In addition to missing three games due to a groin injury that hampered him for much of the second half of last season, the 2018 second-round pick was benched by Panthers interim head coach Perry Fewell for surrendering too many big plays while freelancing in coverage. Jackson even went so far to lash out, criticizing the defensive playcalling after a loss to the Falcons, lowlighting two “horrible calls” by Fewell, who would ultimately bench Jackson in a Week 16 loss to the Colts.
