GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The image was chilling as players filtered out of the Carolina Panthers locker room following Sunday's almost epic comeback against the Arizona Cardinals in which quarterback Bryce Young put up career passing numbers.
There was starting center Austin Corbett, barely able to walk with his left knee heavily bandaged, helping guard Robert Hunt pull a shirt over his left arm that forced him to leave the 27-22 loss in the fourth quarter with a biceps injury.
Beyond Young overcoming a two-turnover start that led to a 27-3 deficit, there was the cold reality that Corbett and Hunt could miss extended time, if not the rest of a season, which has begun 0-2.