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Panthers' Jonathon Brooks Unlikely to Play Until Week 3-4 NFL Season amid Knee Injury

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Carolina Panthers second-round pick Jonathon Brooks likely won't play until the third or fourth week of the season as he recovers from his November surgery to repair a torn ACL, head coach Dave Canales told reporters on Saturday.

"This is a guy with a long career in front of him, somebody we think really high about, so we want to be really smart with him,'' he said.

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