Notebook: Panthers mix things up on defense

[Laetitia]

(By Darin Gantt, [email protected]) The Carolina Panthers showed a little more variety on defense Saturday night, dusting off an old package with new personnel.p/After playing fairly vanilla defensive schemes in the first two games, the Panthers experimented last year with a pass-defense alignment which included three linemen, two linebackers and six defensive backs, but with defensive back span class=boldMarcus Hudson/span as a de facto linebacker. They started showing it last season against pass-happy Arizona, with span class=boldDante Wesley/span in the close-support safety role, but expanded its use through the rest of the season, with the career special teamer logging over 100 defensive snaps.

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[panthers34]

great

[SorthNarolina]

That was funny at how hard the crowd was cheering for a guy that can actually catch punts.

[CAVSS]

Typical Carolina fan b.s. Hey lets all cheer something stupid at the expense of a guy that we have alot invested in. Cause that will help his confidence.