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CHARLOTTE, NC — Quarterback PJ Walker, in line to make his third NFL start Sunday against the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, summed up how Carolina Panthers players felt about the decision to fire head coach Matt Rhule and replace him with Steve Wilks .<\/p>\n

“Everybody was a little shocked,” Walker said Wednesday, the first time players spoke to media since the coaching change was made Monday. “Everybody had a feeling. You just don’t know. I think over the past couple of weeks we came into each week not knowing. That’s a burden on a lot of players.<\/p>\n

“A lot of us loved Coach Rhule. Now Coach Wilks is in charge. We think a lot of Coach Wilks, and we’ll take it from there.”<\/p>\n

Running back Christian McCaffrey agreed.<\/p>\n

“Anytime somebody you like loses their job it’s tough,” he said. “This is a tough business. It’s a result-oriented business. For us, as much as we love Coach, we’ve got to continue and move on. That’s what he’d want us to do.”<\/p>\n

Wilks didn’t waste any time making changes to Rhule’s practice routine, turning Wednesday into a padded workout instead of Thursday with the hope of creating tempo for a team that has started slowly in each game during a 1-4 start.<\/p>\n

Walker called the energy “elite.”<\/p>\n