Panthers' Bryce Young, Jaycee Horn get into jawing match at Tuesday's mandatory minicamp
On Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers took the practice field for the first of three mandatory minicamp sessions. The outing featured some lively 7-on-7 action, including a jawing match between starting quarterback Bryce Young and Pro Bowl cornerback Jaycee Horn.
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Head coach Dave Canales spoke about the competitiveness of Young afterwards.
"Honestly, he gets really animated," Canales told reporters. "Particularly if you're talking about sports, he loves talking about NBA basketball, college sports during the season when we're going, when we're out here on the field. He just has a defiance to him, and that's just kinda his way of competing.
"He's not super animated with it, but he definitely thrives off of that, feeds off that energy. He takes his chances when he can because Jaycee is trying to bait him into throwing the ball over there."
That energy may remind Panthers fans of the infamous Cam Newton-Josh Norman fight at training camp 10 years ago. The two got physical after Norman picked off and stiff-armed Newton in the face, prompting quite a scuffle and—in what's become franchise lore—the team's run to Super Bowl 50.
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Horn also spoke about Young's chatter following practice.
"He talkin' trash every day," Horn said with a smile. "It's getting fun."
Between that battle between their quarterback and cornerback and their season opener in Jacksonville, the Panthers can now draw two pretty crazy similarities to that magical 2015 season.
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