Michael Oher says Carolina Panthers will keep Super Bowl preparations the same
Tuesday 2 February 2016 13:24, UK
Michael Oher insists Carolina Panthers will make no special preparations for Super Bowl 50 and focus on what has taken them to San Francisco.
Carolina missed out on a perfect season but their 17-1 record is the best in the NFL as they head into the final game of the season chasing a first ever Super Bowl success for the franchise.
But Oher, part of the Baltimore team that won Super Bowl XLVII, insists things will stay the same for the Panthers who will not be getting carried away
"Every game is a different game, it's just new opportunities," said Oher.
"You have to keep prepared. You have to keep working. Keep doing your job.
"I just tell them [younger players] that whatever that you've been doing throughout the regular season away from this environment. Try to do the same thing that you've been doing. Keep the same regimen. Stay focused."
"We try to do our job to the best of our ability. Cam [Newton] is a great player and we just try to get the job done."
The offensive tackle is also well aware of the threat posed by the top-ranked Denver defense but insists nothing will change in the build-up for the Panthers whose only defeat came against Atlanta.
"They have a great defense. They do a lot of great things," said Oher.
"Like I said, we're going to have to prepare and do what we've been doing all year."
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Oher's story has taken plenty of headlines, not just in the build-up to Super Bowl 50 but following the success of the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, based on his rise to the NFL.
"I would tell people that everybody has a story, mine just got told," Oher said.
Everybody probably has a worse story than I had. Mine just got told. I'm fine with that."
