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In/Out

• DE Charles Johnson sat out with a sore calf. The Panthers won’t rush him back, so don’t be surprised if he misses Friday’s preseason opener.

• LB Shaq Thompson, who has been limited with a tweaked hamstring, watched Monday’s practice. Coach Ron Rivera said he hopes his first-round pick will play in Buffalo, but Thompson’s status is up in the air.

• OL Amini Silatolu remains out with a calf injury he suffered Friday night.

• CB Lou Young wasn’t even out on the field a day after he injured his hamstring.

• WR Ted Ginn had a veteran’s day off.

Top Plays

• Two plays into the day’s first team passing period, Josh Norman intercepted Cam Newton. You may have heard about what happened next.

• Going against defensive end Frank Alexander in a one-on-one drill, left tackle Michael Oher made arguably his most dominant block of camp. A couple seconds after the snap, Oher essentially had Alexander pinned on the ground.

• Undrafted fullback Lee Ward wasn’t asked to do much at Stanford except block, but he continues to show he’s capable of more. Ward, who had just five touchdowns in three seasons with the Cardinal, looked like a natural while hauling in a short touchdown from Anderson.

Offensive MVP

WR Brenton Bersin: Mike Brown and Jarrett Boykin overshadowed him Sunday, but Bersin had yet another solid day making a number of receptions. He’s going to make it real hard on the Panthers to choose one of those other guys over him.

Defensive MVP

LB Thomas Davis: Helped diffuse the situation between Newton and Norman, and later, did the same when Luke Kuechly and Marcus Lucas got a bit heated.

Other Observations

• Rivera doesn’t explode in public much, but he certainly wasn’t happy with his second-team defense early in practice. He called them over, had some choice words, and seconds later, pulled DT Micanor Regis from the drill.

“I came in and one of the things I talked to them about is that this is going to be our only real true day to get some good work in terms of a thud, of uptempo, a big thud, getting ready to wrap up and tackle,” Rivera said.

“One of the things you don’t want to do is show up on game day and not be ready for it and have a real disappointment in the first period. I really expressed to those guys that Buffalo doesn’t care how you feel or what you think. They’re coming in to play and coming to set a tempo and we better be ready for it.”

• WR Damiere Byrd dropped a pass in one-on-ones. It may have been his first drop since the Panthers signed him back in the spring.

• Backup quarterback Derek Anderson helped bring some levity to what had become a tense practice. After Norman and Newton’s scuffle, the backup quarterback took a pseudo victory lap after he broke off a long run.

Coming Up

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