{"id":364168,"date":"2025-09-13T07:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/364168\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:25:18","slug":"panthers-injury-report-transactions-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/364168\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Injury Report &#038; Transactions &#8211; Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catscratchreader.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening at Mint Street this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The biggest question mark on the injury report as of the time of publication is whether starting left tackle Ikem Ekwonu will see the field. He has been limited every day in practice this week recovering from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/week-2-friday-injury-report-ikem-ekwonu-questionable-cardinals-tershawn-wharton-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent appendectomy<\/a> (listed as an \u201cillness\u201d) as the Panthers prepare to take on the Arizona Cardinals. He is currently considered questionable for Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Signed DT Tommy Akingbesote to the practice squad<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 6-foot-3, 306-pound rookie is coming off a four-year college career at Maryland. In four seasons with the Terrapins he appeared in 44 games with 77 tackles, eight tackles for loss, and four sacks. He was drafted in the seventh round of this year\u2019s draft by the Dallas Cowboys but was released in late August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Interestingly, the draft pick the Cowboys used to select Akingbesote was one the Panthers sent to Dallas last year in the Jonathan Mingo trade, so Carolina essentially got that pick back with this signing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Signed S Israel Mukuamu to the practice squad<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is a low-risk, high-upside signing for the Panthers. In college Mukuamu played three seasons at South Carolina before being selected in the sixth round of the 2021 draft. He spent four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, appearing in 50 games with three starts. On his career he has 42 tackles, three interceptions, and four passes defended. Stashing a relatively young (he\u2019s still only 25) but experienced guy like this on the practice squad could pay dividends down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. 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