CHARLOTTE — Plenty of teams can plaster a saying on a wall. They can print a phrase on a t-shirt or type a motto on a presentation.

What does it mean, though, to see it come alive?

Since Dave Canales has arrived, he's preached "Finish." It is, in fact, on the walls, the presentations, the t-shirts. But saying it and putting it into action are two different things.

It starts by presenting it not as a mantra, but as a mindset.

"Finish is one of our pillars," said quarterback Bryce Young . "I don't know if there's anything we talk about more in the building."

It has been Canales' and his staff's approach for a year and a half now, and began to show up when the Panthers won close, last-minute games last season, such as the overtime win in Germany against the Giants, or the overtime win

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