Dan Connor News

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas The Panthers just announced that linebacker Thomas Davis as a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the rest of the season.

It's so easy to sit back and criticize, to second-guess, to say that Penn State linebacker Sean Lee made a costly mistake by not leaving for the NFL after his terrific junior season in 2007.

If you came to the Carolina Panthers practice Wednesday looking for fullbacks, you were out of luck - there weren't any.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Time for a checkup on the most important injuries in the NFC South.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas ATLANTA -- Carolina linebacker Na'il Diggs has left the game with a rib injury.

Rookie cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said he expects to be the Panthers' punt returner in Sunday's season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Dan Connor was that fine blend of everything on a football field. Speed. Power. Grace. Raw determination, mixed in with that uncanny prescience that all special players possess, reacting to things before they occur.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Biggest surprise: Jeremy Leman was an instant hit with fans in the preseason.

Sean Lee is like a pitcher going for a perfect game. "I'm not speaking for him, but it looks like he's trying to play a perfect game.

A 2004 graduate of Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Delaware County, Dan Connor went 56-3 and started in 59 straight games as a running back/linebacker. He went on to star as a middle linebacker at Penn State, and in his senior year was an All-American selection in 2007 and recipient of the Bednarik Award for the nation's top defensive ...

Dan Connor was Carolina's most surprising draft pick in 2008, seemingly destined to end up at the bottom of the depth chart at the Panthers' deepest position.

Jon Beason's knee injury is not serious and he won't need surgery, according to two sources close to the All-Pro middle linebacker.

You take away a couple of freestyle skampers by DeAngelo Williams and Mike Goodson, for 25 and 11 yards respectively, the Panthers rushed 26 times for 62 yards against the Dolphins' speedy 3-4 defense.

Less than three weeks before the regular season starts, the middle of the Carolina Panthers defense is a mess.

Let me start by saying that I generally put very little faith in what I see during preseason games.

Dan Connor was Carolina's most surprising draft pick in 2008, seemingly destined to end up at the bottom of the depth chart at the Panthers ' deepest position.

It was one game, a first taste of what's to come. But there were some sub-plots emerging from the Carolina Panthers' 24-17 loss to New York on Monday that bear watching the rest of the preseason.

The Carolina Panthers are providing no information on the status of Pro Bowl linebacker Jon Beason a day after he injured his left knee.

If rookie Mike Goodson provided the Carolina Panthers with its offensive punch in their 24-17 preseason exhibition loss against the New York Giants on Monday, then James Anderson took care of the defense and special teams.

For many fans, the Carolina Panthers' exhibition in two days on "Monday Night Football" against the New York Giants is a soft opening.