Panthers’ Luke Kuechly In Concussion Protocol

The loss of Kuechly for an extended period of time would be a huge loss for the Panthers, who improved to 4-6 with their 23-20 win over the Saints.

New Orleans will look to get back on track after a couple of extra days to regroup following Thursday night’s game. The Panthers recovered the ball.

Beating the Broncos and Panthers would have catapulted the New Orleans Saints into the conference playoff picture and the NFC South race and set the stage for what promised to be an exciting holiday stretch run.

6 short stories from the Panthers’ 23-20 win over the Saints.

A distraught Kuechly was in tears immediately after the injury, struggling to catch his breath.

Kuechly, who was the 2013 National Football League defensive player of the year, managed 14 tackles before his fourth-quarter injury. “I’m going to play it as long as I can”. Fortunately, behind a zero turnover effort, Carolina held on for the win despite suffering some key losses along the way.

‘We rally behind that guy, ‘ said Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson. “It is just the last thing we need to see – for this city and this team”, said Nathan Levi. “I’m keeping Luke in my prayers”. The Saints had 203 total yards and trailed 23-3 entering the final quarter before making a late push to get back in the game.

Though C Gino Gradkowski had a knee injury while C Ryan Kalil had injured his shoulder, it is still not confirmed whether they will play or not. Cam Newton missed one game with a concussion and starting left tackle Michael Oher has been out since the first week of October while continuing to battle concussion symptoms. Carolina took the second half kickoff and marched 43 yards in 16 clock-eating plays before settling for a field goal.

“Our mantra is to Keep Pounding and it speaks volumes in situations like this”, Newton said. I know that three out of our next six are divisional opponents, so we’ve got to take care of business. Their status for Carolina’s November 27 game in Oakland remains uncertain. “It’s remarkable in a sense”, said Panthers safety Kurt Coleman. He might have also sustained a leg injury. I’m just focused on us and our team and I know that we’ve got a lot of football left. “Not only our team but their team”. Drew Brees completed 35 passes for 264 yards.

“He’s in the protocol”, Rivera said. I need to put the ball in a corner and let guys do their job. They were forced to settle for three field-goal attempts, including one which was blocked. It cost us at NY, it cost us last weekend (against) Denver and it cost us again tonight.

Maybe Ginn is just too fast for officials. With the game tied at 3 in the second-quarter, Jonathan Stewart scored on a 1-yard rush for the Panthers.