Upcoming game crucial for Captain Munnerlyn

The Carolina Panthers defensive back needs to have a good game…

Things happen. Just ask Carolina Panthers cornerback Captain Munnerlyn. On Thursday, the defensive back only played five snaps in the team’s opening preseason game against the Buffalo Bills.

It was not because he was doing anything detrimental to the team. Rather, it was a team mistake as the powers that be lost track of his snap count. As Ron Rivera told Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer on Sunday, Munnerlyn will have more than enough opportunities to make up for the minimal snaps.

“We lost count of his snaps in the game. And we pulled him out before we should have. We’re going to get him some extra ones this coming week,”…