Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET from Bank of America Stadium, the Carolina Panthers will open up their preseason at home against the Buffalo Bills, in a matchup that can be live streamed by clicking this link. Panthers fans can find the radio broadcast on WBT 1110 AM, while Bills fans can hear the action on WGR 550.
While the Carolina Panthers are entering the preseason searching for answers at wide receiver, they have the luxury of being set at quarterback. The Bills, on the other hand, have EJ Manuel, the man they'd like to be sure of.
Manuel showed promise as a rookie in 2013, but suffered an injury that derailed his season. In the Bills' first game of the preseason Manuel was shaky, going 2-of-7 for just 19 yards.
"I definitely feel that expectation," Manuel told USA TODAY Sports. "This is a quarterback-driven league. Plain and simple, the teams that have good quarterbacks make it to the playoffs. But I don't see it as pressure, because I want to do well. If I didn't want to do well, then it would be pressure because I'd be doing something I don't want to do."
The Bills will also be spending the preseason figuring out their running back situation. Currently they have a crowded backfield featuring incumbents C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson, as well as free agent additions Bryce Brown and Anthony Dixon.
The player to watch for Carolina will be rookie wideout Kelvin Benjamin, the Panthers' first round pick who is being anointed the No. 1 receiver after Steve Smith's departure.
"You get a guy like this that goes up and catches the ball the way he does, there are not many [defensive backs] who are going to knock it down,'' NFL talent evaluator Gil Brandt said. "They've got a strong weapon.''
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