CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two tight ends wearing No. 88 jerseys, shoulder pads and toboggans were on the Carolina Panthers practice fields on Tuesday.
One was familiar, two-time Pro bowl selection Greg Olsen.
The other barely came to the waist of the 6-foot-5 Olsen.
But on this day 7-year-old Parker Cowherd stood taller than anybody on the 90-man roster, and he wasn’t shy about giving advice.
“He told me one time to get my pads down," Olsen said following practice. "I’m not sure where that came from or if he was just judging me, so we’re going to have to talk about that.