Coleman standing watch over "Thieves Avenue"

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Some street dwellers have relocated, and some new faces have moved in.

But according to a returning tenant, the turnover along "Thieves Avenue" won't impact the group's goal of creating turnovers to pave the way to victory.

"Thieves Avenue is where we live, and we are the thieves. So why does it change? It doesn't," safety Kurt Coleman said. "The mantra and mindset hasn't changed. The personnel has, but that's cool. We have new people who are ready to step up in the wings."

Coleman is the lone returning starter from a secondary that erected a street sign in the locker room last season on its way to helping the Panthers pace the NFL with 24 interceptions. Coleman set the…