Panthers

Dave Canales brought in Brad Idzik as his new offensive coordinator, but Idzik has no empirical data or clear coaching tree to project his scheme from. The West Coast assignment is a default fallback, creating significant uncertainty about the offense's direction. There's potential tension between Canales' Shotgun Spread background (70% shotgun, high tempo) and the traditional West Coast projection. On defense, Evero returns with high confidence after his empirical data shows a Modern Odd-Front Zone approach that translated well in 2025. The offense carries the uncertainty here, as it's unclear whether Idzik will align with Canales' spread tendencies or implement something entirely different.