CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Phil Snow was as creative as any NFL defensive coordinator in 2020 because of injuries and youth on a Carolina Panthers unit that invested all seven draft picks on his side of the ball.
He succeeded in helping the team stay in a lot of games few expected, including a 24-16 loss to Green Bay in Week 15, in which eventual NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers was sacked five times and held to 143 yards passing.
Rodgers frustratingly referred to Snow’s defense afterward as a 3-5-3 scheme that had a lot of “college principals.