Otah to IR; Panthers sign three

[Laetitia]

The Panthers decided they couldn't wait on RT Jeff Otah any longer.

With a rash of injuries at other positions, notably running back, they placed him on injured reserve Tuesday.

Otah underwent an arthroscopic knee surgery in August, and the original plan was that he'd be ready to come back by the second or third week of the regular season. But a setback in his rehab pushed that timetable back.

With the three roster spots they had to fill, the Panthers claimed RB Andre Brown off waivers from Indianapolis, and re-signed RB Josh Vaughan and LB Abdul Hodge.

-- Darin Gantt

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[CatMan72]

Championship, LOL (just wanted to be the first one to say that).

[Carl Spackler]

I'm happy for Josh Vaughan.

[Cat'sGrowl]

the practice squad players?

[Chaos]

Someone is srsly fugging with this Abdul Hodge guy...

[PantherFan52]

Missed a year because of an arthroscopic surgery? Not cool!

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Andre Brown was pretty good at state (and pretty hurt). I'm all for Joshua Vaughan because his wiki page list his nickname as "Josh", which is pretty sweet.

[ladypanther]

No QBs?

[SOJA]

pretty happy to hear this. Let Otah get fully healthy for next year. No point this year obviously

[Carl Spackler]

Yep Pike will start. Preseason '11 starts 9 months early.

[cookinbrak]

I'm happy for Josh Vaughan.

Me, too. He ran hard during preseason.

[jasonluckydog]

I already have the Andre Brown rookie auto card so I'm set

[Carolinator]

I like Andre Brown he's a power back

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Hopefully Otah can overcome this painful news enough to continue his busy schedule of Cheetos eating and XBox playing.