How the Carolina Panthers can win the NFC South in 2020

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 15: Christian McCaffrey #22 of the Carolina Panthers runs with the ball during the first quarter during their game against the Seattle Seahawks at Bank of America Stadium on December 15, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) /

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Carolina Panthers, Teddy Bridgewater (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

1. New starting QB Teddy Bridgewater spreads the football around.

The one-time first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings has pulled off quite the comeback (via Tim Weaver of PanthersWire.com) considering a few years ago, his career seemed to be in doubt. During his NFL career, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has now played in 44 regular-season games and made 34 starts, completing 65.2 percent of his passes, good for 38 scores and 25 interceptions.

It would be easy to assume that All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey would once again be the focal point of the team’s attack. After all, he led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage in 2019 and tied for the league lead with 19 total touchdowns. He also became just the third player in NFL history to total at least 1,000 yards both rushing and receiving in the same season. But Carolina’s approach during free agency saw them go after a lot of skill people, mainly at wide receiver.

The team already has a talented duo in speedster D.J. Moore and versatile Curtis Samuel. The club added former New York Jets’ big-play performer Robby Anderson and also signed wideouts Seth Roberts (Ravens), Keith Kirkwood (Saints) and Pharoh Cooper (Cardinals).

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Bridgewater needs to take advantage of all of his talent on his newest team. He comes off a year in which he threw nine touchdown passes (two interceptions) in five starts with the Saints and is more than capable of the task.

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