CHARLOTTE — Panthers head coach Dave Canales wants his players to talk — to him and to each other. In turn, he's going to listen.

Canales mentioned several ways that the open lines of communication were a benefit to the team in Sunday's 27-24 comeback win against the Dolphins, from Rico Dowdle calling his shot for a specific run play to defensive tackle Derrick Brown asking for more reps and making them pay off.

"I love the challenge as coaches," Canales said. "And I told them I'm gonna call this early, so you better do something with it, and that's for Rico, that's for the quarterback, that's for the defensive guys asking for opportunities. Derrick asked for more pass-rush opportunities, and he got a sack early on with that.

"And so I think that when the players put themselves ou

See Full Page