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According to the team website and multiple other sources, the Carolina Panthers will have three players serve as the main captains for the team this season. The three players chosen were Bryce Young, Derrick Brown, and JJ Jansen. A fourth captain will be chosen each week and rotate among other players on the roster. These selections come as no surprise.
The quarterback is almost always chosen as a captain due to the leadership naturally required at the position, so Bryce Young will wear the “C” on his chest for the third time in his three seasons. The defensive captain was going to come down to one of two players with Derrick Brown being the more obvious of the two (Jaycee Horn being the other). Brown is a huge part of the defense and the locker room culture, and he just signed a deal to be the face of the defense a couple years ago. The entire team has been excited about Brown returning from injury, which solidified his standing as the anchor on that side of the ball. Jansen has been with the Panthers since 1842 and is a no-brainer for captain representing special teams. The Cart Talk host is a fan and player favorite and has seen just about everything the NFL can throw at you.
Candidates for the rotating captains could depend on many factors, and we haven’t gotten an explanation of what the criteria will be. Still, we can take a guess as to some of the more likely candidates. The aforementioned Jaycee Horn will almost assuredly be a captain at some point this season. Tre’Von Moehrig would be another fairly obvious choice after receiving a hefty contract this past offseason. We could also see players like Tershawn Wharton, A’Shawn Robinson, or Christian Rozeboom get the honor for a week. On offense, someone like Taylor Moton likely gets the nod at some point, as will Chuba Hubbard in all likelihood. Robert Hunt, Austin Corbett, and Damien Lewis could also put on the “C” for a game. The youth movement through the rest of the offense makes those the most likely candidates.
