Panthers coach Ron Rivera took the high road, and quarterback Cam Newton took a golf cart to leave the practice field, so he wasn’t available to the media to respond to Kelvin Benjamin’s verbal attack on Newton.
But Panthers tight end Greg Olsen addressed the issue by both defending his quarterback and taking a couple of subtle jabs at Benjamin, the former Panthers’ No. 1 wideout who was traded to Buffalo last season for a pair of draft picks.
Olsen called Benjamin’s comments “weird,” while suggesting Benjamin keep his focus on his own Bills team, which hosts Carolina this week in an exhibition game in Buffalo.