Sir Purr
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CHARLOTTE — The Panthers finished their practice week with a Saturday morning full of 11-on-11 work on the field at Bank of America Stadium.
This practice was a lot like Tuesday's session, but this time there were more "live" periods with some tackling. Of course, defenders were instructed to stay off the quarterbacks.
While the first-team defense got in some tackling, they only went against the first-team offense for one series. For the most part, the ones on defense went against the twos on offense, and the threes on offense faced the twos on defense.
"I don't think those guys (on the starting offense) need to get tackled," head coach Matt Rhule said. "They're going to get tackled enough this year."
Overall, Rhule liked the energy and effort in practice, knowing that there are plenty of things his team must correct.
Here are some observations from the session:
— Throughout practice, the Panthers had on the ambient crowd noise slated to play in empty stadiums during the season. The fake crowd gave the day a little more energy but didn't sound very out of place. It was like watching a sporting event from the last month or so on television, just in real life.