The Facts: The Panthers had Benjamin on the practice field for the first time in almost a year last week when he joined the team at Thursday's OTA session. Benjamin was back at it on Tuesday and said after the workout that it feels good to be on the field after such an extended layoff. Benjamin isn't a full participant at this point, but told reporters that he isn't holding anything back during the drills that he is able to do. "Not at all. I try not to baby it," Benjamin said. "I try to go hard. Whatever the route is, I try to trust in the process that we have been doing, the rehabbing. So I just go ahead and make that plant."

Diehards Line: Benjamin said that a knee brace was recommended, but that he’s going without one because it “would be a mind thing” that could get in the way of returning to full speed. As PFT notes, after seeing Benjamin catch 73 passes for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns as a rookie in 2014, no one in Carolina’s going to want to get in the way of that either.