The Carolina Panthers have placed starting guard Brady Christensen on injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday.
He had played every snap in the season opener as the starting left guard.
Christensen played and started in all 17 games a season ago.
The loss of Christensen is not a welcome sight for rookie quarterback and No. 1 pick Bryce Young. Young was 20-for-38 passing for 146 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
“He’s a team-first person. He’ll be hard on himself and each of us should be,” Carolina head coach Reich said of Young after the game. “That’s kind of the message that we talked about in there. Every one of us, players and coaches, should be hard on himself in the next 24 hours. It should not taste good and we need to eat every bit of it. Otherwise, you don’t learn and get better from it.”
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