Ins and Outs for Carolina

The Carolina Panthers have dominated the NFC South this season, but it’s easy to forget about what’s going on in the background while those shiny blue uniforms take over the football field. The Panthers performed extremely well without wide receiver Steve Smith (suspension) in the first two games of the season, also traipsing on without D.J. Hackett (knee) and, most recently, doing without left and right tackles Jordan Gross (concussion) and Jeff Otah (ankle) in Carolina’s last game against the Chiefs.

This revolving door of players is less than ideal for the Panthers and head coach John Fox, but with other key players like Jake Delhomme and Muhsin Muhammad taking the reins and covering up holes in the team, the Panthers have organized a way to go on without their injured stars. Carolina kick returner Ryne Robinson was the latest asset to the injured reserve list, placed there after failing to make much progress on a preseason knee injury. Now that Robinson is out, former Wake Forest receiver Kenneth Moore has been signed on to the team’s practice squad, meaning that Mark Jones will still return punts for the Panthers while rookie running back Jonathan Stewart will still come in as kickoff returner for upcoming games.

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