(Read Part 1)An unfortunate injury for Carolina Panthers, wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin sustained a delicate knee injury, which would have him miss the entire 2015 NFL season, the Florida State University graduate in a play was attempting to cut Don Jones from the Miami Dolphins, when he suffered the mishap on his left knee, after leaving the field the 24-year-old underwent an MRI, which revealed the tear in his anterior cruciate ligament.
“Obviously we feel terrible for Kelvin. He worked tremendously hard to have a strong year. We hope that he will face the surgery and rehabilitation with the same determination he has shown in his previous challenges,”
said the general manager of the franchise, Dave Gettleman.
Benjamin, picked in the first round of the 2014 Draft, was coming off a remarkable first season in the league, in which he set marks in the history of the team as a rookie, his 73 receptions for 8,008 yards and nine touchdowns with this injury and Stephen Hill’s, who was cut by the franchise soon after his physical setback back in April this year, the air strike in the scheme of Ron Rivera is poised to fall to Devin Funchess, a second-round pick this year .
The Carolina Panthers preseason continues to waddle in the path of disaster. In the second game for the preseason campaign pass rusher Frank Alexander was injured, called to be an important part of the line on the backup side of Kony Ealy. Alexander, who suffered from a broken Achilles tendon, he is a player on his career’s third year out of the University of Oklahoma he will begin the 2016 season having played only one regular-season meeting between 2014 and 2015. Carolina, meanwhile, continues to lose their most key players and as preseason goes is not looking good for the offensive at least for now.
Three players from the New York Jets had to leave their preseason game that pitted them against the Atlanta Falcons, wide receiver Jeremy Kerley, running back Daryl Richardson and safety Durell Eskridge were affected by concussions, The players will have to undergo protocols imposed by the NFL and especially Kerley’s development is important since he already suffered another concussion in 2013.
