Panthers RB Stewart in need of rest after season opener

After Sunday’s season opener, the Carolina Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart skipped practice Wednesday, and coach John Fox said the second-year back needed to take the day off for his tendon soreness.


Stewart had only taken part in eight practices all year before the start of the regular season and was held out of contact in two of those. But last week he practiced all three days, the Panthers used him as much as starter DeAngelo Williams in last week’s game. Stewart had nine carries at halftime and finished with 35 yards on 11 attempts.

Not only Stewart himself, but also the team feels it necessary to take a good care of Stewart’s Achilles tendon, because the team needs him well to have a better running game and take the pressure off other parts of the offense.

Panthers RB Stewart is getting ready for training camp

This year we can expect the Panthers to have another best rushing attack as they did last year. The RB group of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart will just add the possiblity as Stewart is getting ready for the training camp.


At the moment Stewart is almost recovered from his injury. The injury was related to a toe problem that slowed him down last off-season and made him unable to take part in any practice over the past four weeks. But that problem will not exist for long. Last Tuesday Stewart just participated in the conditioning sprints and ran at a fast pace, so that means he will be able to run normally at the training camp before the season starts.