The Panthers worried all summer whether Cam Newton would be recovered from his ankle injury in time to start Week 1. He Russell Wilson Jersey was but it's another injury, broken ribs, that will keep the Panthers' starting quarterback on the bench in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Derek Anderson will start the 4:25 p.m. game in Tampa, with Newton listed as inactive.Newton was making his way back from ankle surgery and Bradley McDougald Jersey playing in his second preseason game when he was kneed in the ribs on a tackle, cracking multiple ribs. He tried to practice late in the week and there was optimism even through Friday, but in the end coach Ron Rivera decided it was best to go with Anderson.Anderson has been the Panthers' Jermaine Kearse Jersey backup for three seasons now. In the last game against the Steelers, he completed Shaun Alexander Jersey 8 of 14 pa ses for 98 yards. He played in four games in 2013, but did not attempt a pa s.Anderson will get his first start since 2010 when he played for the Arizona Cardinals.

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