{"id":47003,"date":"2018-08-08T00:22:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T04:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=47003"},"modified":"2021-03-09T21:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T02:50:27","slug":"amini-silatolu-tears-meniscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/08\/08\/amini-silatolu-tears-meniscus\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers Injury News: Amini Silatolu Tears Meniscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left guard was already a big question mark heading into this season for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carolina Panthers<\/strong><\/a>. On Tuesday, the waters got even murkier when Carolina lost another starter on their offensive line due to injury. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SilaAm00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amini Silatolu<\/a><\/strong> left practice today with what was later diagnosed as a torn meniscus.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment for a torn meniscus after surgery is anticipated to be a six-week process. It is no guarantee that Silatolu would have won the starting job, but it doesn&#8217;t help an already thin and weak group up front.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After losing OT Daryl Williams to a knee injury, Panthers\u2019 guard Amini Silatolu suffered a torn meniscus. He will undergo surgery Friday, and according to Panthers\u2019 trainer Ryan Vermillion, &quot;be evaluated on a week-to-week basis.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1026958082780344320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Carolina Panthers Injury News: Amini Silatolu Suffers Meniscus Injury<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Filling in at the left guard spot will now be undrafted rookie out of Penn State <strong>Brendon Mahon<\/strong>. Mahon has impressed throughout camp, but there isn&#8217;t a lot to hang your hat on until seen in live action. A four-year starter in Happy Valley, Mahon paved the way for Heisman candidate and second overall pick <a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/09\/saquon-barkley-2018-nfl-draft-profile-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Saquon Barkley<\/strong><\/a> during the bulk of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can only hope that lightning strikes twice at the position, as it had initially four years ago with the emergence of undrafted free agent\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/N\/NorwAn01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Norwell<\/a> <\/strong>following an injury to Silatolu.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers begin the 2018 preseason on Thursday when they go on the road to face the Buffalo Bills. It&#8217;s the first meeting between the teams since Week Two of last year, a game the Panthers won 9-3. Kickoff from New Era Field takes place at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"3Z6cXc1dT8RNOqqTzCUbZw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/967399928\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3Z6cXc1dT8RNOqqTzCUbZw',sig:'hC8kEbvoGxcUg5Ki8vcOfLXUfhpcrOKyBW_6rj8S4cM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'967399928',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Panthers offensive line received some bad news Tuesday after Amini Silatolu tore his meniscus. 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