New York Jets 2021 schedule: Top 5 favorable offensive mismatches

Carolina struggled defensively in the 2020 season. The Panthers allowed 2.50 points per drive, which ranked 26th in the NFL. Many of Carolina’s defensive issues stemmed from a weak run defense. Defensive coordinator Phil Snow’s group yielded 4.7 yards per rush attempt, ranking fifth-worst in the league. The run-stopping issues all started smack-dab in the middle of the trenches. The Panthers’ interior defensive linemen combined for a Pro Football Focus run defense grade of 52.8, which ranked 24th in the league. Here’s the problem for Carolina fans: things are not trending in a positive direction here. This offseason’s events have the IDL unit poised to perform even worse against the run in 2021. Carolina’s best run-stopping defensive tackle from the 2020 season by a massive margin, Zach Kerr (77.8 run defense grade), is out of town after signing with the 49ers. If you take Kerr out of the picture, the rest of Carolina’s interior defensive linemen combined for a horrid run defense grade of 46.7, which would h