Sunday was a day that Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper would presumably prefer to overlook.
Not solely did the Panthers undergo their worst lack of the season (26-0 to the Jacksonville Jaguars), however video surfaced on social media seemingly exhibiting Tepper tossing a drink on a Jaguars fan sitting immediately in entrance of his suite.
Tepper threw his empty cup down and stormed off because the fan tried to climb from his seat into the field the place Tepper was sitting.
The NFL is conscious of the video, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, however declined to remark additional on the matter.
The incident couldn’t have come at a worse time for Tepper, who’s within the midst of a head-coaching search after firing Frank Reich 11 video games into the season.
Tepper has a fame for being a troublesome proprietor to work for, and The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported just a few weeks in the past that a number of Panthers workers warned Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who’s a reported goal of Tepper’s to succeed Reich, about taking the Panthers job if provided.
Past Tepper’s flippant nature as a boss, the Panthers head-coaching job is one which prime candidates don’t appear to need. Regardless of having the worst report within the NFL, the Panthers are with out their first-round decide in 2024, which is the primary total decide, due to final yr’s commerce to draft Bryce Younger.
Younger has thrown for two,783 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and struggled for a lot of his rookie season along with his two prime targets being 33-year-old Adam Thielen and rookie Jonathan Mingo, who has but to attain an NFL landing by 17 video games.
Younger has additionally been sacked 59 occasions this yr whereas behind an offensive line that struggles to dam any staff with even a semi-competent pass-rush.
Carolina’s subsequent head coach is tasked with mentoring Younger, discovering at the least one or two extra weapons for him to throw to and including two or three extra lineman who can defend him and not using a first-round decide and simply $39M in cap area.