CHARLOTTE — Wednesday's practice started like most normal Wednesday practices in the NFL. The Panthers took the field late afternoon, walking through individual drills and jogging through 7-on-7s. Then, as team drills began, the intensity ratcheted up.

Despite it being a non-padded day, guys ran through scrums with a vengeance, and even hopped head-first into some post-play jawing among some of the usual suspects (you can generally find Jaycee Horn in the middle of such action).

After a 26-10 loss to the Jaguars on Sunday in Week 1, one could assume the mood would be downtrodden, resigned. But it was the opposite.

"I think when you play a game like that it's, all the guys are—it means something to them," Canales shared after the first practice in preparation for the Arizona Cardinals.

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