With so much cross-pollination, it creates an interesting atmosphere for coaches and players alike.
Special teams coordinator Tracy Smith is used to this life, since his area is full of guys who go from team to team, so he's got a binder full of information, but he's always looking for more.
"I love it," Smith said. "Familiarity saves me some time. You already know what's going on. The better you know your opponent, the more you can have that information already going into it without all the research, so I appreciate that.
And then just kind of being around, you kind of develop a catalog on as many guys as possible in these situations, so coaching against the same people, coaching against or with the same players, it helps when they come to our team also. If you've played against them in the past, you know kind of what their style is. We've had a lot of that on bounce back players to the Panthers, and of course, from here as well."
As Smith noted, Martin was working with a different coordinator and a different kicker, so there are limits to how much can be gleaned.
"But any information we can get from any source, we we're going after that," Smith said. "The more familiarity we can gain every week, I see it as a five-day race to learn as much about them as you possibly can so that we can be prepared for the test that's showing up on the weekend.
"So yeah, Mike (White), I met him yesterday. It's a good point. I got to go to question No. 2, what do you remember about the punt team at Buffalo? I'll be on that immediately."