CHARLOTTE — Derrick Brown had to beg for the three snaps he got last week, and he might have been lucky to get those.

But make no mistake, when the season starts, he's going to take as many as they'll give him, because that's what he's used to.

The Pro Bowl defensive tackle is pretty tired of easing his way back, but it's something he's had to get used to after the knee injury in last year's opener, which cost him the rest of the season.

So if that meant badgering head coach Dave Canales to get the action he did, that's something Brown is willing to do.

"I think it was a lot of pestering all week leading up to that," Brown said, laughing but very serious. "I definitely sat on the sideline and a high anticipation the week before for the Cleveland game and didn't practice, so to get ba

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