The Panthers saw something in Stephen Hill the rest of us didn’t, and were willing to stick by him despite his arrest just before camp on drug paraphernalia charges.
That’s why it was painful for them to see the wide receiver go down in a heap yesterday in practice. The former Jets second-rounder, who joined the Panthers last year and spent time on the practice squad, suffered a serious-looking knee injury Saturday afternoon.
“I felt like someone shot me in the gut,” Panthers wide receivers coach Ricky Proehl told Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review.