CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One player the Carolina Panthers are hoping will help turn around their season has worn his game pants to practice every day since he was signed in July.
There’s just one catch.
Cornerback Leonard Johnson wasn’t practicing or preparing for a game until Tuesday. He was working on the side with the trainer, rehabbing an Achilles injury that forced him to begin the season on the Physically Unable to Perform/Non Football Injury list.
Whether he was riding the stationary bike or pulling a sled, Johnson wore the game pants instead of practice gear like the rest of his teammates.