The Guessing Game: Which Panthers Will Return to Play This Week?

The Carolina Panthers have been plagued with injuries ever since the start of training camp in early August, but it looks as if the tides may be turning for the Panthers, as both Jon Beason and Jonathan Stewart have returned to the practice field. Will either Beason or Stewart make appearances in the Panthers’ first regular season game this upcoming Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles at Bank of America Stadium?

As of now, everything’s still up in the air, as star running back Stewart missed all four preseason games with an injury to an Achilles tendon and middle linebacker Beason has recently missed play and practice time due to a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. The injuries that Beason and Stewart sustained were both more than minor but definitely not season-ending, and as of now neither player is on the Carolina Panthers’ first injury report, meaning that their statuses for Week 1 of the regular season could be advantageous for Panthers fans. Of Stewart’s injury, coach John Fox recently said, “We just didn’t want it to be a month during the regular season. The good news is it was a month during the preseason. That was the plan, and if we had our druthers that is the way we’d prefer it… I thought [the medical staff] handled it right, and he was out practicing today.” Fox also said both Beason and Stewart are looking good, so perhaps the Panthers will get two of the team’s star players back on the field sooner than expected, after all.

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