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The Packers turned in their second estimated injury report of the week on Tuesday and it showed no change in status for wide receiver Matthew Golden.
Golden was listed as out of practice for the second straight day. He is dealing with shoulder and foot injuries as the Packers move toward Thursday night’s game against the Panthers.
Golden leads the Packers with 36 catches and is second on the team with 540 receiving yards.
Linebacker Zaire Franklin (shin), offensive lineman Travis Glover (knee), and center Sean Rhyan (ankle) were also listed as out of practice for the second straight day. Defensive tackles Anthony Campbell (ankle) and Devonte Wyatt (ankle) were bumped up to limited participation.
Defensive end Brenton Cox (quad) and guard Aaron Banks (knee, toe) were also listed as limited while cornerback Benjamin St-Juste (hamstring) was listed as a full participant.
The Panthers held another walk-through practice on Tuesday.
They estimated two changes to their practice report, but four players are still listed as non-participants.
Outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips (hamstring), guards Damien Lewis (knee ) Torricelli Simpkins III (ankle) and cornerback Akayleb (triceps/knee) were listed as not practicing.
Defensive tackle Bobby Brown III, listed as a non-participant on Monday with a hand injury, returned to full participation on Tuesday.
Wide receiver Jalen Coker (shoulder) was also a full participant after being limited Monday.
Quarterback Bryce Young (knee) was a full participant again.
The team will release its final report of the week with game statuses on Wednesday.
No defense in the NFL is as bad at stopping the run as the Carolina Panthers.
Only one team in the league is allowing more than 150 rushing yards a game, and that’s the Panthers at 153.2. Only one team in the league is allowing more than five yards per carry, and that’s also the Panthers at 5.2.
In Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers, the Panthers’ run defense was particularly inept. Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving had 24 carries for 106 yards, Kenny Gainwell had 14 carries for 88 yards, and Sean Tucker had seven carries for 52 yards. The Bucs’ running backs steamrolling the Panthers’ defense is why Tampa Bay won 43-13 even though quarterback Baker Mayfield passed for just 64 yards.
The Buccaneers started the game with a 14-play, 70-yard touchdown drive, and Panthers linebacker Bobby Okereke admitted that set the tone.
“Obviously they found something today, and it’s a copycat league, so we got to stop the bleeding because teams are going to watch this film and try to exploit any weaknesses in our defense,” Okereke said, via Kassidy Hill of Panthers.com.
But it’s not just the film of the loss to the Buccaneers that the Panthers’ opponents will be watching. It’s also the Week 1 game when the Panthers allowed the Bears to rush for 291 yards. Those two games are the only games this season when any NFL team has allowed 250 or more rushing yards. The Panthers’ defense has struggled to stop the run since the start of the season, and those struggles haven’t gone away.
At 3-3, the Panthers are in first place in the NFC South. They might be a playoff team, but they won’t do much in the postseason if they can’t stop the run.
The Packers had quarterback Jordan Love and wide receiver Christian Watson on their injury report last week.
Watson was limited in all three practices last week, while Love was limited on Wednesday and a full participant the rest of the week. Love played all 67 snaps in the loss to the Lions on Sunday, and Watson played 54 snaps.
Both players are off Monday’s estimated report.
That’s good news for the Packers, who have a quick turnaround with a game against the Panthers on Thursday night.
The Packers estimate defensive tackle Anthony Campbell (ankle), linebacker Zaire Franklin (shin), offensive lineman Travis Glover (knee), wide receiver Matthew Golden (shoulder/foot), center Sean Rhyan (ankle) and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (ankle) as non-participants.
Offensive guard Aaron Banks (knee/toe) was listed as limited.
Cornerback Benjamin St-Juste (hamstring) was a full participant.
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.
Baker Mayfield is back, and apparently, so are the Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay crushed the Panthers in the first half, forcing three turnovers and scoring in every phase. The Bucs lead 33-6 at halftime.
Mayfield didn’t do much, but he didn’t need to with the Panthers self-destructing.
Bryce Young lost a fumble on a strip-sack by Al-Quadin Muhammad that Calijah Kancey returned 32 yards for a touchdown; Panthers wide receiver David Moore muffed a punt that Ko Kieft recovered for the Bucs at the Carolina 18, and Chase McLaughlin kicked a 22-yard field goal after Tampa Bay stalled at the Carolina 4; and Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum intercepted Young just before the half, with his 18-yard return setting up Tampa Bay at the Carolina 32.
Tez Johnson scored on an 18-yard reception from Mayfield with four seconds left in the first half. It was Mayfield’s 200th career touchdown throw.
Even when things went right for Young and Carolina, they went so wrong.
The Panthers scored their only points on a 50-yard reception by tight end Darren Waller, but Ryan Fitzgerald’s PAT attempt was blocked by Tykee Smith. McCollum returned it for a defensive 2-point conversion.
It is the first defensive 2-point conversion in the NFL this season after teams combined for two all of last season.
The Bucs have 196 yards, and Mayfield is only 5-of-9 for 49 yards and a touchdown. Bucky Irving has 18 carries for 84 yards and two touchdowns.
The Panthers have 114 yards, with Young 7-of-11 for 95 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
