Somebody drew a doodle on Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales' call-sheet

Is the mountain supposed to be some kind of elaborate metaphor for pinnacle offensive performance? Or, is it just a mountain?

Tim Weaver | Dec 9, 2024

Dec 8, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

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One of the more underrated performances of Sunday's almost-upset for the Carolina Panthers was the fine work that head coach Dave Canales did. Facing one of the toughest defensive units in the NFL, Canales put on a clinic of how to shrink a game against a superior opponent. If not for a face-palming drop by Xavier Legette he might have even pulled off a win over the Philadelphia Eagles, who were favored by 13.5 points coming in.

At one point during the game Fox's cameras focused in on Canales on the sidelines. They got a good shot of his call-sheet, where one observer noticed something extra. At the top right of Canales' game-plan somebody had drawn a doodle of what appears to be a mountain range.

Canales has a mountain landscape doodled on his call sheet pic.twitter.com/feUH4WGXPI
— Theo Ash (@TheoAshNFL) December 8, 2024

We have many questions.

Not wanting to assume anything, we can't just come out and say that it was Canales drew this particular mountain-scape. Then again it's hard to imagine why anyone else would be the doodler.

Is the mountain supposed to represent something? Perhaps the portion of the call-sheet below the mountain is the most-ambitious play-calls in Canales' book? Or is it supposed to be some kind of metaphor for where the Panthers are and where they would like to be? Or, is it just a doodle?