About 10 minutes after the Panthers wrapped up the first of two practices Friday during their rookie minicamp, first-round defensive tackle Vernon Butler was being counseled by defensive line coach Eric Washington.
That figures to be a familiar sight through the rest of the spring and into the summer.
Washington was working on Butler’s swim pass-rush move after the Friday morning session, trying to get the former Louisiana Tech star to keep his hands and arms tighter to his body to maintain better leverage against NFL offensive linemen.
“We were just working on hands,” Butler said afterward.