CHARLOTTE — Nic Scourton can feel a sack coming. It's practically in his hands, and at one point Sunday, the Panthers' outside linebacker thought he had one with a hurry on Falcons' quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Penix was able to get the ball off in time, dirting it for an incompletion, but it meant the rookie Scourton—in his first NFL start—didn't get the sack he was chasing.

"Oh, I'm itching, I'm itching real hard. I'm fiending for it," admitted Scourton on Monday, while recapping the Panthers' 30-0 shutout against the Falcons. "But you know I got to go out there and rush better and maximize my opportunity, so that is what it is."

As he dreamed of the almost and any possible coming sacks, his teammate Princely Umanmielen walked by towards his own locker. Scourton thought for a seco

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