Comments from Carolina Panthers head coach John Fox following the team's practice.
On injuries: Did not participate - ![]()
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On who would start at middle linebacker if Jon Beason cannot play: We'll have some fill-in possibilities, but at this point I don't want to consider the other options. But there are other options.
On if there is a chance Beason will practice on Friday: He's day-to-day.
On why cornerback Captain Munnerlyn did not practice: At this point in the season, everybody's banged up a little bit, and he's a got a shoulder that's been bothering him, so we held him out of practice.

On weakside linebacker Jason Williams: For a guy that wasn't at camp, wasn't here for about half the season, for the opportunity he's gotten...Back when we had the injury to ![]()
On the idea of the Panthers playing the role of spoiler over the last four games: We go in with the idea the same every week - doing everything we can to win - and it won't be any different this week.
On why other teams' tight ends have had success against the Panthers' defense: A lot of times I've been places where people make a lot out of that. There are certain people that have tight ends that are gifted players. Like any player, whether it's a running back, quarterback or wide out, they find ways. We're going to see another one this week in Tony Gonzalez. We've just run through a string of tight ends that are pretty good, and they try to get them the ball.