Running back Jonathan Stewart said a sore left Achilles is what caused him to miss all of the Carolina Panthers OTAs, but that he should be ready to practice when training camp arrives in early August. The injury was apparently related to Stewart overcompensating for a toe problem that slowed him down last off-season. "It just kind of flared up," he said. "I'm pretty much staying off of it to just kind of let it heal." Stewart, who ran for a Panthers rookie record 836 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, didn't practice at all over the past four weeks, but did participate in the conditioning sprints Tuesday that marked the end of this summer's OTAs. "Oh yeah, I'm going to be up and running when camp starts," Stewart said. "Unfortunately I missed out on minicamp. But I'll be ready." Source: Gaston Gazette
