Four takeaways from Wednesday, after practice with “testy” moments Dave Canales liked

The Panthers weren’t in full pads Wednesday, that will be in Thursday’s practice, but Canales said they ran a segment of drill early to concentrate on the missed tackles that plagued them in the loss to the Jaguars.

Canales said defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero designed a sequence of the practice where they went through all the basics of defensive football, the kind of thing that professionals might not always enjoy.

“We just go right at it,” Canales said of dealing with problem areas. “I think the gift of when you come out of a game and there’s some fundamental things that you can focus on, I think it’s just a great opportunity to go right back to the basics. Coach E had a phenomenal tackling circuit down there, tracking in the open field, coming out of the stack, second guy attacking the ball, getting our getting our knees bent, getting our feet square, and finishing the tackle with a good wrap. And so there was a good circuit today, and you know there I looked at the guys and saw their energy down there and there wasn’t any eye-rolling.

“It was just like, you know what, all right, this is on par with how we did. Let’s improve this fundamental part of our game so that we can continue to, pursue the good football we’re looking for.”