ESPN.com · Sep 9, 2024
Source: Panthers DT Derrick Brown has serious knee injury
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The news went from bad to worse for the Carolina Panthers after Sunday's 47-10 loss to the New Orleans Saints when they discovered Pro Bowl defensive tackle Derrick Brown suffered a potentially season-ending knee injury.
A league source confirmed to ESPN that Brown will undergo surgery to repair an apparent meniscus injury.
It was unclear when Brown suffered the injury. He played 60 of Carolina's 66 snaps in its worst opening-day loss in team history and fourth-largest margin of defeat overall.
Brown was coming off a 2023 campaign in which his 103 tackles were the most for an NFL defensive lineman in a season.