The Carolina Panthers will get a pretty important part of their offense back.
As announced by head coach Dave Canales on Winger Adam Thielen is expected to return to the team against the Kansas City Chiefs. Thielen, Carolina's best receiver last season, has missed the last seven games with a hamstring injury.
Thielen suffered the injury while throwing a 31-yard touchdown pass during the Panthers' game. about the Las Vegas Raiders. He would be set up two days later.
Carolina has received some encouraging performances from rookie receivers Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker during Thielen's absence. From Week 4 to Week 10, Legette scored four touchdowns while Coker averaged 15.5 yards per catch.
Additionally, Coker has seen most of the offense's work out of the slot in Thielen's place. His team-leading 121 snaps from the slot accounted for 76.1 percent of his pass completions.
Thielen recorded 69.1 percent of his snaps passing from the slot in 2023 (472).
