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“I’m going to miss my morning (golf cart) ride with Ryan,” Kuechly said. “We’re going to miss Thomas’ big monster truck contraptions that he always drives around. Small stuff like that is what you miss most about guys. Just time spent with them in the lunch room and dorms…
“You can’t replicate guys like Thomas and Ryan.”
No, you can’t. But you have to embrace the change.
“A lot of new faces. A lot of young guys. That’s the NFL. Change is the only constant,” Olsen said. “We have to adapt and find new guys to fill those leadership roles. We’ve got a little over a month to do it.”
Kuechly and Olsen will no doubt miss their buddies. And head coach Ron Rivera must now identify new leaders as his team prepares for 2019. The departures of Kalil, Davis, Julius Peppers, Mike Adams and Captain Munnerlyn have created tons of opportunity to others to emerge.
“We have some guys that are poised to step up into those positions and ready to assume those leadership roles,” Rivera said. “It’s going to be very important that guys do step up and become guys that our guys will get behind and follow.”