The Carolina Panthers got a bit healthier ahead of their regular-season finale.
Only four players were held out of practice on Thursday, including outside linebacker Marquis Haynes Sr. The sixth-year defender remains in concussion protocol after a scary scene from the team’s Week 17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Haynes Sr. was held back in Jacksonville for medical testing, but returned to Charlotte on Monday.
Also out was kicker Eddy Piñeiro, who sustained a hamstring injury prior to kickoff on New Year’s Eve. If Piñeiro is unable to suit up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the Panthers will likely roll with Matthew Wright—who was signed to the practice squad on Tuesday.
Here’s the full injury report from this afternoon:
| Injury | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game status | |
| OLB Marquis Haynes Sr. | Concussion | DNP | DNP | ||
| P Johnny Hekker | Personal | DNP | DNP | ||
| K Eddy Piñeiro | Hamstring | DNP | DNP | ||
| RB Miles Sanders | Illness | DNP | Full | ||
| WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette | Illness | DNP | Full | ||
| WR DJ Chark | Foot | Limited | Full | ||
| LB Kamu Grugier-Hill | Ankle | Limited | Limited | ||
| CB Troy Hill | Concussion | Limited | Limited | ||
| CB Jaycee Horn | Toe | Limited | Limited | ||
| G Cade Mays | Finger | Limited | Limited | ||
| OLB Brian Burns | Knee | Full | Full | ||
| OT Taylor Moton | Knee | Full | Full | ||
| QB Bryce Young | Back | Full | Full | ||
| LB Tae Davis | Illness | DNP |
