During his postgame press conference, Dave Canales broke the news that sixth-man offensive lineman Brady Christensen likely ruptured his Achilles in Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, adding injury
to insult.
Christensen was lauded as a do-it-all lineman who could step in at all five positions on the offensive line. He had recently been filling in for the also injured Robert Hunt at right guard. Center Cade Mays and right tackle Taylor Moton also left Sunday’s game with injuries. Interior lineman Austin Corbett recently returned from an injury, but the line is still very thin moving forward. It will be interesting to see the line combinations moving forward, especially considering other injuries (e.g. Damien Lewis missing time earlier in the season). In an ideal scenario, Mays and Moton are back next week and we see a line of Ekwonu-Lewis-Mays-Corbett-Moton. With Bryce Young also nursing an ankle injury and Andy Dalton not being an NFL caliber quarterback, the Panthers better hope and pray for some good news on the injury front.
