The Panthers opened the 2021 regular season with a 19-14 win at home over the Jets, and while the gap between the two scores should have been higher, the Panthers left Week 1 with the one thing they had to: a win against an inferior opponent. Sometimes wins are exciting and fun, but sometime — like yesterday — they’re ugly. But at the end of the day, they all count the same in the standings.
We learned a few things about the Panthers yesterday, so let’s take a look back at five takeaways from Week 1, in no particular order.