Panthers looking forward to some rest and relaxation during bye week

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Safety Tre Boston will be focused on family time, too. While he was away with the team in London last week, Boston’s six-month-old son stood up for the first time. Now, Boston’s ready to help him get on the move.


“My week will be spent with my child trying to work on him standing up. We’re going to try to get him to walk in six months since I was a six-month walker,” Boston said. “He has a great back pedal when I put him in the walker. I’ve got to get him going forward. Some fatherhood game planning this week.”


However, it’s not all R&R for everyone. When Sunday rolls around, tight end Greg Olsen will find himself suiting up in MetLife Stadium – only this time, he’ll be wearing a three piece instead of No. 88. Olsen will be calling the Cardinals-Giants game from the broadcast booth for FOX.


“It’s a very unique challenge,” Olsen said. “I think people are very quick to be critical and criticize guys they hear broadcast a game, but I’ll tell you, it’s not easy. There’s a lot going on, there’s a lot of information to consume and to process and to be able to regurgitate it out in a live, fast action.”


With his second-ever broadcast looming, Olsen has had a little bit more homework than usual during his time off.


“I started watching and studying some of the stuff just yesterday when I got home,” Olsen said. “I’ve obviously still got some work ahead of me before Sunday, but I’m looking forward to it. I think it’s going to be fun.”


Long snapper J.J. Jansen will be working this weekend, too. The stakes may not seem as high as a nationally televised football game, but they will be to Jansen when he’s on the sidelines coaching his son’s youth flag football game.


“I don’t know who we play this week, just a bunch of six-year-olds running around," Jansen said. “That’s the real football."