At a time when other teams are looking for things like quarterbacks, the Panthers have what can fairly be considered a first-world problem.
But it looks like they’re going to need to find a punter.
Their competition for the job has been less-than-inspired to begin with, and now they may have an injured one.
Veteran Mike Scifres is out for the rest of the game after he took a shot to the knee, though he stayed in the game to hit a stirring 21-yarder. Scifres has been dealing with injury throughout the preseason, so it’s hard to tell if he’s winning or not, or whether they were just banking on a known commodity.
The only other punter on the roster is Kasey Redfern, whose primary qualification seems to be that he went to Wofford, where the Panthers have training camp. He recently replaced Swayze Waters, whose primary qualification seemed to be that he was named Swayze.
It was possible (likely even) that the Panthers were going to be looking for punters prior to the regular season anyway, but Scifres’ condition may have forced the issue.
