Speed. That is an intangible many football players live by. As the third week of Carolina Panthers OTAs continues on, “speed” is something that Mario Addison has preached to rookie defensive end Marquis Haynes. As Haynes told the Charlotte Observer on Wednesday, Addison has been drilling the concept of speed into his head.
“Me and Mario talk, he said I’m a ‘young him,’ and that’s a big compliment right there. He tells me stories about how it took him awhile to learn the playbook and stuff. But one thing he keeps telling me is speed, speed off the ball, speed kills.