Amini has a torn meniscus

[Jeremy Igo]

“Amini Silatolu will undergo surgery Friday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. His return to the field will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis.”

 head trainer Ryan Vermillion

[Captain Morgan]

pretty sure he won't be available next week, but evaluate all you want.

[KillerKat]

It's sad we have to be more happy that he's hurt than sorry due to our head coach's inability to have an unbiased eye when making player evaluations.

[ncfan]

Edit*

 

Looks like it happened yesterday

 

https://twitter.com/PanthersBill/status/1026960629645672449?s=19

[Jon Snow]

You know I kind of feel bad for the guy.  Ron has done everything he can to hand Amini the position and the poor guy can't catch a break.  Hate it for the kid but he will get another shot with Ron if he recovers. 

Ron better hope one of these guys step up or we'll get to see how old Norv can scheme around that left side.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Time to trade an asset for a legitimate starting guard in this league. Not sure who or where, but keeping Cam upright needs to be priority #1 moving forward. 

[t96]

Just now, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

Time to trade an asset for a legitimate starting guard in this league. Not sure who or where, but keeping Cam upright needs to be priority #1 moving forward. 

No way should we trade anything for a guard. A few will certainly be cut and even if not it's not worth trading away anything if real value.

[Jon Snow]

Just now, t96 said:

No way should we trade anything for a guard. A few will certainly be cut and even if not it's not worth trading away anything if real value.

Get back to me at the half way point in the season.   

[Pup McBarky]

3 minutes ago, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

Time to trade an asset for a legitimate starting guard in this league. Not sure who or where, but keeping Cam upright needs to be priority #1 moving forward. 

Too soon for this.

[Jeremy Igo]

Probably a month at least, maybe more.

[TheSpecialJuan]

David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

Left guard Amini Silatolu suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee during Tuesday's practice and will undergo surgery on Friday to repair. His return to play will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. Undrafted rookie Brendan Mahon will start Thursday night's preseason opener at Buffalo. The Panthers already had lost right tackle Daryl Williams indefinitely to a torn MCL and dislocated patella. Taylor Moton, who was competing for the left guard spot, has been playing right tackle since. So depth is becoming an issue on the line.

[TheSpecialJuan]

6 minutes ago, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

Time to trade an asset for a legitimate starting guard in this league. Not sure who or where, but keeping Cam upright needs to be priority #1 moving forward. 

Germain Ifedi - Seattle 

James Carpenter - Jets

Ted Karras - Patriots 

[Khyber53]

A torn meniscus hurts like a mother. And it isn't really repairable as all they can do is get in there and clean up the ragged edges to cut down on snagging and maybe scrape out any arthritis buildup they run across while they are in there. 

He'll be off his feet for at least a week and working with crutches for a couple more, then a month with a cane, maybe less with good PT. 

I hope the young man heals up, that's a heck of an injury for a big man. 

[jasonluckydog]

He will be back by the 5th game, just pretend he had a drug suspension.