“He doesn’t shy away from physical cornerback play, adjusts his upper half consistently to box out defenders, and times his jumps to routinely win at the catch point”.
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Benjamin has been diagnosed with a sprained left knee, after he went down in a 1-on-1 drill where there was no contact.
Benjamin, despite his immediate production, faced issues of weight and nagging hamstring injuries past year and while he was said to have reported to camp lighter this offseason, was still struggling with hamstring problems.
“The idea is they’ll manage the whistle and if things start we’ll nip it in the bud”, Rivera said. Last season he emerged as one of quarterback Cam Newton’s favorite targets, catching 73 passes for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday that for the second time in less than 10 months Delmas tore the ACL in his right knee. For Benjamin fans with drafts still to come, receivers to look for include DeAndre Hokpins, Emmanuel Sanders, Jordan Matthews and Brandin Cooks, another from the talented 2014 wide receiver rookie class who’s expected to take a step forward this season.
The two clubs have a practice scheduled again for tomorrow ahead of their game this week.
He fell to the ground and then sat up holding his left leg as players from both teams gathered around him and took a knee.
Corey Brown, Jerricho Cotchery, Ted Ginn, Brenton Bersin and rookie second-rounder Devin Funchess remain on the depth chart. I just don’t think Funchess is ready to be a No. 1 threat for a team that is going to be a playoff contender. Not having your No. 1 guy on the practice field, it hurts you a little bit. I believe we have the guys behind him to step up and do whatever we need to do to fill the void right now’.
Newton was also one of the ones who pitied Benjamin.
At the field, the trainers attended to Benjamin and quickly called for the cart to take him into the locker room. Rivera said he didn’t have a sense for how close the two sides were to finalizing a deal. “He said, ‘Hey, you’re going to be OK”.
“But we’ve got formidable wide receivers in our group”. With the injury, the Panthers’ wide receiving corps goes from bad to terrible. They might go out and sign a veteran free agent such as Reggie Wayne or Wes Welker.
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The Dolphins and Panthers will kickoff from Carolina’s Bank of America Stadium at 7pm ET Saturday.
