Still, Wednesday will be a telling day for the guard, and a way to reassess where he is in his progress.
“Actually hitting a strength coach and hitting Derrick Brown are two different things. So seeing how the body responds from that, we’ll take it,” said Corbett. “I don’t know how my body is going to do, right? Previous surgeries in there, everything’s looked good, everything’s progressed great at least four weeks, weight room’s doing great. Like everything’s fine, right, but get out there and play football and see what happens from there and then evaluate.”
Furthermore, the Panthers have been finding a groove on offense, with back-to-back performances of 400-plus yards. And now, the group could be adding even more weapons back to the lineup.
Dave Canales shared on Monday that the Panthers could be getting back Jalen Coker and Chuba Hubbard, in addition to Corbett, soon.
The team opened up the window for Coker last week. The receiver, who injured his quad during training camp and started the season in IR, spent most of last week working with the scout team as he tested his endurance. Canales had been cautiously hopeful that he’d be ready for the Cowboys game. In the end, he was not. This week could be different though, according to the coach.
“Well, he’s really close. He looks great,” Canales said. “We’ll give you the full report on Wednesday, but you know, this week is going to be a big week for him, to really prove physically, to prove that he can do it and handle the load that we’re expecting.”