FOXBORO, Mass.—This was a wild one. For the second straight day, the Panthers and Patriots engaged in multiple donnybrooks, complete with players being ejected from practice. Is it unusual to see fights at joint practices? It is not. But the volume of altercations, and that they involved buttoned-up New England, definitely got my attention. As for what I’d take on the Carolina side, after spending some time with the Panthers, we’ve got a few things to glean …
1. The staff is really optimistic that C.J. Henderson, the ninth pick in the 2020 draft who was traded from Jacksonville to Carolina last fall, has turned a corner.