Devin Lloyd checks in at No. 27 on the NFL Top 100 list, a spot that doesn’t surprise the Panthers

“He’s been doing a phenomenal job,” praised safety Nick Scott this week. “I mean, I just give a lot of praise to his leadership skills, his athleticism, and things like that. He’s got great cover ability as a linebacker, so he’s really been adding to just the efficiency of our pass game for sure, getting to his spot and making plays on the ball.”

Lloyd wasn’t the green dot in Jacksonville, given the older guys in front of him, but he’s embraced the role in Carolina.

“The communication has been off the charts,” noted Evero. “I feel like when I’m on the headset with him, I’m talking to another coach and I just know that the level of checks and audibles and things like that, that we’re going to be able to use because of him is going to be, it’s going to take us to a different level.”

The biggest impact Devin Lloyd has had, though, is the parts that go beyond his status on the Top 100 and make him one of the top players in the Panthers’ building: the parts of his game that never showed up on tape. For that matter, they’re parts of his game that didn’t even really exist when he was putting together a Top 100 season, last year in Jacksonville.