CHARLOTTE – If you’ve already watched enough of Matt Kalil to make up your mind about the left tackle, you might see this as a puff piece. But if you’re willing to have an open mind, perhaps you’ll see more.
“What everybody seems to forget is Matt had major surgery,” head coach Ron Rivera reminded this week. “He didn't have a normal offseason [last year]. He didn't have a normal training camp.”
Even if you call those excuses, that doesn’t make them invalid.
Hip surgery is no joke. That’s what Kalil underwent in September 2016 to fix an issue that began bothering him in high school.