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Carolina Panthers: Stock Watch after Preseason Week 1

By Christian Candeloro

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 30: Kyle Allen #7 of the Carolina Panthers runs with the ball during the first half against the New Orleans Saints during a NFL game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 30, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 30: Kyle Allen #7 of the Carolina Panthers runs with the ball during the first half against the New Orleans Saints during a NFL game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 30, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Joey Slye #46 of the Virginia Tech Hokies kicks the game-winning field goal out of the hold of Wright Bynum #89 against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31.(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Joey Slye #46 of the Virginia Tech Hokies kicks the game-winning field goal out of the hold of Wright Bynum #89 against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31.(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

Stock Up: Joey Slye

It’s not often that a rookie kicker steals the show of a preseason football game, but that’s just what Slye did on Thursday night. Slye was 3-3 on field goal attempts, including a 55-yarder that sailed easily through the uprights.

Slye isn’t likely to make the team, with Graham Gano being firmly established, but if he kicks like this, he will at worst make the Panthers’ practice squad and could very well find himself as the starting kicker for another team, including potentially the Jets, who lost starting kicker Chandler Catanzaro to retirement or potentially the Bears, who continue to have kicker struggles.

Slye also has a tragic backstory, as he promised his late brother he would make the NFL before his brother passed away from Leukemia.

It all adds up to an excellent debut from the former Virginia Tech kicker.

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