The Carolina Panthers can start planning for their vacation after suffering a 34-31 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in an NFC wild-card round matchup at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday.
However, at least one Panther will have to worry about his health first. Following the Panthers’ season-ending loss, Carolina head coach Dave Canales provided an update on left tackle Ikem Ekwonu, who went down with an injury in the first quarter of the Rams game.
Panthers head into offseason with injury to key offensive lineman
“Ickey’s got a knee injury,” Canales told reporters, via Anthony Rizzuti of Panthers Wire.
“We’ll give you more of an update. They gotta do all the MRIs and all that stuff. But I think it’s a significant injury, and something that we’ll have to go into the offseason with.”
Ekwonu was carted off the field after going down with an apparent lower-body injury while trying to block on a passing play.