CHARLOTTE — It's almost time, friends, time for actual football.

And when the Panthers go to Jacksonville this weekend to open the regular season, it will be time for the conversation to turn to what it's actually all about.

It's easy in the offseason to get lost in the flashy highlights of passing drills, even the one-on-ones in camp can create a buzz. And what Bryce Young is able to do with a recently shuffled group of receivers is certainly important.

But for the Panthers to fulfill the expectations of improvement that so many people have, it's going to hinge on the less glamorous work up front.

After giving up 65 sacks in 2023, the Panthers went out and invested in guards Robert Hunt and Damien Lewis to go with holdovers Austin Corbett and tackles Ikem Ekwonu and Taylor

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