The 0-4 Panthers may be getting back some help up front as right guard Austin Corbett is finally set to rejoin the team on the practice field after suffering a season-ending ACL tear towards the end of last season.
According to Adam Schefter, Corbett was cleared to practice on Wednesday. Here was his tweet from that morning noting this important development for the Panther O-lineman:
“Nine months after tearing his ACL, Panthers’ right guard Austin Corbett has been cleared to practice today.”
Corbett was the first pick of the second round back in 2018 by the Cleveland Browns. After one start in just 11 games played as a rookie, Corbett was traded in the middle of his second season after failing to penetrate Cleveland’s starting five up front.
It was the Rams who grabbed the former top-35 pick and immediately made him the starter at right guard, where he remained for that 2020 season and then in 2021 and 2022 as well before his rookie contract ran out. Of course, he even won a Super Bowl with LA during the 2021-22 season, but simply wasn’t affordable to extent after his rookie deal given the immense salary cap tax the Rams already had to pay.
So, Corbett wound up in Carolina, where he started all 17 games in 2022 before tearing his ACL in the very last game of the season against division rival New Orleans. Now, he appears to be back in good health and ready to play once more.
Miles Sanders NOT happy about fans booing team
Running back Miles Sanders commented on the booing from the home crowd after the Vikings loss this past weekend, calling it “not cool.” However, the fifth-year player knows enough about the league to know fans expect more when they’re shelling out large sums to attend games.
“It’s not cool. It’s not cool at all. Especially at home. It’s not a good feeling,” Sanders said.
Sanders came to Carolina on a four-year, $25.4 million contract this offseason. It’s been far from a fairytale beginning to his Panthers tenure. So far, he’s racked up just 158 yards on 54 carries this season. On Sunday, he gained just 19 yards on 13 carries. He’s now considerably behind pace on his 1,200-yard season last year.
Not wanting to point fingers, Sanders insisted after the game that the team must get better from almost every angle.
“The urgency and getting out of the huddle stuff, and delay of games, is what’s really killing us – you know, trying to get into a real rhythm,” Sanders said, via Panthers.com. “We can’t really get into a rhythm. Honestly, we’re not playing good football right now.
“There’s no pointing fingers at anybody but everybody. It’s not just one person. This is everybody that has to do with this. It’s the whole offense. And it’s something we’ve got to change quick, or it’s going to be the tale of this year.”
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