Players walk off the field after the first practice of minicamp Tuesday alone or in groups small and large. I wait for Captain Munnerlyn, the quotable Carolina Panthers nickel cornerback.

Panthers I haven’t seen for months or years occasionally stop to talk. Most are easy to pick out. They’re big. Munnerlyn is not. He’s listed at 5-9. I finally stop watching the big guys and look for Munnerlyn. By now, only a few players remain. No. 41 is not among them.

I missed Munnerlyn.

“That figures,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera says.

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