This hasn’t exactly been the preseason Carolina Panthers rookie linebacker Andre Smith hoped for.
First, he injured his hamstring in the team’s preseason opener, costing him that game as well as the next two. But on top of just missing time?
Missing time to gel with fellow rookie Jermaine Carter Jr.
“Coming into OTA’s, we were out there together for most of the time, so I kinda got used to playing out there with him,” Carter said. “I told him, ‘Man, you getting hurt, it kinda messed it up for us,’ (laughs) but hopefully we can be out there together in the future.