Zane Gonzalez embraces the circular path to Panthers kicking job

Darin Gantt

CHARLOTTE - Kickers may not travel in the same circles the way they used to, but it's still a small circle.

So it wasn't necessarily a surprise for new Panthers kicker Zane Gonzalez, when he checked his phone during a "chaotic" day Tuesday and saw a text from old Panthers kicker Joey Slye.

The two chatted briefly in pregames when the Cardinals and Panthers played the last two years. And t