SAN JOSE, Calif.
Carolina Panthers receivers coach Ricky Proehl nailed the metaphor.
“It was like an earthquake,” Proehl said when asked Thursday about the initial impact of losing No. 1 receiver Kelvin Benjamin to a season-ending knee injury during training camp.
Proehl was speaking in a hotel in downtown San Jose, a northern California city near the San Andreas Fault that is in a constant state of alert for seismic activity.
“It kind of trembled and shook the whole organization for the first 24 hours,” said Proehl. “But then we got back to work and moved forward.