With so much hubbub surrounding the future of Steve Wilks, the future of Al Holcomb has gone overlooked. As the Carolina Panthers look to possibly pivot off of Wilks, the team’s 2022 interim defensive coordinator has been left in a bit of a limbo.
Nonetheless, Holcomb showed that he is an impressive and talented young defensive mind this past season. Even despite a rough start, which was to be expected given the circumstances of the 1-4 Panthers, the 52-year-old admirably (and effectively) picked up the pieces left behind by the departures of Matt Rhule and his predecessor Phil Snow.
