CHARLOTTE— There are several reasons Andy Dalton and Xavier Legette seem to have a chemistry that just pops off the field.

Some of it is all the work the two put in together last offseason, ahead of Legette's rookie year. Some of it is the growth Legette experienced during the time Dalton was starting last season. Some of it is just a matter of circumstance, and the plays that unfold when those two happen to be on the field together.

Dave Canales also has another theory, a new layer that could be added to the relationship.

"Maybe his history," Canales posed Monday of Dalton's time with the Cincinnati Bengals. "A.J. Green, big bodies, throwing to those guys, he had a good group of receivers, tight ends in Cincinnati in his past, so maybe it's that comfort level, just seeing that big

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