Former Holy Cross star Jalen Coker ready for playoff run with Carolina Panthers
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Carolina Panthers second-year receiver Jalen Coker spent the last day of the NFL regular season with his girlfriend at his house in Charlotte watching the Atlanta Falcons play the New Orleans Saints and rooting for an Atlanta win. The Panthers’ loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the day before meant Carolina needed some help to secure its first NFC South Division title in a decade. The Falcons delivered with a 19-17 triumph and the Panthers, who won a tiebreaker for the division title, will open the NFL playoffs at home against the Los Angeles Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Jan 10. “It was an interesting position to be in,” Coker, the former Holy Cross star, said in a phone interview this week, “the...