Hey Chris Since you and I last spoke, the Panthers are in first place now. Panthers are in first place. It’s a tie. Hey, it’s first, but hey, hey, that tie can be broken very, very soon, very soon, even as much as Thursday night. Heck, people might be watching this after Thursday night, and the Panthers could be first. Let’s, you know what, Chris, let’s get this sucker started. Let’s go. Get dialed in, Panthers fans. Here comes an in-depth look at your team. Exclusive interviews, locker room insight. Let’s huddle up for Panthers Playbook presented by Wake Orthopedics, a WakeMed physician practice. Here are your hosts, Dennis Cox and Chris Lee. Welcome back to another episode of Panthers Playbook, and that’s Chris Lee. Dennis Cox here with you. Panthers Playbook sponsored by Wake Orthopedics. By the way, coming up on the show, an exclusive one on one conversation. With starting left tackle Ikey Iwanu. That’s gonna be on the podcast today. So make sure that you stay all the way through, folks. We’re gonna have a conversation with Ike Akwanu and get their side of things going into this 4-game stretch, which, by the way, in the comment section, on a scale of 1 to 1010 being the most confident, 1 being no confidence. How confident are you that the Panthers are gonna win this thing? Win the division, make the playoffs. Scale of 1 to 10, let us know down below. And Chris, going into this game against the Saints. Now, obviously, some of this can really be dependent on what the Bucks do against the Falcons, but you know what, at that, at the same time, I don’t care because the one thing about this Panthers team is that they are in control. They don’t have to, they don’t need help from anyone else to make the playoffs. The only people that could, the only people that really can control what their future is, is themselves. And it’s been a long time since the Panthers have been in that position. Um, you know, we’ll talk about it like this. Like if the Bucks lose Thursday, we’ll see. The Panthers just win the next two games, right, at the Saints’ home versus Tampa. Doesn’t, it literally doesn’t matter what happens for the rest of the season. You’re in because you would have the tiebreaker. You could lose the next 2. And the Bucks could win out. You would have the tiebreaker versus, uh, the Bucks, um, and a lot of it is just based off of, you know, what you’ve done against similar opponent opponents and other factors. And, uh, so really, as just as you said, like, I mean, you know, maybe, you know, a little bit of help from, uh, the Bucks if you wanna go ahead and get it wrapped up by next week, um, but, you know, essentially all you really have to do is just go to New Orleans, get a win. Come back home and get a win and then you are literally putting the Bucks, um, in serious jeopardy right there uh the pressure will be on them. You can afford to lose to the Seattle Seahawks as long as you go back and beat the Bucks again, you know, and so. I think in theory as well if they just win the two games against the Bucks they’re in as well. You could even lose to the Saints and Seahawks, but you have to beat the Bucks twice. That’s also a possibility as well. But again, we’re putting the cart in front of the horse. I still want them to take care of business against the Saints, take care of business against, take care of the Saints, and, and this, this goes back to the first Saints game like. You’re firmly in first place if you took care of business back then, um, and, and, and like what type of momentum would that have carried over for you to, uh, you know, you win the next game after that, but then you go to San Francisco. What kind of, what kind of momentum would you have had if you go into San Francisco with a three-game winning streak, yeah. You know, uh, so it’s just, it’s those types of things, uh, just to kind of think about, and, you know, with the last essentially quarter of the season, last 4 games, this is a good opportunity to show some of the things that we’ve been talking about, uh, that other, uh, places have been talking about is that consistency, right? The longest winning streak you have this year is a 3-game winning streak. If you went out You’re on a 5 game winning streak heading into the playoffs where you will host. That, that’s, that’s the beauty, that’s a beautiful place to be if you’re the Carolina Panthers. And so, um, and I’m just saying all this to go back and just really reaffirm what you just said. They control their own destiny. So, uh, now that you’re in this position. Nobody thought you’d be in this position. Everybody thought that, you know, maybe by, by hook or by crook, you’d sneak into the playoffs or whatever like Duke did the ACC, uh, championship game that was by hook or by crookbreakers. Yeah, for, for the Panthers, you don’t have to do that, literally just win. Yeah, Panthers get to make their own path. You don’t have to follow in the footsteps of anybody else. You make your own path as a Panthers team right now, and I. I, the, the fact that you bring up the Saints game from, from earlier this season, I think is a really good point because they had a massive win on the, on the road at Green Bay the week before. Massive win, which a lot of us thought, is that the win that turns things around for this franchise, for this team? Is that the win? Is that the victory that catapults this team, and then you lay the egg against, The Saints at home. I want to know how this team learned from that. Because again, you, you had the win against the, the Rams, which by the way, you and I talked about it a couple of weeks ago. It felt like it was the most complete team win that the Panthers have had this season from run game standpoint, pass game, defense. Everything working in unison together and most complete game wasn’t the best defensive performance. Wasn’t the best passing performance. Wasn’t the best rushing performance, but as a whole, it was their best win of the season. OK what did they learn? including coaching too, 100%. That’s their most complete win. How did they learn from that loss to the Saints and how they And how they reacted to that win. You had the bye week, you got your chance to get healthy. And for a, from a team standpoint, at this point in the season, you’re about as healthy as you can get in the NFL at this point in the season. We can dive into that in a little bit. I’m curious to see how this team, again, learned from that Saints loss earlier in the year. And there’s some different aspects of their game, Chris, that I feel like where they excel can win at December football games, especially the blueprint against the Rams, and we’ve seen in so many other games this season. Leaning on that run game to carry your offense. Have to get it going. It can’t be the, the terrible, I almost said something terrible, uh, the terrible performance that, yeah, I almost had to. Against the Saints, if you know what I mean. Well, another part of that too is they tried leaning on a run game, uh, versus the Saints the first time and just didn’t adjust. So like, how do you make adjustments when things aren’t going your way, and that is, I think that is the next. That we, we’ve seen it in flashes with Dave Canales, but I think consistency, now we’re talking about coaching consistency with the consistency to make adjustments in-game, um, I think is the next, uh, thing for him as, as a coach, because you’re not gonna get the perfect look, look every time. Uh, a team is not gonna give you exactly what you saw on tape, right? Like you don’t have to go in this thing and overthink it. Did you spend two weeks overthinking the Saints, or did you go in there, uh, with 2 weeks with, uh, a plan, um, with a Plan A and a Plan B to, to figure out ways to get around, uh, the Saints, cause, you know, that’s a divisional opponent. They’re playing for pride. They’re not going to the playoffs, but they would love to say that 2 of their I guess they have, they would have, it would be 4 wins that would have been, it would be their 4th win if they were to win 2 of their 4 wins against the Carolina Panthers. Who’s a hot team right now over 500, that’s bragging rights for them. That’s one of those things that at the end of the year, they can, they’re gonna hang their hat on and say, look guys, that is, we potentially ruined a, a playoff team’s chance, the way we’re talking about the Arizona Cardinals, right, last year. We’ve ruined a playoff team’s chance, uh, and if we get it together, this is what we can do. That’ll be a great thing for them heading into the offseason. We’re petty and we don’t want that for them. We want, we want to win, but we also want to make sure that they can look in the face, look themselves in the face and be like. Dang, we were only 3 and whatever, you know, and we, we caught the Panthers once, but they whooped our tails the second time around at our place. I think that’s what if, if the players on the team have pride, that’s what they should go after and hopefully JC Hornback, hopefully, uh, you know, well, I guess Chervon, uh, Merrick will be, uh, uh, back. So, you know, we’ll, we’ll have our full complement of troops, hopefully for the most part, you know, for the ones that can play, uh, right now, and, um, just go down there and, and take care of business. That’s all you gotta do. I agree with you, by the way, the, the Saints have won 2 of the last 4 games. Both of them have been in the division against the Panthers on the road and at the Bucks. So they’ve won 2 of the last 4 games on the road at divisional opponents, by the way. So, I mean, do not take the Saints team lightly if you’re the Carolina Panthers. If there’s an aspect of the Panthers that I’m concerned with going forward. It’s the lack of pass rush on this team. So I did a breakdown just looking at the rest of the league in, in, in the NFL and see where the, the Panthers rank in terms of sacks and all that stuff this year. By the way, the Panthers only have 18 sacks on this season. They’re tied for 30th in the NFL. 18 sacks only on the year. By the way, 6 of those came against the New York Jets back in week 7. So literally 1. A third of their sack total came in one game. So also, you know, that sounds like more than than they had last year though in general. Uh, well, last year they had a total of, they were tied for 29th in the, in, in the NFL in 2024 with 32 sacks, and they were dead last in the NFL in 2023 with 27 sacks as a team. So that’s, yeah. So, and again, that 2023 team featured Brian Burns, Derrek Brown, and Frankie Louville. Now, if you actually look at sack percentage, the Panthers are 29th in the NFL in sack percentage at just 4.32% as a team. That number is actually down from. Last year, which was 5.7%, which was 28th in the NFL, and their 2023 sack rate was 5.3%, which is 31st in the NFL. By the way, this is all since Ero Everau became the defensive coordinator. If you also look at just in terms of just pressure percentage. Again, I’m looking at, you know, we’re using a pro football reference, uh, for these numbers. Carolina is 31st in the NFL in pressure rate at just 14.7%. Last year, they were dead last in the NFL at 16.2%, and even in 2023, there were 17.2%, which was 30th in the league. So this team is still struggling getting to the quarterback. Now, obviously, they had a big play from Derrek Brown against the Rams with a strip sack. I’ll get in the strip sack stat stats here in just a sec for you, Chris. But overall, getting to the quarterback and pressuring quarterback. This team really hasn’t done it. Now, they’ve been helped on the back end with the interceptions that they’re getting on the back end. Their interception rate is much higher than it was a year ago. They’re also averaging about I think it’s, uh, they gave up just over 31 points a game last year. Now they’re giving up just under 23. So they’re literally a touchdown and plus better in terms of points per game allowed as a team. They’re up to 15th in the NFL in that regard, as opposed to dead last. So they’ve improved in many areas, including stopping the run, but getting to the quarterback, it’s still a major concern for me going forward, especially you got to play Baker Mayfield twice, Sam Darnold, and Tyler Shuck is showing some flashes in his rookie year as well. It’s still a concern for me. It’s, it’s definitely a concern. I think that, um, there have been times where Iiro ever will, will time up or dial up a safety blitz or a corner blitz, and it just absolutely works out, right? And I, I think that this, the last 4 games, you may have to dial it up just a little bit more. Uh, because you have quarterbacks, look, we’ve seen Baker Mayfield is a smaller quarterback like Bryce Young. He’s not as small as Bryce Young, but one of the reasons that, um, people didn’t necessarily like him in Carolina, it felt like every time he threw up, uh, dropped back the pass, his passes were getting batted down. Like he was, he was horrible in a Panthers uniform, and, uh, Bryce doesn’t seem to get his passes batted nearly as much as Uh, Baker Mayfield did. And so, you know, how can you make it hard for Baker, of course, and they’re gonna do the same thing to Bryce, uh, to, to see over the line, right? Uh, how can you do that with him? Sam Darnold still gets happy feet every once in a while. So if you make him, if you make him uncomfortable, and, um, you know, let’s say if you see ghosts. Make him see the ghost. Make him climb up in the pocket, and, oh snap, there’s Derrek Brown right here. I have to try to circle back around, but oh snap, I have Nick Skorton right here in my grill. What can I do? Like, you know, he, he’s a great passer. He’s a, he’s a good quarterback, and I would have loved to have kept him, um, as a bridge quarterback, uh, before, but he’s still Sam Darnold, right? Like the things that you put on tape. People are gonna remember that and, and you typically kind of show who you are, uh, early on. Um, so, you know, that, that’s, that Sam Darnold is still there, uh, even though he’s much improved, uh, over the last few years, that pretty much, you know, since his last year with, with the Carolina Panthers. Um, so, you know, we’ll see what happens with that. And of course, Tyler Shuck being a rookie, you know, how do you make him more uncomfortable than what you made him last time around? Like, Tyler Shuck, You know, looked so comfortable. He looked like a, a freaking veteran at Bank of America Stadium. He’s the edge. He’s the age of a veteran. Let’s be, he’s like 26 years old or whatever it is, so keep that in mind. Looked so comfortable, man. Like you could have gotten him a pillow and a blanket back there, and he, he just would have had all day to nap, uh, cause he, he didn’t feel that much pressure. Uh, so I’m, I’ll definitely be looking at Iiro Everro cause listen, glad that the defensive stats are a little bit better. A lot of that you can look towards, you know, the pieces that were acquired through, um, you know, free agency in the draft for that. How much can you, Iiro Everro, actually Impact the game and, and help the Carolina Panthers bring this home because it’s gonna have to be on the defensive side. Offense, take care of the ball, you know, get, get some, get some yards, you know what I’m saying? Do your thing, right? But ultimately, it’s gonna have to be the defense um to bring this thing home if they want to see the postseason. So yeah, last year they were allowing 31.4 points per game. That was dead last in the league. This year, 22.8. So we’re literally talking 8.5 points better per game. Or actually, I take that back. Yeah, roughly 8.5 points or so better, uh, per game. So, again, you got to 15th in the NFL and we talked about this last year. They said if this defense can get to just middle of the pack in a lot of different categories, this team can win games, which is what we’re seeing this season. They got into the middle of the pack in a lot of areas. But again, it’s the pass rush that’s been a big struggle. By the way, the strip sack by Derrek Brown. Here’s a number for you, Chris. The strip sack by Derrek Brown against the Rams. It’s the fourth strip sack that the Panthers have had as a team since the start of the 2023 season. Week one of 2023, Brian Burns, remember that game at Atlanta. It was literally the third play of the game. We had a strip sack against Desmond Ritter, but Atlanta jumped on the fumble. That was the first one. The second one came in week two last year, which here’s some names for you. DJ Johnson and Jaden Peavey combined for a strip sack against Justin Herbert against the Chargers in week two. Remember those guys? Remember Jaden Peavey led the team in sacks at one point. And then, uh, also in week 14 in 2024, DJ Wanham forced a fumble, a sack fumble against Jalen Hurts when the Panthers were playing up at the Eagles. And then the Derrek Brown just from a couple of weeks ago, that’s it. Just those 4 times that, that, that literally is the only 4 times that we’ve seen a strip sack from a Panthers defender in the last 3 seasons. They need, they, they need to make quarterbacks. They, yeah, exactly. They need to make quarterbacks more uncomfortable. Simple as that. If that Has an uptick over these last 4 games, Chris? This defense can be really, really dangerous. Here’s another thing too I thought about, um, on the defensive side. If the Buccaneers are in a position where they’re desperate, right? Um, you know, We can’t, if they happen to lose on the Thursday night game, that’ll be two in a row for them, um, and they know they have to, you know, get some wins. If they get desperate, Baker Mayfield is liable to throw interceptions. Um, if Sam Darnold is coming from behind. And is, you know, I got the happy feet and seeing ghosts, he’s liable to throw interceptions. You have some perfect opportunities now that you’ve kind of picked up the pace with interceptions the last few games, you have some perfect opportunities to start, you know, looking at guys and picking them off a little bit. So, I, I, I hope that the defense in all facets, you, you brought up a great point with the pass rush getting to the quarterback, but then also like that secondary. Keep showing them. Bring Thieves Avenue back 100%. I agree with you. I agree with you, but something that can translate. In a positive manner, Chris, it’s the rushing attack for this Panthers team, and the guy anchoring the left side of that offense line, it’s Ike Awanu. How does he feel after the bye week? Let’s go and get to that conversation with Mr. Ike Awanu himself. All right. Joining us here on Panthers playbook, that is Ikey Awanu, the starting left tackle for your Carolina Panthers. And Ikey, let’s go and jump right into this. 4 weeks left in the season. You guys are right there in the hunt for the NFC South championship. How fun is this time for you guys? Is, is everything you have worked all offseason for to build up to this point, how fun is it for you all? I mean, it definitely feels great, uh, you know, being able to play some very, very meaningful ball this late in the season. Um, you know, it’s definitely, it’s, it’s an exciting opportunity having everything out there in front of us like that. Let’s go back to the last time, uh, you guys were on the field against the Rams. Your defense gets 3 turnovers, including a pick 6 by Mike Jackson. Derrek Brown comes up with that big sack as well. You also get a couple of big-time passing plays from Bryce Young, but the running game also was clicking. It felt like from, from the outside perspective, the most complete game that you guys had as a team. How does a win like that against an opponent like the Rams catapult you guys into the, into the byeweek, but also just give you guys that momentum for this final push? I mean it definitely feels good, you know, uh, any, any chance you get to put some great film on tape is gonna feel good and uh obviously that film’s gonna carry over, uh, week in and week out, but I mean it, it definitely, it just, it just goes to show that we can do it, you know, um, you know, when we, when we play together, when we play well and, and, and all the phases of the game, you know, we, we’re definitely gonna like the outcome. So I feel like that was just another example of that. How do you guys make sure you carry it from week to week? I mean just honestly we kind of have like, well I know me personally, but really everybody has like a 24 hour rule in terms of, you know, we go, we celebrate or we, you know, no matter what win lose draw, come in on Monday, watch the film, evaluate it, talk about it, and then after that it’s kind of flushed. And so, you know, once you kind of flush and you take the good things, you take, you know, you learn from the bad things, and once you kind of flush that and, you know, start fresh on Wednesday, you know, it just makes it that much easier to just to transition to the next opponent. So we’ve been, we’ve been having a really good schedule. We’re able to, you know, celebrate, you know, and, and, and, and glory and, and wins and also, you know, and also defeats, being able to, you know, learn, pick those lessons from it and being able to move on. So with the bye week, having that extra week to, to get ready for the rest of the season, I know a lot of coaches, I did this back in college where it was the opportune time to self-scout, learn about yourself. What have you learned about yourself through these 1st 13 games of the season to get you ready for this final push? Yeah, well, I mean, I definitely feel like I’ve gotten better as, as a, as a player, but you know, also as a teammate, uh, this year, so definitely a shout out to the coaching staff and also that the, the guys we have in this locker room, you know, it’s definitely a special group. I feel like we’re just getting more and more connected, uh, each and every day and each and every week. So that, that’s, that’s definitely been something that kind of stood out to me, how close we are as a unit and how much we’ve all, we’ve all improved. Well, let’s, let’s dive into that, that offensive line unit. It’s obviously been yourself, Damian, uh, it’s been Cade, Austin, Josh, everyone. Like there’s so many guys that have played for you all this season, but there are 9 of you guys that were brought back from last year with all the injuries that you guys have had to deal with on the offensive line. It feels like there’s a new starting offensive line combination every week, at least it seems that way. But the fact that you had so many guys coming back from last year, how much is that continuity in the locker room and in the film room carried over to help you guys through these troubling times this year with all the injuries? I mean, uh, it definitely helps. It definitely helps being able to have, you know, a standard of culture that everybody’s already had a year, you know, in, in the program with. So it’s definitely been fortunate, um, you know, just, just the way that guys have stepped up, you know, in tough situations, middle of the game. You know, when you might not think you’re gonna have to get in at all, first drive of the game, some guys having to step in and play the rest of the game against, you know, very tough, formidable defenses. So, definitely been impressive, definitely a huge testament to those guys being able to step up and, you know, I, I think it goes to show the type of standard we’ve created. I think it was, I remember correctly, I think it was the Green Bay game when, when Damian went down just a couple of plays in, but then he, he came back into the, into the contest. Just how tough is that dude playing next to him? Like how tough is that dude, just not only just physically, mentally, like just that guy lining up next to you game in and game out. Nice, tough, good, tough dude. Definitely, you know, it’s, you know, definitely a lead by example kind of guy, and, um, yeah, definitely, definitely been very fortunate to be able to play beside him these last couple of years. What have you learned from him? Obviously, he spent time in Seattle before coming over to Carolina. What have you picked up from him just in terms of what he experienced in, in a different system, a different organization? What have you picked up from playing next to him? I mean, for me, just looking at DL’s film, he’s never rattled out there, you know, no matter what happens during the play, before the play. Um, he’s always has a, you know, a cool head about him, and he’s always just, you know, slow, slow the process, you know, he’s always just taking things as they come. So that’s definitely a part of my game that I wanted to improve on, you know, people like to change the look, you know, sometimes right before the snap or, you know, sometimes, you know, you might be a little late off the snap count, just little stuff like that that might get you off your rhythm. Being able to kind of refocus, you know, mid-play and after the play and being able to kind of tune back in is something I can, I definitely learned from him. I think you bring up a really good point in terms of the, the mental aspect of sports cause us, we only see, you know, from the outside watching on TV or watching in the stadium. We just see the physical things that come along those lines. Where have you felt like from, again, learning from Damian Lewis, but also you talked about where you’ve improved as a player. How have you improved in, in that regard on the stuff that’s intangible between the ears in terms of maybe it’s not just necessarily understanding assignments or beating defenses, but maybe not getting rattled if you have a bad rep. Yeah. I mean, it’s just, it’s just that, you know, just the more and more I play in this league and the more and more, you know, I’m around those type of guys and, you know, the type of the coaching staff we have here, the more comfortable I’ve been getting and, you know, I feel like that kind of goes for a lot of different players, but I’ve just been really fortunate to have the time to be able to grow and develop and uh just, you know, have the game slow down for me. And I feel like this year especially, the game has slowed down a lot and I’m able to process things just that much quicker. All right, a couple more questions for you. Again, I know you’re, you’re getting ready for, for the Saints and all that this coming weekend. The, the two running backs that you guys have in the locker room have both been affected with Chuba and with Rico, and they both have a little bit of a different playing style. Do you have to in some way, shape or form, I guess for lack of a better term, if, if Cuba’s in the backfield versus Rico or vice versa, and there’s a, a run play call that’s, you know, running your direction. Does their style of play impact how you approach a certain play, but you know, maybe you’re anticipating, all right, Rico might hit the hole with a little bit more speed. Cuba might be a little bit more patient, whatever it might be. How does that impact just on a, on a play to play basis for you? Just curious. Uh, honestly, honestly, it doesn’t impact me. I, I know just with the guys you got in that backfield, like all I gotta do, I do my job. I do my part. I get a little bit of movement. That’s all they need, uh, and those guys are gonna hit that gap hard and. Those are guys are some of the, the hardest runners and the most competitive guys I’ve, I’ve met. So definitely been fortunate having them being able to share, you know, share the locker room with me and, you know, be in that running back room. It’s definitely been fortunate, but any chance you get to block for guys like that, you’re gonna be happy. All right, final thing for Ike Awanu, left tackle for the Carolina Panthers. I know a lot of everyone’s, everyone’s gonna say the week to week approach, but everyone’s human. I know a lot of people are gonna look and, and say, I know when I, I played lacrosse in college, it was easy to look like, OK, if we beat that team and they lose to that team, we’re gonna be this spot in the standings and all that kind of stuff. How, how difficult is it to, to, to block that stuff out, to focus on just a week to week? I mean, I feel like just the nature of the game, you know, it’s kind of hard to be able to play at your best when you have so many things, you know, going through your head. So honestly, it makes the job that much easier for me knowing that all I got to focus on one week at a time, just got to stack one day at a time, building towards Sunday, one week. At a time and then flush it again and start over, you know, it kind of, especially with the season being as long as it is, it definitely helps you stay focused and, you know, just, you know, stay that much more relaxed and, you know, that much more dedicated. So yeah, I, I honestly, I, I like, I like the mindset we have here, I mean just being able to flush it and be want to know every week. Awesome. Ikey, thanks for your time. Best of luck this weekend, really do appreciate it. No doubt, I appreciate y’all. Awesome catching up with Ikey Akwanda. By the way, big shout out to the, the Carolina Panthers staff and communications department for setting up that interview. That came after practice on Wednesday. So, you know, earlier on, on this week. So big thanks to Ikey and also again the staff over there with the Carolina Panthers, uh, for, for setting that up. And it was really interesting to hear his perspective on managing a bye week, Chris, but also just the self-scout, what he learned about himself, but also the intangible thing about the mental aspect of the game where he feels like he’s improved the most, Chris. It was really interesting to hear that from him directly. Absolutely, um, and you know what, one of the things that I’ve been wanting to say this for weeks, but I just didn’t want to jinx it. But since we’re, you know, talking to him this week, yeah, we haven’t said his name all season. All season we’ve barely said his name. We’ve barely said his name. I, I mean, you talk about like if you give A most improved player award like within the team. He’s, he’s one of the people you gotta talk about, you know, to, to be up for that, um, so proud of Vicky, uh, North Carolina guy through and through from Charlotte went to NC State with the Carolina Panthers, um, that’s the type of guy you want to work out with. So, uh, congratulations for him for having a good season. Hope he’s able to, to finish it off the right way as well. Let’s get this win on Sunday. Let’s get this win on Sunday. By the way, uh, little, just, you know, by the way, thank you everyone again for, for tuning in and joining us throughout this entire season. We’re excited about the last 4 weeks of the year. Uh, real quick note to just kind of plant this in, in the ear and everyone that, that’s still listening. With the holidays coming up As opposed to the Thursday episodes that we’re gonna drop because obviously Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, we’re gonna drop our midweek episodes the next couple of weeks on Wednesday. We’ll just keep everyone, so Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, that’s when we’ll drop the episodes for you all. That way you all can enjoy the holidays and be with your family, but that doesn’t mean Panthers playbook’s gonna start or stop, I should say, because Wake Orthopedics sponsors Panthers Playbook, and we’re keeping this thing rolling for you all people. Let’s keep it rolling, baby. Let’s let’s keep it rolling. Let’s get these winds rolling. Let’s get a roll on. Could you, it’s, you know what? Let’s be big timers this weekend. Let’s be the hot boys. Yes, I want to win the divisional title. I wanna say I rock ice, little daddy, every time I step, I rock ice, little mama, because I love to rep. I rock ice in the world because I’m doing the Superdome and be the hot boys ourselves and take it away from the New Orleans Saints. Sorry, Juvie, but you gotta go for the Panthers now. Yeah, hey, Saints, y’all can back that thing up last in the division. That was very wide of me. We’ll see y’all on Sunday.
