CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dave Canales pushed the Carolina Panthers starters "to get after it" Tuesday in their final full practice in pads of training camp, since they aren't playing in Thursday night's preseason finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers .

So the second-year head coach didn't seem to mind when a scuffle broke out late in the session, involving Pro Bowl cornerback Jaycee Horn and starting left tackle Ikem Ekwonu , and spilled over after practice between those two stars and other players.

"We were in a competitive moment," Canales said. "Tempers flared. We tried to push the guys to the edge. They went a little bit over. But at the same time, that's the edginess you have to play with when we have these opportunities. We have to play a physical style of football.

"Sometimes,

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