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Nakamura: Panthers just need taste of playoffs

Posted August 03, 2012 on AP on Fox
PLAYERS: Haruki Nakamura,  Cam Newton,  Ed Reed
TEAMS: Carolina Panthers,  Baltimore Ravens
Safety Haruki Nakamura says Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers have all of the ingredients to be a perennial playoff team - they just need a taste of it. Nakamura, who joined the Panthers from the Baltimore Ravens this offseason as a free agent, says ''once this team gets in there and Cam (Newton) gets a taste of being in the playoffs, he's going to be hooked.'' Nakamura should know. He helped the Ravens reach the AFC Championship game as a rookie in 2008. The Ravens have won a playoff game all three seasons since then with Nakamura serving as a special teams player and backup to future Hall of Famer Ed Reed. Now he's eager to challenge for a starting role in Carolina and become a team leader.
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