CHARLOTTE — Jokes are only truly funny if everyone gets to laugh. Dancing's not as much fun if only a few people are moving.

So the key is having everyone involved.

Or almost everyone, at least.

When legendary linebacker Luke Kuechly was asked to describe the 2015 Panthers team in one word, he thought for several seconds, furrowing his brow and concentrating because Kuechly takes every assignment seriously.

When he finally brightened up and said, "If it had to be one word, it would have to be 'Fun!," he proceeded to talk for another seven minutes. There was that much material.

On the Carolina Panthers in 2015, everyone was having a ball. And at a certain point in the year, it began to create its own momentum, and it was hard to decide if they were having so much fun because they were

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