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Panthers go without a kicker after injury, removing the field goal option

Everybody who ever wondered what football would be like if they got rid of kickers could look to Carolina Sunday.

Panthers kicker Zane Gonzalez injured his right quad in warmups prior to Carolina's game against Buffalo after slipping on the turf. That forced the Panthers to hold impromptu kicker tryouts just minutes before kickoff, and ... it did not go well.

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Basically, the Panthers held an impromptu kicker job fair, and according to local media on the scene, multiple Panthers took a run at a new gig.