September 2016 Issue Final web

2016 Kicks Off With a Goal:
Championship or Bust
Panthers season officially kicks off on September 8th with a Super Bowl re-match
game beginning at 8:30pm in Denver, CO.
ensions are running high as
Tthe Panthers take on their
2015 SuperBowl opponents in
the first game of the season. For
the first time since 2011, Josh
Norman, the star cornerback
from Coastal Carolina University,
will not be patrolling the
secondary; the 28 year old was
picked up by the Washington
Redskins for the 2016 season.
But this has not deterred fans,
or oddsmakers, from expecting
to cheer the Cardiac Cats all the
way to the Superbowl again this
year. And with Peyton Manning
no longer in the way, hope is
soaring in the Carolinas;
Broncos quarterback Trevor
Siemian is likely to start. That
being said, rookie cornerbacks
James Bradberry and Daryl
Worley are still on the watch list,
but All-Pro linebacker Thomas
Davis claims that the team
has even more talent than it
did a year ago. ‘’No question
about that. I feel like we have
gotten better in the offseason
as a football team and with the
additions that we have made to
this team,’’ Davis said. ‘’When
you look at the competition level
across the board, I think it has
raised everyone’s level of play.
We are definitely heading in a
great direction.’’ Denver defeated
Carolina 24-10 in Super Bowl
50 in February and the upcoming
2016 opener will be the first
Super Bowl rematch on opening
weekend since 1970. “It’s exciting
for our players to compete
on a national stage,” Panthers
coach Ron Rivera said. “We have
earned the right to be in the
spotlight and we have to take
advantage of it.”
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