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Brockel reflects on tricky Texans touchdown

CHARLOTTE – So, Richie Brockel, with the Panthers set to face the Houston Texans in the regular season for the first time since your first season in Carolina, anything about that last matchup come to mind?

"I had a good special teams tackle," Brockel said. "I think I had a catch, too."

Rather than a play on special teams or a catch, Brockel is perhaps best known for a special play that really caught on. In Week 15 of the 2011 season, the tight end scored his first – and to date – his only NFL touchdown on a trick play affectionately called "The Annexation of Puerto Rico.