KB missing practice today with a knee injury, Kuechly back with helmet

[ItsPantone278]

I saw a tweet saying KB was sore today.  Let's hope he feels better after rest and treatment.   The guy has been great this year.

[PantherNation123]

29 minutes ago, xav8tor said:

Aside from pressers, where we hardly ever get much of anything, with a skeptical eye, watch social media, etc. for FACTS on exactly what Luke did today. The helmet itself isn't dispositive. Non contact position drills would point to stage four. Anything involving contact with other players or dummies (unfortunately, in a few cases those mean the same thing), means stage five, and that the team physician thinks he's good for full practice. However, he has to show no symptoms afterwards, and then still has to be cleared by the independent neurological consultant. As is, definitely a good sign.

Tough to go to social media for facts

[UpstatePanther]

1 hour ago, PantherNation123 said:

Yeah I get what you're saying, but you don't sit your #1 receiver just to try to get better chemistry with your 3rd or 4th receiver.  Cam will watch film and see when and where he misses Shepard... don't need to sit KB to do that. 

well notice i didnt say we should just sit him to get better chemistry with 3rds and 4ths. i was saying i wouldnt complain if Benji legit needed to take a week off for medical reasons, because maybe then Cam would start seeing his other wide open receivers lol

[RoaringRiot]

43 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

He didn't have a Concussion, Schefter exposed this Coaching Staff for sure.  They probably put him in the Protocol to be EXTRA cautious.  

If he didn't have one then he would be practicing already, no? But he's still in the protocol (this is the doctors' not the coaches) which means he's almost certainly not playing this weekend

[xav8tor]

17 minutes ago, csx said:

Look....Im just messing with you but you went from getting on people's cases for commenting without being a doctor to doing exactly the same thing each and every time Luke's situation is mentioned.

Just trying to contribute by injecting facts and logic into a thread full of speculation and emotion, which ain't easy around here, or under these circumstances. I'm well aware that I don't have any more info than anyone else can get on the WWW, but I often do get paid what some people might think is a crap load of money to review and analyze facts, documents, etc. Among other things, although not a physician, I do have a license to perform certain types of neurological and congnitive tests and diagnostic procedures on real live people in hospitals, clinics, etc. I don't do that much anymore though.

Therefore, since it's not too often that I can meaningfully contribute to an X and O thread, I simply thought I might share what I actually can do. I can stop, and really should, because I could be doing the same thing right now and get paid to do it! Probably won't though. I'm really worried about Luke.

[xav8tor]

28 minutes ago, PantherNation123 said:

Tough to go to social media for facts

You couldn't be more correct. What I really meant was, find a pic of him hitting a dummie or a making a flying tackle, or a reliable (I know, fat chance) statement to that effect.

[sharkkiller]

1 hour ago, JakeDel5674 said:

He didn't have a Concussion, Schefter exposed this Coaching Staff for sure.  They probably put him in the Protocol to be EXTRA cautious.  

The coaches don't put players in the concussion protocol. the NFL does.

[xav8tor]

1 hour ago, JakeDel5674 said:

He didn't have a Concussion, Schefter exposed this Coaching Staff for sure.  They probably put him in the Protocol to be EXTRA cautious.  

FACT: The coaches have zero say in anyone going into the protocol, or coming out of it.

[therealmjl]

1 minute ago, xav8tor said:

You couldn't be more correct. What I really meant was, find a pic of him hitting a dummie or a making a flying tackle, or a reliable (I know, fat chance) statement to that effect.

I get what you’re saying, but you’d be hard pressed to find any player in the NFL making a flying tackle during a Thursday practice.

[therealmjl]

Also not sure what @JakeDel5674 is alluding to?

Like some sort of tin foil hat talk about our coaching staff 

[xav8tor]

Just now, mjligon said:

I get what you’re saying, but you’d be hard pressed to find any player in the NFL making a flying tackle during a Thursday practice.

Okay, point taken. The protocol is really specific in this regard, relatively speaking. Find ANY contact!

[pantherclaw]

If it Friday?

Talk to me tomorrow before we over react.

[Castavar]

Anyone see how his knee was swollen last Thursday? Was still able to play through it, but it looked gross. Hopefully it just precautionary.

[beastson]

Sucks to lose him, but our run game is number 1 priority.