Panthers Put Taylor Moton on IR After Injury
WHO:
panthers.com - Jaelan Phillips, Damien Lewis, Torricelli Simpkins III, Bobby Brown III, and Akayleb Evans were listed as non-participants on the Panthers’ projected injury report.
panthers.com - Jalen Coker was listed as limited, while Bryce Young was listed as a full participant.
panthers.com - Rookie Monroe Freeling, who started at right tackle for Moton during the first four games, finished the game after Moton left.
panthers.com - Running back Anthony Tyus III and linebacker Bam Martin-Scott were added to the Panthers’ depth chart; linebacker Thomas Incoom went on injured reserve.
HEAVY - Taylor Moton is a Carolina Panthers right tackle.
panthers.com - Panthers head coach Dave Canales described Moton’s injury as a “fractured fibula.”
panthers.com - Nick Hampton is an outside linebacker who spent the offseason and training camp with the Panthers.
panthers.com - Ja’Markis Weston is a linebacker and University of Florida product who has spent time with the Seahawks and Jets.
WHAT:
panthers.com - On Tuesday, Bobby Brown III changed from a projected non-participant to a full participant; Jalen Coker changed from limited to a full participant.
panthers.com - Jaelan Phillips, Damien Lewis, Torricelli Simpkins III, and Akayleb Evans were projected not to participate in Tuesday’s walk-through.
panthers.com - The Panthers’ projected injury report listed Phillips with a hamstring injury; Lewis with a knee injury; Simpkins with an ankle injury; Brown with a hand injury; Evans with triceps and knee injuries; Coker with a shoulder injury; and Young with a knee injury.
panthers.com - The Panthers released their depth chart for the Week 8 game against the Green Bay Packers.
panthers.com - Anthony Tyus III was added to the depth chart after rushing for his first career touchdown; he was placed at the end of the line.
panthers.com - Bam Martin-Scott was listed behind Devin Lloyd and Jackson Kuwatch on the linebacker depth chart.
panthers.com - The right-tackle depth chart remained unchanged, with Monroe Freeling expected to start while Moton is out.
HEAVY - The Carolina Panthers placed Taylor Moton on injured reserve after he suffered an injury in Week 7.
panthers.com - The Panthers placed Moton on injured reserve.
panthers.com - The Panthers signed Nick Hampton to the active roster from the practice squad to replace Moton on the active roster.
panthers.com - The Panthers signed Ja’Markis Weston to the practice squad to fill the opening created by Hampton’s promotion.
panthers.com - Hampton was elevated from the practice squad to play in the Panthers’ game against the Buccaneers.
WHERE:
panthers.com - The Panthers’ Week 8 opponent is the Green Bay Packers.
panthers.com - The Panthers are based in Charlotte.
panthers.com - Moton suffered the injury during the Panthers’ loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
WHY:
panthers.com - The depth chart was described as early because the Panthers were scheduled to play a Thursday night game that week.
HEAVY - The roster move followed Moton’s injury.
panthers.com - Moton’s fractured fibula led the Panthers to place him on injured reserve; the team had expected to be without him “a while.”
HOW:
panthers.com - The Panthers held a second walk-through on Tuesday, making that day’s injury report a projection.
panthers.com - The Panthers held a walk-through while preparing for their Thursday game, so the injury report was a projection.
panthers.com - The Panthers adjusted the roster by promoting Hampton from the practice squad to the active roster and signing Weston to the practice squad.
Panthers right tackle Taylor Moton has a fractured fibula and was placed on injured reserve after getting hurt against Tampa Bay, with rookie Monroe Freeling expected to start in his place against Green Bay. Carolina promoted linebacker Nick Hampton from the practice squad and signed Ja’Markis Weston to fill the opening, while adding running back Anthony Tyus III and linebacker Bam Martin-Scott to its depth chart and placing linebacker Thomas Incoom on injured reserve. In the latest projected injury report, Bobby Brown III and Jalen Coker were full participants, while Jaelan Phillips, Damien Lewis, Torricelli Simpkins III and Akayleb Evans were projected not to participate.