CHARLOTTE — Patrick Jones II likes to play in the rain.

As the pop-up mini-monsoon hovered over Uptown Charlotte Monday afternoon, soaking everyone involved in the final 10 minutes of Panthers training camp practice, Jones soaked it up.

"I was having a blast," admitted the pass-rusher following practice. "I'll be outside all the time. I have no problem being outside in the rain. I don't mind it. It actually kind of brings me back to when I was a kid and just playing football outside, like in my neighborhood in the rain with my friends, so it's kind of the same thing to me."

What he likes even more, though, is playing with Derrick Brown .

The defensive lineman has been participating in a paced return-to-play program this offseason after suffering a torn meniscus in Week 1 of the 202

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