{"id":646095,"date":"2026-01-01T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/646095\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:11:11","slug":"panthers-week-18-injury-report-2-players-ruled-out-vs-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/646095\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Week 18 injury report: 2 players ruled out vs. Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a> have ruled out a pair of defenders for Saturday&#8217;s huge regular-season finale against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa Bay Buccaneers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inside linebacker Claudin Cherelus and cornerback Robert Rochell will not play in Saturday&#8217;s showdown at Raymond James Stadium. Cherelus is dealing with calf and ankle injuries while Rochell remains sidelined with the concussion he sustained in last weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/carolina-panthers-vs-seattle-seahawks-205814499.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:27-10 loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">27-10 loss<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Seahawks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Running back Rico Dowdle, meanwhile, will be a go. The team&#8217;s leading rusher began the practice week as a non-participant due to a toe issue, but returned on both Wednesday and Thursday in full.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full injury report from this afternoon:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ILB Krys Barnes (Back) | Tuesday: DNP | Wednesday: Full | Thursday: Full | Game status: Questionable<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ILB Claudin Cherelus (Calf\/ankle) | Tuesday: DNP | Wednesday: DNP | Thursday: DNP | Game status: Out<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RB Rico Dowdle (Toe) | Tuesday: DNP | Wednesday: Full | Thursday: Full | Game status: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">G Robert Hunt (Biceps) | Tuesday: Full | Wednesday: Full | Thursday: Limited | Game status: Questionable<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">WR David Moore (Elbow) | Tuesday: Full | Wednesday: Full | Thursday: Limited | Game status: Questionable<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">CB Robert Rochell (Concussion) | Tuesday: DNP | Wednesday: DNP | Thursday: DNP | Game status: Out<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DL Tershawn Wharton (Hamstring) | Tuesday: Full | Wednesday: Full | Thursday: Full | Game status: Questionable<\/p>\n<p>Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@ThePanthersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2026\/01\/01\/panthers-week-18-injury-report-buccaneers\/87983063007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Panthers Week 18 injury report: 2 players ruled out vs. Buccaneers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Panthers Week 18 injury report: 2 players ruled out vs. Buccaneers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Panthers have ruled out a pair of defenders for Saturday&#8217;s huge regular-season finale against the Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[29552,235,260,2567,11205,7,10600,6,236,7152,3454,12348,261,250,14639],"class_list":["post-646095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-ankle-injuries","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-claudin-cherelus","tag-football","tag-krys-barnes","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-rico-dowdle","tag-robert-hunt","tag-robert-rochell","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tershawn-wharton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115821195150911401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}