NOTES:LTAndrewWhitworthpracticedonalimitedbasisThursday,animprovementfromthepreviousweek.WhitworthsatouttheopeneragainstChicagobecauseofasoreleftknee,whichwascleanedoutafterlastseason.HecouldplayagainsttheSteelers....LBVontazeBurfictalsowaslimitedbyasorerightthigh,AirForceOneScontate,hitbyahelmetduringaninterceptionreturninChicago.CHARLOTTE,N.C.(AP)鈥?PantherscoachRonRiveraisanxioustoseeifDomenikHixonorArmantiEdwardscanstepupandbetheteam'sthirdwidereceiver.