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Top Panthers News
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Panthers' Patrick Jones: Unlikely to play Week 1
Jones (back) is not expected to play in Sunday's regular-season opener against the Bears, Joe Person of The Athletic reports.
Jones has been nursing a back injury, and he has yet to participate at practice this week. The linebacker is considered week-to-week according to head coach Dave Canales, so his status for Week 2 versus Atlanta is also in question. In his absence against Chicago, Trevis Gipson is a top candidate to draw the start at weak-side linebacker.
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Panthers' Jonathon Brooks: Limited participant Thursday
Brooks (groin) was a limited participant in Thursday's practice.
Brooks said Wednesday that he expects to play in the opener, but the club continues to keep a lid on his practice participation as he's yet to log a full session this week. He still could play this week despite the team's caution in practice. Assuming he's good to go, Brooks and Chuba Hubbard will handle the bulk of the backfield work against the Bears on Sunday.
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Panthers' Akayleb Evans: Not listed on injury report
Evans (neck) was not listed on Wednesday's injury report.
Evans was held out of the Panthers' preseason finale against the Texans on Aug. 28 after aggravating a neck injury during practice. However, his absence from the first injury report of Week 1 prep indicates that he'll be available to play against the Bears on Sunday. Evans contributed mostly on special teams during the 2025 regular season, finishing with 12 tackles (six solo) across 16 games.
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Panthers' Haynes King: Not on Wednesday's injury report
King (hamstring) was not listed on Wednesday's injury report.
King missed the Panthers' final three preseason games due to a hamstring injury he sustained during the Hall of Fame Game against the Cardinals on Aug. 6. King's absence from the injury report indicates that he'll be available for Sunday's regular-season opener against the Bears, though he figures to be the Panthers' emergency third quarterback behind Bryce Young and Kenny Pickett.
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Panthers' Jaelan Phillips: Fades injury report
Phillips (arm) was not listed on the Panthers' injury report Wednesday.
Phillips was dealing with an arm injury that caused him to miss training camp practices and preseason games, but the sixth-year pro's absence from Wednesday's report indicates that he'll play Sunday against Chicago. Phillips and Patrick Jones (back) will serve as Carolina's starting edge rushers for the upcoming season, with Trevis Gipson and Princely Umanmielen providing depth at the position.
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Panthers' Derrick Brown: Logs full practice Wednesday
Brown (knee) was not listed on the Panthers' injury report Wednesday.
Brown was limited by a knee injury during training camp, but the 2020 first-rounder practiced Wednesday without limitations and should be available for Week 1 against the Bears on Sunday. The Auburn product put together a solid statline last year, finishing with 73 tackles (33 solo), including a career-high 5.0 sacks, seven pass defenses and one forced fumble across 17 regular-season games.
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Panthers' Devin Lloyd: Absent from injury report
Lloyd (knee) was not listed on Wednesday's injury report.
Lloyd was working through a knee injury toward the tail end of training camp, but his absence from injury report indicates that the fifth-year pro will play in Sunday's regular-season opener against the Bears. Lloyd inked a three-year, $42 million contract with the Panthers in March after spending the first four years of his NFL career with the Jaguars, and he is slated to start alongside Bobby Okereke at inside linebacker, with both Claudin Cherelus and Jackson Kuwatch providing depth at the position.
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Panthers' Jonathon Brooks: Declares himself 100 percent
Brooks (groin) said Wednesday he's 100 percent healthy and expects to play Sunday against the Bears, Steve Reed of the Associated Press reports.
Brooks was officially limited in practice Wednesday, but all indications are he did everything in the session and looked ready to go for the start of the season. Brooks will push Chuba Hubbard for carries in the Carolina backfield, but Hubbard is expected to open the campaign as the starter and lead back while Brooks sees plenty of work as the 1B option. It may be best to take a wait-and-see approach with him in fantasy.
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Panthers' Xavier Legette: Past ankle injury
Legette (ankle) is not listed on the Panthers' injury report Wednesday.
Legette dealt with an ankle injury last month and was in a walking boot a little over two weeks ago, but he's past the issue and ready to go for the Panthers' season opener against Chicago on Sunday. Legette is expected to open the season as the WR3 behind Tetairoa McMillan and Jalen Coker. Expect the Panthers to use plenty of multiple-tight-end sets after adding Darren Waller, so that could limit Legette's playing time.
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Panthers' Chuba Hubbard: Not listed on injury report
Hubbard (hamstring) was not listed on the Panthers' injury report Wednesday.
Hubbard dealt with a hamstring injury last month but has been practicing since the calendar flipped to September. With Jonathon Brooks dealing with soreness in his groin for the past week and limited in practice, Hubbard looks like the frontrunner for carries and touches out of the Carolina backfield to open the season. He's shaping up as a low-end RB2 against Chicago on Sunday.
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Panthers' Jonathon Brooks: Officially limited Wednesday
Brooks (groin) was listed as a limited participant in Wednesday's practice.
There's now an official body part attached to Brooks' injury status after the Panthers were forced to clarify the running back's issue on the team's first official injury report of the season. Brooks has been dealing with "soreness" for more than a week, and the good news is that the problem is not in his surgically repaired knee. He was in full pads Wednesday, and a limited start to the week gives Brooks a good chance to play Sunday against the Bears. Chuba Hubbard is expected to open 2026 as the 1A to Brooks' 1B in the Carolina backfield.
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Panthers' Jonathon Brooks: Practicing in pads Wednesday
Brooks (general soreness) is in uniform and pads at Wednesday's practice, Mike Kaye of ESPN.com reports.
With Brooks having worked off to the side earlier in the week, his presence in uniform and pads would suggest he's trending toward being available for Sunday's season opener against the Bears. If he plays, Brooks is expected to split backfield work with Chuba Hubbard, rendering both little more than low-end RB2 fantasy options until one is able to separate from the other atop the depth chart.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| Rushing | Passing | Overall | |
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| Off. |
- (5th) |
- (5th) |
0.0 (5th) |
| Def. |
- (1st) |
- (1st) |
0.0 (1st) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| J. Brooks RB Jonathon Brooks RB | Groin |
| P. Jones II LB Patrick Jones II LB | Back |
| N. Scourton LB Nic Scourton LB | Knee - ACL |
| T. Wharton DE Tershawn Wharton DE | Neck |
| T. Etienne RB Trevor Etienne RB | Ankle |