Key Highlights
- There was no champagne-spray celebration in the locker room Sunday and no passing out of NFC South championship hats and T-shirts, either. But the Carolina Panthers didn't care. They were in the playoffs for the first time since 2017, and that's all that mattered to second-year coach Dave Canales."Championship opportunity right in front of us,'' Canales said after the Panthers captured the NFC South for the first time since 2015 by virtue of the Atlanta Falcons' 19-17 win over the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Stadium."How long can we keep that statement true.
- That was my message to the group over a month ago.
- [Go] 1-0 with a chance to win the division.
- That's been our focus.
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