Veteran tight end Tommy Tremble will be out of action until at least the start of training camp after having back surgery recently, and Canales offered a little more clarity on his situation as well.
"I don't know specifically what the timeline is; there's a window in there he could get back to us at some point as we go into the preseason in camp, but right now, it's just like we have to take it one day at a time," Canales said. "He feels great, but there's a lot that goes into that, making sure that he's right, and so we'll kind of just take it day by day as we go."
When asked why Tremble didn't get the surgery earlier in the offseason, he explained that the fifth-year tight end felt things change over the course of the spring.
"He would come out and say he'd feel great in practice, but the minute that he would cool down and kind of sit around, it just was so uncomfortable," Canales said. "It's just not a great place to be. We thought with having some time right now, like the sooner, the better. So it wasn't something we were super concerned about early on, but, you know, kind of we all put our heads together, and we talked to Tommy and involved him with the decision as well, of course, and we all thought that it was the best thing."
The Panthers had a few other players missing Tuesday, but Canales said they were mostly for personal reasons.