Devin Lloyd is already changing something the Panthers have lacked for years

Carolina Panthers linebacker Devin Lloyd | Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesThe Carolina Panthers made a statement by signing second-team All-Pro linebacker Devin Lloyd to a three-year, $45 million deal. And the way he talks about the game shows just how impactful this move could be.

"I really try to treat practice like the game as much as I can, and obviously there's a time and a place to be physical, I guess you could say…but you can always play fast, you can always play with great technique, you always play, just flying around the field really at 100 miles an hour."

That mentality? That’s the direction Carolina is heading. There’s a reason Lloyd…