How the Carolina Panthers are turning a team into a program

Carolina Panthers

There was only one period left in the practice when Dave Canales called the entire team together. The Panthers had just finished two team drills—the first clearly won by the defense, the second dominated by the offense—and had a move-the-ball period remaining. “I just regrouped them and said these things are going to happen,” Canales explained after practice. Lots of yelling, lots of emotions, and all that, that doesn’t fix anything, but sincere conversations, eye-to-eye contact, and connection, that’s how we refocus as a team and take those steps.

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