The momentum built on the back half of the 2024 season as the Panthers offense, in its first year under Dave Canales, averaged 24.3 points per game during the last eight weeks of the season.
There are times a team can catch fire, though, only to see it burn out in the cold doldrums of late February and March. Carrying that momentum into spring, training camp, and then the 2025 season will be the challenge.
"I think it's continuously trusting what coach is building with this team and knowing that it works," Tremble said. "I think it's one thing to say it but another thing to see it happen, especially at the end of last year, and so a lot of guys in the building got belief in this whole staff, this team, and I think that's the difference maker going into this next year."
There wasn't always that consistency. Years of head coaching changes, offensive coordinator changes, and play caller changes meant the offense was in constant turmoil, bad play affecting the coaching changes and vice versa, leading to each change cutting out the legs from the other.
"I think that's been a little bit of a struggle since I got here as a rookie with a lot of offensive coordinators, a lot of changes up top, and you know it's a result of our play," Tremble explained. "It's a result of everything, but that consistency going into the second year, it's really exciting knowing that we can just keep on building from last year, and I think a lot of guys feel that in the building they're really excited to just keep stacking."