The New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers slogged thru a 20-17 defensive slugfest Monday night time in Charlotte, a competition in which the host Panthers misplaced the sport and a key participant. Carolina linebacker Shaq Thompson, a mainstay at the Panthers’ protection since their Super Bowl run in 2015, had his leg rolled up on after creating a take on on Taysom Hill in the primary part. The officers took a timeout in order for the educational team of workers to guage him earlier than he was once carted off of the sphere.
Thompson by no means returned to the sport, and now head trainer Frank Reich showed that the 29-year-old, nine-year veteran suffered a “significant” ankle injury. Reich delivered the news at his postgame press convention, in line with ESPN.
Thompson is the second-most tenured participant at the now 0-2 Panthers in the back of handiest the group’s 37-year-old lengthy snapper J.J. Jansen, a 15-year vet who was once been with the group since 2009.