The Panthers hoped to get healthier over their bye week and things appear to have played out that way in the secondary.
The team returned to work on Monday and Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer reports that cornerbacks James Bradberry and Robert McClain were both back on the field with the team. Bradberry started the first four games of the season, but the 2016 second-round pick missed the last two games with a toe injury. McClain missed Week Six with a hamstring injury, leaving the team with a shortage of healthy cornerbacks.
That number got even lower when Daryl Worley suffered a concussion against the Saints. The play of the cornerback group has been an issue for the Panthers all season so the return to health for Bradberry and McClain doesn’t guarantee improvement, but it should at least improve the chances that progress can take place in the coming weeks.
The Panthers also had Leonard Johnson on the field. Johnson has been on the non-football injury list due to a torn Achilles and could provide more help for the struggling group if he gets the green light for game action.