Cleaning Out the Panthers Week 6 Quotebook

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LB Luke Kuechly on the Seahawks’ No. 1 ranked run game

“Marshawn [Lynch] is a stud. The other dude that stepped up in there, [Thomas] Rawls, is pretty dadgum good, too. He’s a low-to-the-ground runner. He’s got speed. He runs with a sense he’s got something to prove. That’s cool to see.”

 

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DE Mario Addison on Seahawks QB Russell Wilson

“[He’s] fast. He’s probably the fastest quarterback I’ve played against other Vick.”

Is he faster than you?

“No, he ain’t faster than me. But he’s fast. (laughs)”

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CB Josh Norman on if he’d yap at Wilson if he intercepts him

“Russ is my guy, man. I don’t have anything bad to say about him, so I think I’d be pretty mellowed out.”

Norman on if he’ll continue his horse-riding celebration if he has another pick-6

“We’re going to have our talk with the league about that situation. Heck, if they can spike the ball and spin the ball and it’s not a flag, why I can’t I ride my horse in there?”

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WR Ted Ginn on the careers of fifth-round picks Norman and Seahawks CB Richard Sherman

“I can truly say they started at the bottom and now they’re at the top. I remember Richard Sherman just playing special teams and doing all them duties and then come back the next year and be the guy. Same way with Josh – When I was here, he was a scout team guy, and then I come back a year and a half later and he’s an elite guy in this league. It just shows you how much work they’re putting into it.”

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Coach Ron Rivera on QB Cam Newton averaging nearly 11 carries a game

“He’s going to play to his ability. He’s going to do everything he can to win, and the thing I like is he’s been smart about it. You see him sliding a little bit more, you see him running out of bounds a little bit more, which I think is huge. And as he continues to do those things, he’s got to take care of himself and be smart about it.”

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S Roman Harper on the importance of this game

“If they say that this is a big game, we should just keep winning, then you’ll see big games. Then every game just counts a little bit more. I’ve been 13-0. 3-0 was big; then you’ve got 5-0, that was big; then you’ve got 8-0, and that was big. So just keeping winning and games get bigger just by that. You can’t get caught up in the hype.”

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LB Thomas Davis on if this is a barometer game for the Panthers

“No, it’s not, because [the media] will figure out a way to make light of it, anyway. We’re 4-0 right now and we’re the worst 4-0 team in the league, allegedly.”