CHARLOTTE — When Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard is asked about a disappointing performance by the team's offense in the opener, he answers fairly matter-of-factly.

"I mean, obviously, last week didn't go the way we wanted to, but you know, I think it was really a lot of small things," Hubbard said Thursday. "And the small things mean a lot in the grand scheme of a game, so I think we just clean up those things and we'll see a lot of things happen."

And if anyone would know about the small things, it's Chuba Hubbard.

He's become the local sensei of doing the small things correctly, and as time passes, he's gaining disciples.

Hubbard might not have a captain's patch on his jersey, but he's absolutely a leader here because of the way he does his business. When he was a rookie strug

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