longtime Dallas Cowboys head coach was on Fox NFL Pregame and, touching on Young's benching, laid the blame at the feet of Panthers owner David Tepper. Johnson went on to list all his sins, eviscerating the billionaire and accusing him of playing "fantasy football" by constantly making decisions based on his whims and not the advice of the real football people around him.
"The owner of the Carolina Panthers, that's the problem. He's making the major decisions without listening to his football people. David Tepper. It's his team, he can do whatever he wants to. But look at the people that's left. He's the one that wanted Bryce Young as the No. 1 pick. Look at Christian McCaffrey, DJ Moore, Brian Burns. You look at Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold. Look at coaches, Steve Wilk, Frank Reich, Matt Rhule. He's run them all off!
"He's got to listen to his football people and quit playing fantasy football."
Jimmy Johnson WENT OFF on Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 22, 2024
"The owner of the Carolina Panthers. That's the problem...He has got to listen to his football people and quit playing fantasy football."pic.twitter.com/p5W5VzSLlP
Tepper purchased the Panthers in 2018. Since then, Carolina has gone 33-70, including the two losses suffered to open this season. They haven't appeared in the playoffs since 2017. The owner has shuffled through six head coaches and numerous quarterbacks. The statistics don't lie on this front— the Panthers have been terrible during Tepper's tenure.
Perhaps this latest debacle will bring change. Perhaps not. Either way, the 2024 season is looking like a tough one for Carolina yet again.
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.