Panthers' Graham Gano: Will serve as Week 1 kicker
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Head coach Ron Rivera confirmed Friday that Gano will be the Panthers' kicker in Sunday's matchup with the 49ers, Joe Person of The Charlotte Observer reports.
The Panthers will open the regular season with two kickers on the active roster, and the team has debated releasing either Gano or fellow kicker Harrison Butker. However, they will hang onto both players for now, and it will be Gano who gets the opportunity to kick in Week 1. Butker is still a threat to Gano's roster spot long term, but it seems likely he will be inactive for Week 1 so the Panthers can assign a spot on the 46-man roster elsewhere.
