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Jeff Otah - OUT for Sunday's game


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The Rock Hill Herald had the news of the day for the Panthers. Jeff Otah, a superior right tackle, is not going to play Sunday against the Giants. Otah might not even play for two or three weeks.

Otah, a third-year pro from Pitt, had his knee scoped near the start of training camp and the plans were for him to return for the season opener. The Herald reported that Otah said he had a "mini-setback," in his recovery.

"I'm hoping in the next couple weeks, the next two or three weeks I'll get back out there and start practicing," Otah told the paper Thursday. "I didn't think it was going to be this long. I didn't expect it to be this long.

"It's frustrating, but all I can do is try to rehab as well as I can to get back out there."

"Things didn't go as planned, but I've got to get back out there and keep working," Otah said. "I might have pushed myself a little too hard coming back. ... I'm a little upset with that, but got to move on and try to get back out there."

Geoff Schwartz, a second-year guy from Oregon, will step in and that is not a bad deal for the Panthers, except for the fact they lose some depth. It's still hot out and it would be nice to rotate tackles, but that is a luxury now.

Schwartz is certainly a player Carolina can trust. When Otah missed the last three games of the 2009 season, Schwartz stepped in. The Panthers still ran the ball with authority. One of the three games was against the Giants where Jonathan Stewart ran for 206 yards in a rout.

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The Rock Hill Herald had the news of the day for the Panthers. Jeff Otah, a superior right tackle, is not going to play Sunday against the Giants. Otah might not even play for two or three weeks.

Otah, a third-year pro from Pitt, had his knee scoped near the start of training camp and the plans were for him to return for the season opener. The Herald reported that Otah said he had a "mini-setback," in his recovery.

"I'm hoping in the next couple weeks, the next two or three weeks I'll get back out there and start practicing," Otah told the paper Thursday. "I didn't think it was going to be this long. I didn't expect it to be this long.

"It's frustrating, but all I can do is try to rehab as well as I can to get back out there."

"Things didn't go as planned, but I've got to get back out there and keep working," Otah said. "I might have pushed myself a little too hard coming back. ... I'm a little upset with that, but got to move on and try to get back out there."

Geoff Schwartz, a second-year guy from Oregon, will step in and that is not a bad deal for the Panthers, except for the fact they lose some depth. It's still hot out and it would be nice to rotate tackles, but that is a luxury now.

Schwartz is certainly a player Carolina can trust. When Otah missed the last three games of the 2009 season, Schwartz stepped in. The Panthers still ran the ball with authority. One of the three games was against the Giants where Jonathan Stewart ran for 206 yards in a rout.

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I am glad to be here visiting my family in Jersey...three Giants fans, four Eagles fan and me!

Reading this about Otah...I thought..." a mini set-back " but I'll be back in a couple weeks...two to three weeks...a month at the worst...3 months at the most horrendous!

I just hope it rains like hell here. Off to get my fill of hoagies!

Go Panthers! :thumbsup:

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I am glad to be here visiting my family in Jersey...three Giants fans, four Eagles fan and me!

Reading this about Otah...I thought..." a mini set-back " but I'll be back in a couple weeks...two to three weeks...a month at the worst...3 months at the most horrendous!

I just hope it rains like hell here. Off to get my fill of hoagies!

Go Panthers! :thumbsup:

4 eagle fans?

that would truly be terrible.

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Truth is that Otah has never played in more than 13 games in a season anyway. These kind of situations are exactly how you build depth. Magazu has done a great job with low draft picks and guys you never heard of before. I keep waiting for Otah to stay healthy for a whole season, but in the meantime it's great to have Schwartz as a replacement. After all, right now the chemistry has been built with Schwartz not Otah.

I am optimistic we won't have a big drop off.

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