Holiday season can sometimes turn into sick season. And unfortunately for the Carolina Panthers, cheer isn’t the only thing spreading around this week.
Five players were listed on the initial Week 16 injury report due to an illness. That bunch is headlined by outside linebackers Brian Burns, Yetur Gross-Matos and Marquis Haynes Sr.—all of whom sat out on Wednesday.
Also down with the sickness were tight end Tommy Tremble and safety Xavier Woods, who had been listed as limited participants. Woods is fresh off recording his team-leading second interception in this past Sunday’s win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Here is the full injury report from this afternoon:
| Injury | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game status | |
| OLB Brian Burns | Illness | DNP | |||
| OLB Yetur Gross-Matos | Knee | DNP | |||
| OLB Marquis Haynes Sr. | Illness/back | DNP | |||
| OT Taylor Moton | Knee/rest | DNP | |||
| CB Troy Hill | Rest | DNP | |||
| WR Adam Thielen | Rest | Limited | |||
| TE Tommy Tremble | Illness | Limited | |||
| S Sam Franklin Jr. | Quadriceps | Limited | |||
| OT David Sharpe | Illness | Limited | |||
| TE Ian Thomas | Ankle | Limited | |||
| S Xavier Woods | Illness | Limited | |||
| OLB Claudin Cherelus | Knee | Limited | |||
| TE Stephen Sullivan | Shoulder | Full |
