CHARLOTTE — There were dozens of signs along the way. Conversations. Looks. Plays made. Hints.

There was blood, and of course sweat. And torn ligaments, and hurt feelings.

For the 2015 Carolina Panthers, a month of training camp that August provided the framework for what would be a historic run, a 15-1 regular season, and a trip to the Super Bowl thanks to a building-shaking night in Bank of America Stadium for the NFC Championship Game.

It wasn't always a smooth camp, as things happened that could have imperiled another team, or killed the momentum built the previous season, before the next one even started.

But the one thing they knew for sure was that something had happened over those weeks in Spartanburg that had set a chain of events in motion.

"He was in a dead-bolt sprint. And

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