CHARLOTTE — For weeks now, Trevin Wallace has been rearing to get back on the field. Logically, he knew that the shoulder injury he suffered in Week 10 needed time to heal. Logically, he knew the Panthers had other players who could step in for two games. Logically, he knew he could still watch and learn from the sideline.

That didn't make it easy to accept, though.

"I grew up in South Georgia, where if I got hurt, my dad was like, 'You ain't going to the hospital. You better walk it off," joked Wallace this week (while being completely serious).

"So I grew up like that. So, like, I felt like it's been games where I was, like, when I sat out, oh, I could have played. But just the professional aspect of being smart and knowing, like, 'Hey, your body is your money. So just get prepared fo

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