{"id":11015,"date":"2013-12-06T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/panthers-williams-johnson-set-to-return\/"},"modified":"2013-12-06T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T16:07:00","slug":"panthers-williams-johnson-set-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/panthers-williams-johnson-set-to-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers&#8217; Williams, Johnson set to return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Carolina Panthers expect to have both leading rusher DeAngelo Williams and defensive end Charles Johnson back for Sunday&#8217;s NFC South showdown with the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Both players were full participants in Friday&#8217;s practice and are listed as probable on the final injury report. Johnson has been inactive for Carolina&#8217;s last two games with a sprained knee, while Williams sat out this past week&#8217;s 27-6 victory over Tampa Bay due to a quadriceps injury.<\/p>\n<p>Williams has recorded 610 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 151 carries in 11 games this season, while adding 19 catches for 160 yards. Johnson tops the Panthers with 8 1\/2 sacks and will be a welcome return in a matchup against Drew Brees and the Saints&#8217; high-powered passing game.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers are currently tied with New Orleans atop the NFC South and will bring a franchise-record eight-game win streak into Sunday&#8217;s pivotal clash.<\/p>\n<p>Running backs Jonathan Stewart (ankle) and Mike Tolbert (knee) are probable as well for this week&#8217;s matchup, as are offensive tackle Jordan Gross (non- injury), defensive tackle Dwan Edwards (non-injury) and tight end Ben Hartsock (knee).<\/p>\n<p>Guard Chris Scott remains sidelined for Carolina with a knee injury, while reserve linebacker Jordan Senn (hamstring) is doubtful to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Carolina Panthers expect to have both leading rusher DeAngelo Williams and defensive end Charles Johnson back for Sunday&#8217;s NFC South showdown with the New Orleans Saints. Both players were full participants in Friday&#8217;s practice and are listed as probable on the final injury report. Johnson has been inactive for Carolina&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[162,161,163],"class_list":["post-11015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}