CHARLOTTE — The Panthers are in wait-and-see mode with Xavier Legette. The receiver was limited in practice this week with a hamstring and is officially listed as questionable for Sunday’s home opener against divisional rivals, the Atlanta Falcons.
“Yeah, I think questionable, right, you know we’re going to have to still take it day to day,” Canales said Friday afternoon.
“He did take some reps. He’s bugging me to play, you know, he’s like, ‘Coach, I’m good, coach, I’m good,’ and so we just have to be really sure that we test this thing and move him around so we feel confident that he can be out there and be himself.”
The hamstring soreness popped up on Wednesday, according to Canales. While the receiver was back on the field Thursday and Friday, albeit in a limited capacity, the team will monitor his status between now and Sunday.
“That’s something that we’re going to have to look at again tomorrow morning,” Canales continued, “and just move around and talk to him some tomorrow to see where we’re at there. He’s a guy that, he knows that the work is right there for him and he wants to be out there, but, I got to make the best decision for him. I got to make the best decision for us.
“It’s really for me, it’s really about football. It’s about his ability to play to his full speed, to be able to react to things and not to have other things on his mind, as far as just like dealing with the hamstring and how that might affect him, and just the whole group. So for me it’s always going to be a football decision and I want to make the best decision for X but also for us.”