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Panthers HC Dave Canales talked about the team’s attention to detail after their loss against the Saints.
“Really, we just have a standard for how we work and when it’s not up to standard, it’s my job as the head coach to make sure they’re aware of it. I made them aware of it,” Canales said, via Panthers Wire. “I’ve been in the league for a while now—and I’ve seen, sometimes, you have a bad practice and you play great on Sunday. Sometimes, there’s a fantastic practice and you don’t get the results you want. So I have to look at both things. But when there’s a similarity and it leads to something, it gives me an opportunity to point to that fact that every single week is a championship opportunity. Every opponent requires all we have and our focus and our energy to getting prepared for those games.”
Coming off a massive upset over the Packers, which put them at 5-4, the Panthers had a rough showing in a Week 10 loss to the now two-win Saints. Carolina LT Ikem Ekwonu feels their poor week of practice led up to the underwhelming performance.
“We just weren’t locked into the small details, and a couple of guys spoke about it. Coach spoke about it throughout the week,” Ekwonu said, via Joseph Person of The Athletic. “You can’t get days back. If you have a tough day on Thursday, a tough day on Friday, or whatever, you can always look forward, but you can’t get that day back.”
“So that preparation, or a lack thereof, is going to add up. And unfortunately, it just cultivated into what we saw today.”
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