Naming names a sign of pressure?

   Kind of interesting that John Fox named the two culprits on the pooch punt play. Singling out players for mistakes is something Fox has avoided since early in his tenure when he said Muhsin Muhammad had stopped his route on a play that led to an interception.

   Could this be a sign of a coach, who knows he's on the hot seat, trying to cover his tail? Maybe, but this was in no way as dramatic as the Muhammad incident. Jeff King, who wasn't on the field and left the Panthers a man short, already was outed as one of the culprits because replays clearly showed that King was the one man not with the field goal team, who was on the unit when the Panthers actually did attempt a field goal. It would have been hard for Fox to cover over this one. But if he really wanted to out the players, he could have done so Sunday, and he didn't.

   Fox did give up Jason Baker's name Monday, but that was in direct response to a question about who's responsible for counting the players on the field. It's pretty well-known around the league that the holder is the guy responsible for doing the counting.

-- Pat Yasinskas