Joe Person

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No longer with a blue check, but still covering the Panthers for The Athletic, sampling craft beers and watching a lot of HS football and baseball games.

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Rico Dowdle next gets to face his former Cowboys team: “They gotta buckle up. I think they know.”

Dave Canales says there is some concern with Tetairoa McMillan after hamstring injury “popped up” today.

RE Panthers’ RB situation, Rico Dowdle mentions his two big games but adds Chuba Hubbard got a new contract and “it’s been his team from the jump.”

Panthers’ Ryan Fitzgerald on his knuckleball kickoffs: “We want it to be hard to track in the air and hard to catch whenever it hits the ground.” Done and done.

Tetairoa McMillan: “Shedeur (Sanders) went out there and killed it. But obviously I’m gonna take my quarterback any day of the week. Shout out 9.”

Xavier Legette said he can’t have another season like last year, when he had too many “mishaps.”

Xavier Legette: Have to make the plays when they matter.

Jimmy Horn said the Panthers only got a glimpse of his speed this weekend. What’s it going to look like when he revs it up? “I’ll be flying. I’ll be out of there.”

That indoor facility can’t get finished quickly enough.

Lathan Ransom on his penalty that preceded the Saints’ game-winning field goal.

Canales on how offense is impacted when pre-snap operation is slow, which it was Sunday and early last year.

Canales on the flea flicker: Aggressive call.

Tommy Tremble on Bryce Young: He. Is. A. Baller.

Austin Corbett wants to be back but knows Panthers have a lot to figure out.

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Bryce Young: It sucks to have a day like this but exciting to grow from it.

Rico Dowdle says his decreased carries at the end of the season will impact his thinking in free agency. Says he wants to go somewhere where he can get bulk of the carries.

Canales: Legette (no toe drag) and McMillan (one-handed in EZ) should have made those “special” plays.

Luke Kuechly revisits his retirement decision. Said he knew people would tell him to see different doctors to convince him to keep playing. But “it was time for me to stop playing football.”

Tetairoa McMillan said the Seahawks playing more man than usual caught the Panthers by surprise.

Roger Goodell: Charlotte is “built for a (NFL) Draft.” Says Super Bowl host cities tied heavily to hotel rooms. But with the city’s growth, Goodell adds Charlotte could be in the mix in the future.

Mike Jackson says the Seahawks traded him for “a bag of chips - a stale bag of chips” when they sent him to Carolina in 2024 for 7th-round LB Michael Barrett, who was cut by Seattle at the end of training camp.

Panthers rookie Nic Scourton on lackadaisical approach before facing Saints: “Some guys got too big-headed and forgot what really goes on in the NFL.”

David Tepper on the success of the Panthers and Charlotte FC: “It’s not too shabby.” Adds: “We’ll see where it goes,” while praising Dave Canales and Dan Morgan for what they’re building.

Dave Canales says he played Bryce Young in part because he didn’t want Andy Dalton playing behind beat-up OL in lopsided loss.

Mike Jackson with a message for anyone would question how the Panthers attacked the Rams on their final drive: “They got armchair quarterbacks, but at the end of the day they ain’t doing this for a living.”

Tepper jokes that he doesn’t go into BOA upper deck for Panthers games b/c fans might throw him out. Does for CLT FC games - and might for Panthers-Bears in Week 1.

Tetairoa McMillan: “I’m just as surprised as you are for dropping so many balls.” T-Mac taking accountability after a couple of drops vs 49ers.

Canales: Xavier Legette has a stinger. Checked for concussion but cleared.

Dave Canales: Ejiro Evero will be back as DC. Leaves open possibility there could be other change on defensive staff.

Dave Tepper says Panthers will have the NFL’s only in-town, 100-yard training facility.

Dave Canales leaves no doubt re Bryce Young. “…We’ve got our guy.”

Bryce Young doing some light running again.

Haynes King. Ball game.