Last time I looked, the NFL regular season consisted of sixteen games, sixteen long games. Throughout these sixteen games, players suffer through bruises and injuries, but the goal is to remain as healthy as possible, with the hopes of making the playoffs and being full strength going into the playoffs.
Although it is the goal to have this happen, sometimes this happens, other times it does not.
However, the Carolina Panthers are in a situation teams do not want to be in – the Panthers are approaching the regular season and they have already suffered key injuries to players who would have made a huge impact on the season.