CHARLOTTE — The Panthers have a real confidence that now-center Cade Mays and once-again starting right guard Chandler Zavala can cook.

Even though they haven't, you know, seen them cook.

Well, one of them, at least.

The Panthers are in the not-unusual place of turning to some backup offensive linemen, but they kept this group together on purpose for times like these. And because the nine guys on the offensive line have been together for a while, they also know each other's hidden talents, and quirks, and really everything about each other.

There are no secrets in that room, but there might be grudges.

"He's an aspiring chef. But he doesn't cook for us," Mays revealed of Zavala. "Like you should put that out there. It's crazy he doesn't cook for us. His dad's like a world renowned

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