Carolina Panthers Injury Report Packed with Promise and Disappointment as Titans Matchup Approaches
Today, the Carolina Panthers, now 1-9 on the season, held their final practice before heading to Nashville for their matchup with the 3-7 Tennessee Titans still looking for ways to fill the void at Guard left by Austin Corbett's return to IR for the remainder of the season. Currently, the most likely options going forward are a mix with Cade Mays and Nash Jensen. However, Panthers head coach Frank Reich remained tight-lipped about his plans for the position this week but expressed confidence in what the team has accomplished this week in practice headed into the mathcup. "Excited about how the guys competed this week and the plan that we have going forward," Reich said.
With seven games remaining, Reich admits there are still key areas he'd like to improve with regard to the offense's lack of production including the Tight Ends gorup which has shown flashes of effectiveness lately. "I think some of the lack of production at Tight End, certainly not the players (fault) - I feel great about that room, it's just been an overall under-performance of the offense where everybody's numbers are gonna be down, so, excited about the opportunity to be able to turn the tables on that," Reich said.
Including Corbett, the team still has 13 players on IR with limited opportunities left to return players this year.
PANTHERS INJURED RESERVE as of Nov. 24, 2023
No. Pos. Player Name
94 DE Henry Anderson
32 CB Dicaprio Bootle
53 LB Claudin Cherelus
21 S Jeremy Chinn
70 G Brady Christensen
63 G Austin Corbett
97 OLB Ytor Gross-Matos
8 CB Jaycee Horn
50 OLB Justin Houston
45 TE Giovanni Ricci
7 LB Shaq Thompson
43 OLB Luiji Vilain
57 LB Chandler Wooten
The Panthers Friday injury report privded a mix of good and bad news for the team. Tight End Hayden Hurst, who had not participated in practice all week due to a concussion was, ruled out for this week's game. Linebacker Ytor Gross-Matos and Safety Jeremy Chinn, who were both limited on Friday were also ruled out for Sunday's game. Chinn is currently within the 21 day window to return to the active roster as he recovers from a quad injury.
Safety Sam Franklin, as well as Linebackers Marquis Haynes and Frankie Luvu were all limited for Friday's practice and are all listed as questionable for Sunday.
And cornerback Jaycee Horn who is working his way back from a hamstring injury and C.J. Henderson were both listed as doubtful for this week.
The Panthers also signed Guard Justin McCray and Cornerback AJ Parker to the practice squad this week. Parker could be an option for the Panthers secondary as the unit looks for answers.
The Panthers face the Titans on Sunday Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m. EST
