CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Pro Bowl running back Christian McCaffrey will return from missing three games with a shoulder injury on Sunday to a Carolina Panthers team that could be missing two of its top three wide receivers due to the coronavirus.
DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel were among eight players on Monday placed on the NFL's reserve/COVID-19 list. The others are outside linebacker Shaq Thompson, defensive tackle Derrick Brown, defensive tackle Zach Kerr, offensive tackle Greg Little, punter Michael Palardy and wide receiver Ishmael Hyman.
Palardy (knee) already was on season-ending injured reserve and Hyman is a practice squad player, so being added to the list wouldn't have impacted Carolina's (4-8) 1 p.