CHARLOTTE— "I have to ask," began Nick Scott , leaning away from his own interview to interrupt the one going on with Mike Jackson one locker over, "Mike, before you answer that question, real quick, are you fast, bro?"

"Fast enough," quipped Jackson in response.

Scott cackled, recounting Jackson's interception during the third quarter of the Panthers' 30-0 Week 3 win over the Falcons.

"I thought it was nothing but green grass in front of him," Scott said. "Apparently not."

In hindsight, there was nothing but green grass in front of him. But Jackson had a few other plans.

Let's start at the beginning of the play.

There was 1:34 remaining in the third quarter of Sunday's game, and the Falcons were trailing 20-0. They were facing fourth-and-8 from the Panthers' 31-yard line. They h

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