HOUSTON — Dave Canales wanted heat. He got it.

The Panthers' joint practice with the Texans was predictably a scorcher, with temperatures in the low 90s early in the morning, and dew points pushing into the high 70s (weather geek for really, really humid).

And Canales wanted that kind of work to be ready for the regular season opener in Jacksonville, where it's also known to be swampy. What he didn't want was a block of about five pre-snap penalties in the middle of practice, that started them in some first-and-15 and second-and-20 spots.

"Fatigue, lack of focus, that's something that we have to learn to do better," Canales said. "We have to be able to fight through fatigue, fight through exhaustion, it's going to be hot. We're going to go to Jacksonville in Week 1. It's going to feel l

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