Carolina Panthers special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn and assistant coach Heath Farwell woke up at 6 a.m. the morning of the team’s first preseason game, because they always do.

They immediately began to move, because sleeping for eight hours was much too long to be still.

They met for breakfast, then went for a walk around their hotel.

Then, a workout. Farwell forgot his shoes, so he worked out with Blackburn while wearing the dress shoes he brought to wear on the bus to New Era Field later that night.

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