Panthers DL Derrick Brown is asked if he's at 100 percent yet
After welcoming his fourth child into the world this past week, Brown returned to the Panthers on Saturday to start his 2025 training camp journey. The sixth-year veteran, who missed nearly the entirety of the 2024 campaign due to a knee injury, was asked if he's feeling at 100 percent yet.
"I feel like it. Gimme a few weeks, I feel like it," Brown replied. "Right now, they got a great plan in place, just gettin' back in shape. Being able to transition back into being able to play the plays I've played before and be there for the team. I expressed my opinion to them and they've been nothing but compliant on when it came to that."
Brown went down after Carolina's regular-season opener in New Orleans, when testing revealed a torn meniscus. The Panthers then placed the Pro Bowler on injured reserve, causing him to miss 16 of their 17 games.
The defense didn't hold up well in his absence. The Panthers ended up allowing the most rushing yards per game (179.8) as well as the most points ever in a single season.
But Brown isn't looking back.
"I'm not gonna really touch about last year. It's in the past," he said of 2024. "My wife may not like me being at home. All I did was fuss and cuss at the TV. But that's all I say about that."
Hopefully for Brown, his wife and their third baby girl, he won't be able to fuss and cuss at home this season.
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