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Sanders

Sanders suffered a neck injury in the Panthers’ Week 12 loss to the Chiefs. While he avoided serious injury, the rookie was not expected to play this week following the scare. Tommy Tremble will serve as the Panthers’ TE1 this week while we now wait to see if Sanders will have a chance to play in Week 14 against the Eagles.

Sanders is unlikely to play in Week 13 after suffering a neck injury in Week 12. Sanders was taken to the hospital after the injury, and while coach Dave Canales said his rookie tight end avoided serious injury, a return to action just one week later feels like a stretch. If he doesn’t practice on Friday, we can safely assume Sanders will miss Sunday’s game against the Panthers.

It would be no surprise at all to see Sanders held out for a week or two after a scary collision that sent him to the hospital during Week 12’s game against the Chiefs. Sanders has been behind Tommy Tremble most of the year and would not be a particularly good fantasy football play even if he was able to get back on the practice field ahead of Week 13’s matchup with the Buccaneers. Panthers coach Dave Canales said that he does not anticipate Sanders playing this week.

Sanders was taken to the hospital after suffering a neck injury in Sunday’s Week 12 contest. Canales said the team is still working through their evaluation of Sanders, but the rookie tight end was in the building on Monday. It seems unlikely that Sanders would suit up in Week 13 against the Buccaneers, which would leave Tommy Tremble to serve as the team’s TE1.

Sanders suffered a frightening head/neck injury late in the first half and was carted off the field. The rookie was reportedly taken straight to a nearby hospital, where he was to undergo testing and treatment for the neck injury. Sanders had three grabs for 49 yards before leaving the contest. Tommy Tremble will function as Carolina’s TE1 with Sanders sidelined.

Sanders caught a pass late in the second quarter and was flipped onto his head, with his neck bending in an awkward way. The rookie was in obvious pain and was carted off after receiving attention from both teams’ training staffs. Sanders had three catches for 49 yards before leaving the contest.

Sanders reeled in his first career touchdown on a five-yard strike from Bryce Young in the first quarter. He got the bulk of the reps at tight end once again with Tommy Tremble out and Ian Thomas leaving this game early with an injury. Sanders should continue to dominate the routes for Carolina coming out of their Week 11 bye, even if the other tight ends get healthy. With Bryce Young likely to get another start, Sanders will be stuck in the TE2 ranks for Week 12.

Sanders was back in action on Friday, practicing in full with the rest of his Panthers’ teammates. The enticing rookie tight end is averaging 2.43 yards per route run over the last three weeks and the Giants’ tight end-coverage unit is among the league’s worst. He is firmly on the streaming TE1 radar.

Sanders was listed with a late-October ankle injury but was reportedly injury-free last week. He returns to the injury report, now with both a wrist and ankle listing, jeopardizing his Week 10 availability. Sanders has been a fringe TE1/2 in three of the past four games and is firmly on streaming radars with David Njoku, Brock Bowers, Tucker Kraft and Noah Fant all on bye. He is a TE1, if active but he is not guaranteed to suit up.

Sanders also drew a 22-yard DPI. His 46-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter was one of the Panthers’ plays of the day, and helped set up a touchdown. Fourth-rounder Sanders has continued to come on for a team in evaluation mode, and with Diontae Johnson gone and a few other players maybe likely to follow, Sanders could become a mainstay in the top 20 at tight end. TE1 will probably be too much to ask with Bryce Young/Andy Dalton at the controls.