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Jeff Otah Out for Season With Knee Injury

There was some hope the return of veteran offensive tackle Jeff Otah might help spark a listless Carolina offense, but the team decided the right tackle should wait for another season to lend some help. They placed him on injured reserve on Tuesday, thus ending his season. Otah had surgery on his knee near the end of...

DeAngelo Williams Still Out for Panthers; Randy Moss Anyone?

Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams did not practice Wednesday and it looks like he will not play Sunday when the Panthers (1-6) host the New Orleans Saints (5-3). Reporters saw Williams, the team's leading rusher, limping through the locker room on Wednesday. He has a sprained foot. The other bad news was...

More Bad News for Panthers: Jeff Otah's Return Uncertain

The Carolina Panthers' offense is the worst in the NFL, but there was hope that after this bye week some of the chemistry would start to return to the offensive line, a bulwark of the team for several years. But the Panthers suffered a setback when Jeff Otah, a starting tackle since 2008, told The Charlotte Observer he...

Expanded NFL Schedule Adds Too Much Injury Risk, Falcons Player Rep Says

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Erik Coleman, the player representative for the Atlanta Falcons, said the NFLPA is researching medical data to give an accurate portrayal of what adding two more games to the regular season will mean to players as far as injuries. Some of the data should not be hard to find. It screams at you...

Jimmy Clausen Will Need to Open Spaces for Panthers Run Game vs. Saints

The Carolina Panthers had to notice the Atlanta Falcons flattening the New Orleans Saints with the ground game late in last Sunday's matchup in the Superdome. Looks can be deceiving. The Falcons started to run the ball in the first quarter, not the fourth quarter. They were piling up time of possession. By the time the...

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06/01/12 Panthers OT Otah will have an MRI on left knee Source: Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro NC Panthers coach Ron Rivera says veteran offensive tackle Jeff Otah underwent an MRI on his left knee after tweaking it during Thursday's non-contact practice.
05/18/12 Carolina Panthers' OTAs feature battle for right tackle Source: NFL The Carolina Panthers will conduct the first of 10 OTA sessions next Tuesday, the first of Ron Rivera's tenure as the team's head coach.