New Panthers head coach Dave Canales has already kept the receipts.
Coach Canales, who took over a Carolina team that finished last in the NFL last season with a 2-15 record, took exception to a joke made by Keegan-Michael Key during Thursday night’s NFL Honors.
“My understanding is that Taylor Swift is in Tokyo right now,” the host joked. “The only team that is away from the Super Bowl is the Carolina Panthers.”
Canales cited the jab at X and added a thoughtful face and bookmark emoji to indicate he would be back.
The former Buccaneers offensive coordinator will be tasked with sniffing out a Super Bowl in the near future.
Despite having the league’s worst record, the Panthers traded to the Bears last year to acquire QB Bryce Young, who struggled in his rookie season, and will therefore have the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. I can’t.
Canales will look to build an offense around Young, who was the 33rd pick in the second round and showed flashes during the 2023 season, including a three-touchdown game against the eventual NFC runner-up Detroit Lions. would need to.
The 42-year-old, who was hired on Jan. 25, is no stranger to overcoming obstacles.
He and his wife Lizzie wrote the faith-based book “This Marriage? The Question That Changed Everything reveals how he overcame infidelity, porn addiction, and binge drinking.
Canales also has Super Bowl experience on his resume, winning a Super Bowl with the Seahawks in 2013 while serving as quality control/assistant QB coach.
He’s not the first head coach to receive a receipt for his team.
In 2022, Jets head coach Robert Saleh said after the opening week loss that he was receiving receipts from people who mocked the Jets.
The Jets finished in last place in the AFC East with 7 wins and 10 losses.
