There has been a lot of negativity lately in Panther nation and for the most part it has been completely justified. I myself have contributed to a fair amount of it. But the week following a bye is a time for optimism. The team has had time to rest, nurse injuries back to health, mentally reset, and hopefully come back out ready to turn their fortunes around in the second half of the season.
Unfortunately, not all the injuries had time to heal. Michael Oher remains in the concussion protocol, James Bradberry was still limited at practice on Thursday, as was Vernon Butler.