Ah jeez. We didn’t gather the managing editors at Falcons Wire (Matt Urben), Panthers Wire (Anthony Rizzuti), and Bucs Wire (River Wells) with the intentions of crowning Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich as our consensus pick for Coach of the Year, but that’s exactly what happened.
Look, maybe Dennis Allen has what it takes to lead the New Orleans Saints to the promised land and prove all his doubters wrong. We didn’t see that last year or in his years-long run with the Raiders a decade ago, but he might have it in him, buried very deep. We’ll see how Allen and Reich perform head-to-head early on this season. For now, here’s why Reich and the Panthers have us all worried: