Two games — that’s all it took for our first taste of the professional player Carolina Panthers rookie DJ Moore may become.
Expectations for Moore, the first receiver selected in this year’s NFL draft, were naturally always high. And while Panthers coach Ron Rivera has insisted this offseason that the team wanted to work Moore into the offense slowly, being careful not to overload the 21-year-old, that plan may be changing somewhat.
Moore only saw 17 offensive snaps in the team’s Week 1 victory over Dallas, and registered one rush for 3 yards and no catches. It was mostly more of the same Sunday against Atlanta, when he again played 17 of 67 offensive snaps and had one rush for 7 yards.