Before delving any further into Friday night’s Patriots-Panthers game, it’s instructive to look back at Carolina’s 26-16 win at Tennessee. Here are three takeaways.
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It’s a stretch to describe any preseason game as interesting, but the first-team snaps and intrigue pick up for the Carolina Panters this week with the arrival of the New England Patriots and their surrounding subplots in Charlotte.
When New England’s equipment staff packs for Friday’s exhibition at Bank of America Stadium, presumably they’ll discard the scissors with which Tom Brady cut his right thumb last week.
Bill Belichick will likely treat Brady’s status as a state secret.