A 30-0 blowout might breed overconfidence, but inside the Carolina Panthers’ locker room, the mood is anything but complacent ahead of their rematch with the Falcons . The defensive stars Jaycee Horn and Derrick Brown made it clear that Atlanta has geared up since then as well.

“We don’t talk to them [Falcons] like any other team in the league,” Brown told the reporters. “But we know what happened last time we played them. They just had a loss in whoever they played at first and fourth. So they coming in, trying to bounce back, just like us. So we’re gonna have to figure out a way to try to put the field on our side.”

The Panthers’ defense isn’t underestimating their divisional foe, because this time, Atlanta has sharpened something they lacked in the first meeting, playma

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