The Panthers did not practice on Monday, but they still had to submit an injury report for Thursday night’s game.
They estimate five players out of practice.
Defensive tackle Bobby Brown (hand), cornerback Akayeb Evans (triceps/knee), offensive guard Damien Lewis (knee), outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips (hamstring) and offensive lineman Torricelli Simpkins III (ankle) were listed as DNP. Brown, Evans, Lewis and Phillips are starters.
Wide receiver Jalen Coker (shoulder) was limited.
Quarterback Bryce Young (knee) was listed as a full participant again. This is the third week he has been on the report, but Young has fully participated in every practice.
Veteran right tackle Taylor Moton’s return to the Panthers lineup turned out to be a short-lived one.
Moton was placed on injured reserve on Monday due to the fractured fibula he suffered in Sunday’s blowout loss to the Buccaneers. Moton was playing in his second game since being activated from a stint on the non-football injury list that was necessitated by blood clots in his lung during the offseason.
First-round pick Monroe Freeling started at right tackle while Moton was out for the first four games of the year and took over after his injury on Sunday.
Linebacker Nick Hampton was signed off the practice squad to fill the empty roster spot. Hampton had five tackles on Sunday as a temporary elevation.
The Packers have a couple of impact players who are dealing with injuries.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, linebacker Zaire Franklin is dealing with a hairline fracture in his leg, while center Sean Rhyan is believed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain.
Franklin’s injury occurred in practice last week. He missed Sunday’s game against the Lions but is expected to return without missing much more time. The team did not place him on injured reserve, which is another indication of his status.
Rhyan went down during the first half of Sunday’s loss to Detroit. If his high-ankle sprain diagnosis is confirmed, he’s likely to be out for four-to-six weeks.
Green Bay has a short week coming up, as they will host the Panthers on Thursday night.
Sunday was an ugly day on the scoreboard for the Panthers and it was a bad day for right tackle Taylor Moton as well.
Moton left the 43-13 loss to the Buccaneers with a leg injury and head coach Dave Canales told reporters at a postgame press conference that Moton has suffered a fractured fibula. Moton will miss a significant amount of time as a result.
There’s no good time for an injury like that, but the timing is particularly rough for Moton as he just returned from missing the first four games of the season while recovering from blood clots in his lungs.
First-round pick Monroe Freeling replaced Moton during that absence and he’ll likely be back in the lineup as long as he’s healthy enough to play.
The Panthers couldn’t get out of the way of the Buccaneers’ freight train on Sunday.
The Bucs led 17-0 early in the first quarter, 33-6 at halftime and blew out the Panthers 43-13. It was ugly for the home team, which turned it over four times for 20 Buccaneers points and gave up a 2-point defensive conversion on a blocked PAT.
The Bucs are 2-5 and the Panthers 3-3.
Baker Mayfield returned after missing three games with a broken right thumb, but the Panthers’ ineptitude and the Bucs’ run game powered Tampa Bay.
The Bucs rushed for 258 yards on 49 carries, with three backs over 50 yards rushing. Bucky Irving led the way with 24 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Kenneth Gainwell added 88 yards on 14 carries, and Sean Tucker had seven carries for 52 yards and a touchdown.
Mayfield was only 7-of-11 for 64 yards and a touchdown, a 14-yard throw to Tez Johnson.
Bryce Young threw two interceptions and lost a fumble on a strip-sack Al-Quadin Muhammad that Calijah Kancey returned 32 yards for a touchdown. David Moore muffed a punt that Ko Kieft recovered for the Bucs at the Carolina 18.
The Bucs had scoring drives of 14, 32 and 6 in addition to their defensive touchdown. They also had the NFL’s first defensive 2-point conversion of the season when Tykee Smith blocked Ryan Fitzgerald’s PAT attempt and Zyon McCollum returned it to the end zone.
McCollum also had one of the picks of Young.
