The Tetairoa McMillan era has begun in Carolina and it looks like it'll be a fun one. In the first quarter of Friday's preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, quarterback Bryce Young found McMillan on a beautiful sideline toss, which McMillan adjusted perfectly for and brought down for 30 yards. The duo connected again later on the drive for 13 yards.

Jalen Coker finished the drive with a touchdown catch, and he's also expected to be a pretty important part of Carolina's offense after showing some promising flashes in his rookie year.

Xavier Legette, meanwhile, was ejected for fighting with Browns safety Rayshawn Jenkins, before he caught a pass or was targeted once. That's about as disappointing a start to the 2025 season as I can imagine for Legette.

Being thrown out of a preseason game is ridiculous on its own, but doing so less than 10 minutes into a game you had no impact on is a pretty rough look. This take might make me sound like an old man, but this isn't the tone you want to set for a season that's pretty important for your standing on a team.

On the Panthers' first depth chart of the season, Legette was listed as a starting wide receiver alongside the rookie McMillan and the longtime veteran Adam Thielen. Of course, Legette's starting position isn't going to be lost because of one silly mistake in a preseason game.

And still â€" why? There's tons of wide receiver competition on this team and the preseason is where a guy like Legette, who was awesome at points last season, to show that he's miles ahead of backups and practice squad-level players.

This isn't how you do that! This is how you make the coaching staff think (fairly or not) that you don't actually care at all. Ugh.