Second-year Panthers linebacker Andre Smith joins the podcast to talk about what the difference is between being a rookie and going into your sophomore season, what he did this offseason in order to prevent another injury, how frustrating nagging injuries can be and which teammate he still gets starstruck by.

Then they'll talk a bit about the Panthers switch to a 3-4 defense and what that means for an inside linebacker, memories of his time at UNC and then from about 19 minutes to 24 minutes, they'll talk some very spoiler-y Game of Thrones after last week's finale, so if you're not caught up -- this is your official Spoiler Alert.

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