Panthers Jeremy Chinn embracing a new role: 'I feel confident in this defense'
When the Carolina Panthers restructured the defense, shifting its base to a 3-4, it changed the former second-round pick's role on defense. Jeremy Chinn is slotted to play a more dexterous role on defense, switching to a versatile big nickel with the potential to line up almost anywhere in the secondary. "I feel good," Chinn […]
When the Carolina Panthers restructured the defense, shifting its base to a 3-4, it changed the former second-round pick's role on defense.
Jeremy Chinn is slotted to play a more dexterous role on defense, switching to a versatile big nickel with the potential to line up almost anywhere in the secondary.
"I feel good," Chinn said about this latest transition via the Panthers website. "I feel confident in this defense, and now it's a matter of going out and having fun with it and bringing it to life."
The new role is one that Donte Jackson has the utmost faith in moving forward.
"We always knew that whatever this defense asks from him, he was going to be the guy to go get it done because he's one of those guys that, energy-wise, we all follow," Jackson said.
"He's just a dynamic player regardless. He's a see-ball, get-ball type of guy. And with those types of guys, you never really want to box him in and tell him to do this when this happens or do this when this happens. You kind of just want to let those type of guys just fly around and make plays, and that's what Chinn has always been, you know, dating back to when he first got here."
The Panthers will unveil and unleash Chinn against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 10. It is a role that few can wait to see, Chinn himself included.
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