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 Help has arrived in the form of draft picks Brandon LaFell and Armanti Edwards, and Smith football jersey backs off previous comments that he's not necessarily concerned with being a team's No. 1 receiver.

"We went through it last year," Fox said. "We've got a little bit different faces, but we'll have to make do. Injuries are a part of the game regardless of what time of the year they happen. There is a chance we could get him back at some point during the season. We'll do everything we can to make that happen. But we'll adjust and move on."

Davis, who also missed the latter part of last season with the same injury, had been expected to be a key player for the defense and its Tampa 2 scheme.

But there already has been one huge disappointment with the possibly season-ending injury to weakside linebacker Thomas Davis, who tore up his right knee this month during a voluntary workout.

"We might not have a lot of recognizable names, but when Jake came here, he wasn't recognized, either. … So just because you don't have a lot of 'name' guys, that's not necessarily a negative. I think it's a positive. You can reach for the stars; you don't have last year's disappointments stuck to you."

"I think it does, I mean, obviously it does," he says. "That's a good thing. I'm not trying to take away from anybody who was here in the past, (but) I'm also not trying to take anything away from anybody coming in. I'm really just looking at it like, 'Hey, it's a clean slate for everybody, for myself … for Matt Moore, for everybody.' It's just a different dynamic.

That's the word from Smith, who arrived in 2001 as a third-round draft pick before becoming one of the NFL's top receivers.

Only three players — Smith, kicker John Kasay and left tackle Jordon Gross — remain from the team that reached the Super Bowl following the 2003 season before losing to the New England Patriots jerseys. Change is the word these days in Charlotte, and the locker room has had a decidedly different vibe than in recent years.

 Coach John Fox will make $6 million this season but didn't receive a contract extension, making his situation a tad uncomfortable.

 The quarterback is now Matt Moore, who has started all of eight games but went 4-1 to end 2009.

They're counting on the running back tandem of Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams, with more than 2,200 combined yards last season, again to rank among the best in the league.

 The new Panthers jerseysspent the offseason jettisoning many longtime contributors, including once-beloved quarterback Jake Delhomme, safety Chris Harris and fullback Brad Hoover. And stalwart defensive end Julius Peppers joined the Chicago Bears as a free agent.

A lot will have to go right to achieve the best. Consider:

"I don't think anybody really knows, but I'm hoping for the best."

"We've made a lot of moves, a lot of changes," says wide receiver Steve Smith football jerseys, who will miss the start of training camp after breaking his left forearm in June. "So we'll see how it works out.