{"id":914504,"date":"2026-06-09T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/914504\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:00:18","slug":"mandatory-minicamp-day-1-standout-just-gave-panthers-fans-a-severe-case-of-ptsd-caused-by-tetairoa-mcmillan-being-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/914504\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory minicamp Day 1 standout just gave Panthers fans a severe case of PTSD caused by Tetairoa McMillan being limited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers wrapped up the first day of mandatory minicamp and the Day 1 standout was veteran wide receiver David Moore working with the first-team offense in Tetairoa McMillian\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarolina Panthers wide receiver David Moore (83) mugs for the camera as he walks off after practice during training camp.
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The Carolina Panthers wrapped up the first day of mandatory minicamp on Tuesday and the big storyline was the return of wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan<\/a>, the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year who missed OTAs due to a foot soreness.<\/p>\n

While McMillan was back on the field, he wasn\u2019t a full participant yet and did not participate during team drills (7-on-7 and 11-on-11).<\/p>\n

With him sidelined, veteran wide receiver David Moore emerged as Tuesday\u2019s standout, much to the dismay of a select group of Panthers fans.<\/p>\n

Bryce Young slings a high ball to a leaping David Moore over several defenders in 11s. Moore and Young connected in 7s on a similarly impressive grab earlier. #Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales praises David Moore\u2019s strong day at practice<\/p>\n

Moore has been with the Panthers since the team brought in head coach Dave Canales and the two were together back in Tampa Bay with the Buccaneers and back in Seattle with the Seahawks. He\u2019s a player Canales trusts and one Panthers fans have mixed opinions on.<\/p>\n

Regardless of how you feel, Moore was the one standing out on Tuesday catching passes from quarterback Bryce Young during team drills, along with rookie Chris Brazzell II, while McMillan was off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can always count on D-Mo,\u201d Canales said after practice. \u201cDavid Moore is a guy that I have known for a long time. We go way back, got a lot of trust in D-Mo. He can really play all of the positions and he stepped in and did well. Of course, Chris Brazzell has been taking reps at X as well and he\u2019s made some plays over the last couple of weeks. Really excited about where he\u2019s headed with his development.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMillan\u2019s absence is opening the door for Moore to start making a name for himself and for Brazzell to get valuable opportunities working with Young. And for fans having PTSD about Moore standing out, his experience in the system goes a long way this time of year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the ones that have the advantage\u201d Canales added. \u201cThat\u2019s where the urgency is a little bit higher for our younger players. They look around and everyone knows exactly what all of these signals mean. They know the adjustments and where we cut it off at what yard line. All of the finer points of the position. . .<\/p>\n

\u201cIt certainly does give him an advantage, but at the same time, it is our jobs as coaches to evaluate how they perform given that one person might know a little bit more about the system. We can\u2019t fault young players that can help us because they don\u2019t have all of the answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the time we get to training camp and McMillan is fully healthy, we\u2019ll get a better idea of how this WR room is shaking out.<\/p>\n

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Carolina Panthers News<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFamiliar debates are starting to emerge in the Panthers backfield between Chuba Hubbard and Jonathon Brooks after OTAs\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The Carolina Panthers have another backfield debate situation on their hands with the expectations surrounding Chuba Hubbard and Jonathon Brooks coming out of OTAs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers wrapped up the first day of mandatory minicamp and the Day 1 standout was veteran wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2584,2567,3838,7,29236,6,236,1453],"class_list":["post-914504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolina-panthers-news","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-dave-canales","tag-football","tag-mandatory-minicamp","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116721931266638201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914504","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=914504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}